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Contact: Liam Otten - (314) 935-8494 liam_otten@aismail.wustl.edu Carolyn Smith (314) 935-7130 Poet James Galvin to read for Writing Program Reading Series Feb. 13 [St. Louis, MO., 1-27-03] Poet James Galvin will read from his work at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb.13, for the Writing Program Reading Series at Washington University in St. Louis. The reading is free and open to the public and takes place in Hurst Lounge, located on the second floor of Duncker Hall, in the northwest corner of Brookings Quadrangle, near the intersection of Hoyt and Brookings drives. Copies of Galvin's works will be available for purchase, and a book signing will follow the reading. For more information, call (314) 935-7130. Galvin is the author of several collections of poetry, including Imaginary Timber (1980); God's Mistress (1984), which was selected by Marvin Bell for the National Poetry Series; and Lethal Frequencies (1995). His most recent volume, Resurrection Update: Collected Poems 1975-1997 (1997), was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award and the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize. He has also published a novel, Fencing the Sky (1999), and a book of writing about the American West, The Meadow (1992). "James Galvin achieves a power of vision that is rare, indeed, in contemporary literature," said Carl Phillips, professor of English and African & Afro-American Studies, both in Arts & Sciences at Washington University. "He lays bare the eerie grace that can result when our vulnerability is tested by life's more brutal truths, and how suffering not only defines but refines us as human beings. Whether in his poetry, fiction or nonfiction, he brings to language his own unmistakable brand of tough elegance -- Galvin is truly among our finest writers." Galvin's numerous honors include a "Discovery"/The Nation award; a Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Foundation award; and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Ingram Merrill Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. A member of the permanent faculty of The Writer's Workshop at the University of Iowa, he also spends time each year working as a rancher in Laramie, Wyo. |
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