Louise Glück
Date: Tue. October 21, 2008
Time: 6:00 pm
Location:
Harold Washington Library Center
Cindy Pritzker Auditorium
400 S. State Street
60605
About this event:
Former U.S. Poet Laureate Louise Glück will read from her work in celebration of the 54th annual Poetry Day. Among her numerous books of poetry, Averno (2006) was a finalist for the National Book Award in Poetry, The Wild Iris (1992) received a Pulitzer Prize, and The Triumph of Achilles (1985) received the National Book Critics Circle Award. She has also published an award-winning collection of essays and been honored with fellowships from the Guggenheim and Rockefeller Foundations. A book signing will follow the reading.
Louise Glück is a writer-in-residence at Yale University and was this year's recipient of the Wallace Stevens Award for outstanding and proven mastery in the art of poetry.
Co-sponsored by the Poetry Foundation
Contact:
Poetry Foundation
Phone: 312-799-8014
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