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History and Forms of Lyric: Robert Bird

This event is free and open to the public. Reception to follow. Building/Room: Rosenwald 405. Primary Sponsor: Poetry & Poetics. Presenter: Robert Bird. Lecture Title: Res Nullius: On Pasternak. Contact Name: Kate Soto. Contact E-mail: katesoto@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-834-8524. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Associate Professor, The University of Chicago, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures and the College. Associate Faculty at the Divinity School, Resource Faculty for Cinema and Media Studies, Medieval Studies, and the Program in Poetry and Poetics . Fields of interest: Modern Russian literature, cinema, aesthetic theory and intellectual history. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM. University of Chicago, Rosenwald 405. For more info visit poetics.uchicago.edu.

AE Stallings

This event is free and open to the public. Building/Room: Classics 110. Primary Sponsor: Creative Writing. Contact Name: Kate Soto. Contact E-mail: katesoto@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-834-8524. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: A. E. (Alicia) Stallings studied classics in Athens, Georgia and has lived since 1999 in Athens, Greece. She has published two books of poetry, Archaic Smile (1999), which won the Richard Wilbur Award, and Hapax (2000). Her new verse translation of Lucretius (in rhyming fourteeners!), The Nature of Things, is being published by Penguin Classics. She lives with her husband, John Psaropoulos, editor of the Athens News, and their small argonaut, Jason. She has a web site at www.geocities.com/aestallings. Disability Clause: If you need assistance in order to participate in this event, please contact 773-834-8524. Wednesday, April 14, 2010, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM. University of Chicago, Classics 110. For more info visit creativewriting.uchicago.edu.

Center for Latin American Studies Poetry Reading

Building/Room: Social Sciences 201. Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s). Other Sponsor(s): Center for Latin American Studies. Author: Multiple. Reading From: Their work. Contact Name: Kate Soto. Contact E-mail: katesoto@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-834-8524. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: This event is free and open to the public. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, April 15, 2010, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM. University of Chicago, Social Sciences Tea Room. For more info visit poetics.uchicago.edu.

Chicago Poetry Symposium

Building/Room: Joseph Regenstein Library. Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s). Conference Title: Chicago Poetry Symposium. Presenter(s): Nancy Kuhl, Curator of Poetry for the Yale Collection of American Literature at the Beinecke Library, Yale University Al Filreis, Kelly Professor of English; Faculty Director of the Kelly Writers House; Director, the Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing; and Director of PennSound; University of Pennsylvania Don Share, Senior Editor, Poetry Magazine Stephanie Anderson, Doctoral student in the English Department, University of Chicago; poetry staff of Chicago Review; and publisher of Projec… Open to the Public: Yes. Cost: free. Contact Name: David Pavelich. Contact E-mail: pavelich@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-834-4338. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Saturday, April 17, 2010. University of Chicago, Regenstein Library.

Sherry Poet-in-Residence: Mark Strand

Reception to follow. This event is free and open to the public. Building/Room: Classics 110. Primary Sponsor: Creative Writing. Author: Mark Strand. Reading From: His work. Contact Name: Kate Soto. Contact E-mail: katesoto@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-834-8524. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Mark Strand was born on Canada's Prince Edward Island on April 11, 1934. He received a B.A. degree from Antioch College in Ohio in 1957 and attended Yale University, where he was awarded the Cook prize and the Bergin prize. After receiving his B.F.A. degree in 1959, Strand spent a year studying at the University of Florence on a Fulbright fellowship. In 1962 he received his M.A. degree from the University of Iowa. He is the author of numerous collections of poetry, including Man and Camel (Knopf, 2006);… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM. University of Chicago, Classics 110. For more info visit creativewriting.uchicago.edu.

History and Forms of Lyric: Some Readings: Papers and Poems

Reception to follow. This event is free and open to the public. Building/Room: Classics 110. Primary Sponsor: Creative Writing. Lecture Title: Some Readings: Papers and Poems. Contact Name: Kate Soto. Contact E-mail: katesoto@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-834-8524. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu. Event Description: Presented by Bradin Cormack. Disability Clause: If you need assistance to participate, please contact 773-834-8524. Thursday, April 22, 2010, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM. University of Chicago, Classics 110. For more info visit poetics.uchicago.edu.

Sherry Poet-in-Residence: Mark Strand

Lunch and discussion. This event is free and open to the public. Building/Room: TBD. Primary Sponsor: Creative Writing. Presenter: Mark Strand. Lecture Title: TBD. Contact Name: Kate Soto. Contact E-mail: katesoto@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-834-8524. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, April 23, 2010, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM. University of Chicago. For more info visit creativewriting.uchicago.edu.

History and Forms of Lyric: Sarah Nooter

Reception to follow. Building/Room: Rosenwald 405. Primary Sponsor: Poetry & Poetics. Presenter: Sarah Nooter. Lecture Title: Poetic Speech in Ancient Greek Poetry. Contact Name: Kate Soto. Contact E-mail: katesoto@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-834-8524. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Presented by Sarah Nooter. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Wednesday, April 28, 2010, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM. University of Chicago, Rosenwald 405. For more info visit poetics.uchicago.edu.

Poem Present: Fanny Howe

Reception to follow. This event is free and open to the public. Building/Room: TBD. Primary Sponsor: Poem Present. Author: Fanny Howe. Reading From: her work. Contact Name: Kate Soto. Contact E-mail: katesoto@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-834-8524. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Fanny Howe was born in Buffalo, New York, in 1940. She is the author of more than twenty books of poetry and prose. Her recent collections of poetry include On the Ground (Graywolf, 2004), Gone (2003), Selected Poems (2000), Forged (1999), Q (1998), One Crossed Out (1997), O'Clock (1995), and The End (1992). Howe is also the author of several novels and prose collections, most recently, The Lives of a Spirit / Glasstown: Where Something Got Broken (Nightboat Books, 2005) and Nod (Sun & Moon Press, 1998).… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, April 29, 2010, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM. University of Chicago, Room TBD. For more info visit poempresent.uchicago.edu.

Poem Present: Discussion on Poetics with Fanny Howe

Reception to follow. This event is free and open to the public. Building/Room: TBD. Primary Sponsor: Poem Present. Presenter(s): Fanny Howe. Open to the Public: Yes. Contact Name: Kate Soto. Contact E-mail: katesoto@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-834-8524. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Discussion on Poetics. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, April 30, 2010, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM. University of Chicago, Room TBD. For more info visit poempresent.uchicago.edu.

Jim Fallows: Vare Writer-in-Residence

Reception to follow. This event is free and open to the public. Building/Room: Classics 110. Primary Sponsor: Creative Writing. Contact Name: Kate Soto. Contact E-mail: katesoto@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-834-8524. Event Description: This event is free and open to the public. Disability Clause: Contact katesoto@uchicago.edu if you need assistance in order to participate. Tuesday, May 4, 2010, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM. Classics 110, University of Chicago.

Close Reading Workshop: Mark Payne

Building/Room: Classics 110. Primary Sponsor: Poetry & Poetics. Contact Name: Kate Soto. Contact E-mail: katesoto@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-834-8524. Event Description: Please join us for a close reading of "The Burning Babe" by Robert Southwell. Wednesday, May 5, 2010, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM. Classics 110, University of Chicago.

History and Forms of Lyric Series: James Conant

Reception to follow. This event is free and open to the public. Building/Room: Rosenwald 405. Primary Sponsor: Poetry & Poetics. Presenter: James Conant. Lecture Title: TBD. Contact Name: Kate Soto. Contact E-mail: katesoto@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-834-8524. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: http://philosophy.uchicago.edu/faculty/conant.html. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Wednesday, May 12, 2010, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM. Rosenwald 405, University of Chicago. For more info visit poetics.uchicago.edu.

UChicago Prose Alumni Reading

Building/Room: Classics 110. Primary Sponsor: Creative Writing. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Please join UChicago alumni Anna Jarzab (Am '07) and Kate Zambreno (AM '02) as they read from recently published first novels. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, May 13, 2010, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM. Classics 110, University of Chicago.

Emerging Writers Poetry: Karen Anderson

Reception to follow. This event is free and open to the public. Building/Room: Classics 110. Primary Sponsor: Creative Writing. Author: Karen Anderson. Reading From: her work. Contact Name: Kate Soto. Contact E-mail: katesoto@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-834-8524. Disability Clause: Contact katesoto@uchicago.edu if you need assistance in order to participate. Wednesday, May 19, 2010, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM. University of Chicago, Classics 110.

U of Chicagoland Reading

Reception to follow. This event is free and open to the public. Building/Room: TBD. Primary Sponsor: Creative Writing. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, May 20, 2010, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM. University of Chicago, TBD.

History and Forms of Lyric: Kelly Austin

This event is free and open to the public. Building/Room: Classics 110. Primary Sponsor: Poetry & Poetics. Presenter: Kelly Austin. Lecture Title: To Realize Error in Poetic Translation. Contact Name: Kate Soto. Contact E-mail: katesoto@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-834-8524. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Kelly Austin focuses on modern and contemporary literature of the Americas, especially poetry, and translation studies. Her current research centers on Pablo Neruda and the material evidence of literary cross currents in the Americas — translations, collections and correspondence. She has published essays on the ethics and aesthetics of the representation of "disappearance" in José Donoso's Casa de Campo, the intersection of epistolary forms and translation in Domingo Faustino Sarmiento's Viajes por Europa,… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Monday, May 24, 2010, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM. University of Chicago, Classics 110. For more info visit poetics.uchicago.edu.

Poem Present: Lisa Russ Spaar

LISA RUSS SPAAR is the author of Satin Cash: Poems (Persea Books, 2008), Blue Venus: Poems (Persea Books, 2004) and Glass Town: Poems (Red Hen Press, 1999), for which she received a Rona Jaffe Award for Emerging Women Writers in 2000. Twelve of her poems appear in Exquisite History: The Land of Wandering: Poems & Prints (The Printmakers Left, University of Virginia Press, 2005) and numerous anthologies, most recently in Best American Poetry 2008. She is the author of two chapbooks of poems, Blind Boy on Skates (Trilobite/University of North Texas Press, 1988) and Cellar (Alderman Press/University of Virginia, 1983), and is editor of Acquainted With the Night: Insomnia Poems (Columbia UP, 1999) and All That Mighty Heart: London Poems (University of Virginia Press, 2008). Her work has appeared in many literary quarterlies and journals, including Denver Quarterly, Image, The Kenyon Review, The Paris Review, Ploughshares, Poetry, Slate, Shenandoah, Southwest Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, The Yale Rev… Building/Room: Rosenwald 405. Primary Sponsor: Creative Writing. Author: Lisa Russ Spaar. Reading From: Her Work. Contact Name: Kate Soto. Contact E-mail: katesoto@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-834-8524. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Poem Present: Lisa Spaar reads from her work. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, May 27, 2010, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM. Rosenwald 405, The University of Chicago, 1101 E. 58th Street Chicago, IL 60637.