Poetry Reading by Vermont Professor Major Jackson
General Event Information
Event Category:
Lectures/Presentations
Price:
Free and open to the public
Dates and Times:
February 27, 7:00PM-8:15PM
Artist/Group:
| Poet and University of Vermont professor Major Jackson will read from his collection. Jackson is the author of three collections of poetry: Holding Company(W.W. Norton, 2010) and Hoops (W.W. Norton, 2006), both finalists for a NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literature-Poetry, and Leaving Saturn (University of Georgia, 2002), winner of the 2001 Cave Canem Poetry Prize and finalist for a National Book Critics Award Circle. He is also a recipient of a Whiting Writers’ Award and has been honored by the Pew Fellowship in the Arts and the Witter Bynner Foundation in conjunction with the Library of Congress. Jackson is the Richard Dennis Green and Gold Professor at University of Vermont and a core faculty member of the Bennington Writing Seminars. |
Venue Information
Venue:
Apple Tree Building, Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT
Address:
City:
Marlboro
State:
VT
Zip Code:
05344
Country:
United States
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Presenting Organization
Name:
Marlboro College
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