18th
Annual Maurice Brown Poetry Reading
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 The Annual
Maurice Brown Poetry Reading is proud to host
acclaimed poet and scholar Wendy Barker Thursday,
September 29, 2005 from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. in
the Varner
Recital Hall. Admission is free and refreshments will be
served.
Wendy
is the author
of four collections of poetry, including Poems
from Paradise and Lunacy of Light: Emily
Dickinson and the Experience of Metaphor.
Recipient of NEA and Rockefeller fellowships as
well as other awards in poetry, her work has been
translated into Hindi, Japanese, and Bulgarian.
A Fulbright senior lecturer at the University of
Sofia in 2000, she is a professor
of English at the University
of Texas at San Antonio.
This reading is sponsored by the Department
of English and the College
of Arts and Sciences as a tribute to
Professor
Maurice F. Brown, who taught at Oakland University
from 1961 until his death in 1985. The Maurice F. Brown
Collection of contemporary Poetry in Kresge Library
honors his memory.
For more information, contact:
Department
of English
(248) 370-2250 |
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 Books
at Kresge Library by Wendy Barker
Biographical Information on Wendy Barker
from Contemporary Authors
Online
Poetry, Books, and Articles by Wendy Barker*:
- E-book: Lunacy
of light : Emily Dickinson and the experience of
metaphor
- Sample Poems: Four
poems by Wendy
- Forests,
Trees And Purple Cows: An Emily Dickinson Conversion
Of The Mind. Titanic Operas: A Poets' Corner of
Responses to Dickinson's Legacy
- The
Lost Book.
Poetry Jan 2003 v181 i3 p199(2)
- Thunder.
Poetry Jan 2003 v181 i3 p199(2) (127 words)
- Perennial.
American Scholar Wntr 1999 v68 i1 p36(1)
Articles
about and Interviews with Wendy Barker:
- Gemini
Ink honors Wendy Barker for literary excellence.
UTSA Today
Past Maurice
Brown Poetry Reading Poets
*Please
note, access to some of these materials is restricted
to use by Oakland Students, Faculty, and Staff
(or from a computer located on the Oakland network). Find
out why... |