Annual Spring Speaker Series

As usual, we will host six visiting writers during the spring semester. Please plan to attend their readings, read their work, and be prepared to ask insightful questions while we still have them in our midst. Please find a schedule of readings and writing bios below:

There are still two more chances to attend readings this spring:

Mark Levine (visiting nonfiction writer):

Reading: 7:30pm, March 26th, Research I, Room 163

Reception: 6:30-7:30pm, March 26th, Research I, Room 163, Lobby

Mark Levine is the author of F5: Devestation, Survival, and the Most Violent Tornado Outbreak of the Twentieth Century.  He is an award-winning magazine writer who has contributed to The New Yorker, Outside, and Men’s Journal among others and whose work has been included in The Best American Magazine Writing, The Best American Sports Writing, and The Best American Poetry.  He is a regular contributor to the New York Times Magazine and he teaches poetry at the Iowa Writer’s Workshop.  He is also the author of three books of poetry.

Peter Gizzi (visiting poet):

Reading: 7:30pm, April 10th, Sub II, Rooms 1&2

Reception: 6:30-7:30pm, April 10th, Sub II, Rooms 1&2

Peter Gizzi is an award winning poet whose books include The Outernationale, Some Values of Landscape and Weather, Artificial Heart, and Periplum and other poems 1987-92.  He has also published several limited-edition chapbooks, folios, and artist books. His work has been translated into numerous languages. His honors include the Lavan Younger Poet Award from the Academy of American Poets (1994) and fellowships in poetry from the Rex Foundation (1993), Howard Foundation (1998), The Foundation for Contemporary Arts (1999), and The  John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (2005).  He works at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.