Spring into poetry this Thursday!


With the arrival of spring, Literary Arts is partnering with the National Book Foundation in a retrospective of the past 61 years of American poetry.

Join us for a public reading and discussion of some of the National Book Award Poetry Winners. Winners make up a pantheon of post-war American poetry, including William Carlos Williams, Wallace Stevens, W.H. Auden, Elizabeth Bishop, Lucille Clifton, Adrienne Rich and John Ashbery.

LINEAGE: OREGON POETS REFLECT ON AMERICAN POETRY SINCE 1950
DATE: THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2011
TIME: 7 PM
LOCATION: THE CLEANERS AT THE ACE HOTEL (403 SW 10TH)

This event is free and open to the public. Reception following.

Featuring readings and reflection from 2011 Oregon Book Awards Finalists in Poetry:

David Biespiel
Donna Henderson
Henry Hughes
Jennifer Richter
Zachary Schomburg
and Crystal Williams

Lineage is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, with local support from the friends of William Stafford and Ed & Sue Einowski.



Oregonians are passionate about books. And ideas, and great writing. Literary Arts shares this passion. Our mission is to engage readers, support writers and inspire the next generation with great literature. The programs of Literary Arts include: Writers in the Schools, Oregon Book Awards & Fellowships, Portland Arts & Lectures and Delve: Readers' Seminars.

 

 

For more information about the programs of Literary Arts please contact us at 503.227.2583 or visit Literary-Arts.org.