Galway Kinnell, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and Erich Maria Remarque Professor of Creative Writing at New York University, will read from his work on Thursday, March 24, at 7 p.m. He will be introduced by Sharon Olds, award-winning poet and professor of English at NYU. The reading, which is free and open to the public, takes place at NYU’s Vanderbilt Hall, Greenberg Lounge, 40 Washington Square South, and is part of the NYU Creative Writing Program Reading Series. For further information, call 212.998.8816.
Kinnell, long-time NYU faculty member and founder and former director of the NYU Creative Writing Program, will retire from the University this year. He is the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and a MacArthur Fellowship, among many other honors. His books of poetry include: Body Rags, The Book of Nightmares, When One Has Lived a Long Time Alone, Imperfect Thirst, and A New Selected Poems.
The next event in the NYU Creative Writing Program Reading Series will be on Tuesday, March 29, featuring novelist Chris Abani.
The NYU Creative Writing Program, with permanent faculty members E.L. Doctorow, Galway Kinnell, Paule Marshall, and Sharon Olds, has distinguished itself for over three decades as a leading national center for the study of literature and writing. The Creative Writing Program Director is Melissa Hammerle. The Reading Series, sponsored in cooperation with the NYU Book Centers and the Fales Collection at NYU, is a vital component of the Writing Program, bringing both established and new writers to NYU.
The NYU Creative Writing Program Reading Series is made possible by generous support from the Lila Acheson Wallace Theater Fund, established in The New York Community Trust by the founders of the Reader’s Digest Association. Additional support is provided by Robert E. Holmes.