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Writers return to share wisdom, read from work
February 14, 2008
The Visiting Writer Series picks up again this spring with three authors on the docket to read from their work and discuss their life as writers between now and April.
Poet Mark Doty (pictured) begins the series on Tuesday, Feb. 26. He will host a question-and-answer session, dubbed The Writer’s Story, at 5 p.m. in Garfield Book Company at PLU. At 8 p.m., Doty will read from his work in Lagerquist Concert Hall.
The author of six books of poem, Doty is the only American poet to have won Great Britain’s T.S. Eliot Prize. His third collection, “My Alexandria,” received both the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Doty’s newest volume of poems, “School of the Arts,” was published in 2005 by HarperCollins.
Among his many awards are two National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, Guggenheim and Rockefeller Foundation fellowships, a Lila Wallace/Readers Digest Award and the Witter Bynner Prize. Doty teaches in the University of Houston’s graduate writing program, and lives in Houston and New York City.
The series continues on Wednesday, March 5 with author Tony D’Souza. The Writer’s Story is at 5 p.m. in Garfield Book Company, and he will read from his work at 8 p.m. in room 100 of Ingram Hall.
D’Souza is the author of the novel “Whiteman,” which chronicles the daily struggles of an African village during a time of war, as well as the increasing psychic and cultural isolation of the lone foreign relief worker who lives in it. Born and raised in Chicago, D’Souza served three years in the Peace Corps in West Africa as a rural AIDS educator.
He earned his master’s degrees in writing from Hollins University and the University of Notre Dame. His fiction and nonfiction have appeared in magazines such as The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Esquire and McSweeney’s. He has received awards from the NEA, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, among others.
Poet Mary Oliver concludes the series on Tuesday, April 22, with the Writer’s Story at 5 p.m. in Garfield Book Company. Oliver’s reading that evening at 7:30 p.m. in Lagerquist Concert Hall will also mark PLU’s Earth Day celebration.
Oliver’s poetry, with her lyrical connection to the natural world, has firmly established her in the highest realm of American poets. She is renowned for her evocative and precise imagery, which brings nature into clear focus and transforms the everyday world into a place of magic and discovery.
She has received countless distinctions, including the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, and continues to influence generations of younger poets. Oliver’s poem “The Summer Day” was the inspiration for Wild Hope Project’s question, “What will you do with your one wild and precious life?”
The series is sponsored by the English department, with support from the Office of the Provost, the Wild Hope Foundation, Garfield Book Company at PLU, the Rainier Writing Workshop, Student Involvement and Leadership, residential life and ASPLU.
The author of six books of poem, Doty is the only American poet to have won Great Britain’s T.S. Eliot Prize. His third collection, “My Alexandria,” received both the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Doty’s newest volume of poems, “School of the Arts,” was published in 2005 by HarperCollins.
Among his many awards are two National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, Guggenheim and Rockefeller Foundation fellowships, a Lila Wallace/Readers Digest Award and the Witter Bynner Prize. Doty teaches in the University of Houston’s graduate writing program, and lives in Houston and New York City.
The series continues on Wednesday, March 5 with author Tony D’Souza. The Writer’s Story is at 5 p.m. in Garfield Book Company, and he will read from his work at 8 p.m. in room 100 of Ingram Hall.
D’Souza is the author of the novel “Whiteman,” which chronicles the daily struggles of an African village during a time of war, as well as the increasing psychic and cultural isolation of the lone foreign relief worker who lives in it. Born and raised in Chicago, D’Souza served three years in the Peace Corps in West Africa as a rural AIDS educator.
He earned his master’s degrees in writing from Hollins University and the University of Notre Dame. His fiction and nonfiction have appeared in magazines such as The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Esquire and McSweeney’s. He has received awards from the NEA, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, among others.
Poet Mary Oliver concludes the series on Tuesday, April 22, with the Writer’s Story at 5 p.m. in Garfield Book Company. Oliver’s reading that evening at 7:30 p.m. in Lagerquist Concert Hall will also mark PLU’s Earth Day celebration.
Oliver’s poetry, with her lyrical connection to the natural world, has firmly established her in the highest realm of American poets. She is renowned for her evocative and precise imagery, which brings nature into clear focus and transforms the everyday world into a place of magic and discovery.
She has received countless distinctions, including the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, and continues to influence generations of younger poets. Oliver’s poem “The Summer Day” was the inspiration for Wild Hope Project’s question, “What will you do with your one wild and precious life?”
The series is sponsored by the English department, with support from the Office of the Provost, the Wild Hope Foundation, Garfield Book Company at PLU, the Rainier Writing Workshop, Student Involvement and Leadership, residential life and ASPLU.