BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Lewis & Clark//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20150308T100000 RDATE:20150308T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20151101T090000 RDATE:20151101T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150421T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150421T190000 LOCATION:Frank Manor House GEO:45.450219;-122.670175 SUMMARY:Poetry Reading by Linda Bierds and Emily Wilson DESCRIPTION:Emily Wilson grew up in Maine and now makes her home in Iowa. She attended the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop and has published two books of poetry\, The Keep (2001) and Micrographia (2009). Her third collection\, The Great Medieval Yellows\, will arrive from Canarium Books in 2015. She has received a creative writing fellowship from the Nationa l Endowment for the Arts and designs and prints letterpress books under t he imprint\, Spurwink Press. \; Linda Bierds' ninth book of poetry \, Roget's Illusion\, was published by Putnam's in March\, 2014. Her poem s have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies\, including The Atl antic\, The New Yorker\, The Smithsonian\, Poetry\, and The Best American Poetry: 2014. In addition to being awarded a MacArthur Foundation fellow ship\, Professor Bierds has received the PEN/West Poetry Prize\, the Wash ington State Governor's Writers Award\, the Consuelo Ford Award from the Poetry Society of America\, four Pushcart Prizes\, the Virginia Quarterly Review's Emily Clark Balch Poetry Prize\, and fellowships from the Ingra m Merrill Foundation\, the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation\, the Rockefell er Foundation\, and twice from the National Endowment for the Arts. In th e last few years\, Professor Bierds has been a judge for the nation's mos t distinguished poetry prizes\, including the Ruth Lilly Poetry Award\, t he Walt Whitman Poetry Award\, The Pushcart Prize\, and the National Book Award. In recognition of her achievements\, Oglethorpe University awarde d Professor Bierds the degree of Doctor of Letters\, honoris cousa\, in M ay\, 2011. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Emily Wilson grew up in Maine and now m akes her home in Iowa. She attended the University of Iowa Writers' Works hop and has published two books of poetry\, The Keep (2001) and Micrographia (2009). Her third collection\, The Great Mediev al Yellows\, will arrive from Canarium Books in 2015. She has receiv ed a creative writing fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and designs and prints letterpress books under the imprint\, Spurwink Pr ess.
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Linda Bierds' ninth book of poetry\, Rog et's Illusion\, was published by Putnam's in March\, 2014. Her poems have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies\, including The Atlantic\, The New Yorker\, The Smithsonian\, Poetry\, and The B est American Poetry: 2014. In addition to being awarded a MacArthur Foundation fellowship\, Professor Bierds has received the PEN/West Poetry Prize\, the Washington State Governor's Writers Award\, the Consuelo For d Award from the Poetry Society of America\, four Pushcart Prizes\, the V irginia Quarterly Review's Emily Clark Balch Poetry Prize\, and fellowshi ps from the Ingram Merrill Foundation\, the Guggenheim Memorial Foundatio n\, the Rockefeller Foundation\, and twice from the National Endowment fo r the Arts. In the last few years\, Professor Bierds has been a judge for the nation's most distinguished poetry prizes\, including the Ruth Lilly Poetry Award\, the Walt Whitman Poetry Award\, The Pushcart Prize\, and the National Book Award. In recognition of her achievements\, Oglethorpe University awarded Professor Bierds the degree of Doctor of Letters\, hon oris cousa\, in May\, 2011.
UID:20150422T010000Z-37519@college.lclark.edu DTSTAMP:20150415T084228Z URL:https://college.lclark.edu/live/events/37519-poetry-reading-by-linda- bierds-and-emily-wilson CATEGORIES:Open to the Public LAST-MODIFIED:20150415T154837Z ATTACH:https://college.lclark.edu/live/image/gid/4/width/80/height/80/cro p/1/49186_screen_shot_2014-09-23_at_111441_am.rev.1411496046.jpg X-LIVEWHALE-TYPE:events X-LIVEWHALE-ID:37519 X-LIVEWHALE-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles X-LIVEWHALE-IMAGE:https://college.lclark.edu/live/image/gid/4/width/80/he ight/80/crop/1/49186_screen_shot_2014-09-23_at_111441_am.rev.1411496046.j pg X-LIVEWHALE-COST:This event is free to the public. X-LIVEWHALE-SUMMARY:Join the English Department April 21 at 6 p.m. in the Frank Manor House for an evening of poetry with Linda Bierds and Emily W ilson! Refreshments will be provided. END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR