By Michelle Hines, University Relations
Contact: (336) 334-5371
Posted 3-13-08
Alan Shapiro.
GREENSBORO, NC – Poet Alan Shapiro will read Thursday, April 17, at UNCG.
The reading – sponsored by the MFA Writing Program, The Greensboro Review and Spring Garden Press – begins at 8 p.m. in the Faculty Center on College Avenue. It is free and open to the public; a reception and book signing will follow.
Shapiro is the author of nine books of poetry. He is a recipient of the Kingsley Tufts Award and the Los Angeles Book Prize, and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. He was recently elected as a fellow in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Shapiro is the William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of English and Creative Writing at UNC-Chapel Hill.
For more information, contact Terry Kennedy at (336) 334-5459 or terry_kennedy@uncg.edu.
