WHAT: Poet Carolyne Wright, An Evening of Poetry - An Evening of Thought
WHEN: Thursday, October 2nd at 7:30 PM
WHERE: Crill Auditorium
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Carolyne Wright has published eight books and chapbooks of poetry. Her recent work, A Change of Maps (Lost Horse Press, 2006), was a finalist for the Idaho Prize and Alice Fay di Castagnola Award of the Poetry Society of America, and nominated for the LA Times Book Award, won the 2007 Independent Book Publishers’ Bronze Award. Her previous book, Seasons of Mangoes and Brainfire (Eastern Washington U Press/Lynx House Books, 2nd edition 2005), won the Blue Lynx Prize and the American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation. Other books include Premonitions of an Uneasy Guest (AWP Award Series), Stealing the Children (Ahsahta Press), an invitational chapbook, Carolyne Wright: Greatest Hits 1975-2001 (Pudding House); a collection of essays, A Choice of Fidelities: Lectures and Readings from a Writer's Life (Ashland Poetry Press); and volumes of poetry translated from Spanish and Bengali. Her recent anthology, Majestic Nights: Love Poems of Bengali Women (White Pine Press, 2008), is a collection of translated works written by women in Calcutta, India.
Presented by the Department of Literature, Journalism and Modern Languages and Cultural Events
All PLNU students of literature and writing are encouraged to attend a special tea featuring Carolyne Wright from 3-4:30pm in the Fermanian Conference Room.