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Poet begins spring Visiting Writer Series
February 21, 2008
Poet Mark Doty begins the spring portion of the Visiting Writer Series on Tuesday, Feb. 26.
Doty’s visit to campus begins with the Writer’s Story at 5 p.m. in the Garfield Book Company at PLU. The Writer’s Story is a question-and-answer session where the writers talk about their writing, their lives and the subjects of their books.
Doty will read from his work at 8 p.m. 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, and concludes on Tuesday, April 22 with poet Mary Oliver. Tickets are required to attend Oliver’s evening reading, which will also mark PLU’s Earth Day celebration. More information on tickets is available here.
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.
Doty will read from his work at 8 p.m. 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, and concludes on Tuesday, April 22 with poet Mary Oliver. Tickets are required to attend Oliver’s evening reading, which will also mark PLU’s Earth Day celebration. More information on tickets is available here.
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.