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Visiting Writers and Speakers, Fall 2009 and Spring 2010

Wednesday, October 21th, 5:30 PM, K-State Alumni Center BallroomV.V. Ganeshananthan
Poetry Reading by Billy Collins

Collins was United States Poet Laureate from 2001 to 2003, and is one of the most celebrated and popular poets in the U.S. today. His books include: Ballistics: Poems (2008), The Trouble with Poetry (2005), Nine Horses: Poems (2003), Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems (2001), Picnic, Lightning (1998), The Art of Drowning (1995), and Questions About Angels (1991). A book-signing follows.

 

photo credit: Juiliet van Otteren

 



Thursday, November 19th, 4:00 pm, Hale Library's Hemisphere Room
Thurdsay, November 19th, 5:30-7:00 pm, Strecker-Nelson Gallery, 406 1/2 Poyntz Avenue

Robert DayAuthor Robert Day will give a reading of his work on Thursday, Nov. 19, at 4:00 pm in the Hale Library Hemisphere Room. A reception and book signing will follow, 5:30-7:00, at the Strecker-Nelson Gallery, 406 1/2 Poyntz Avenue.

Robert Day is perhaps best known for his novel The Last Cattle Drive, which was a Book-of-the-Month Club selection and has been re-printed in a 30th Anniversary Edition. As well, he has published novellas and a collection of short stories, titled Speaking French in Kansas, as well as poems and essays in a variety of journals.

 

 

 

 


Ann PancakeFriday, March 5, 3:30 PM, K-State Student Union 212
Fiction reading by Ann Pancake.

Pancake is the author of Strange as This Weather Has Been and Given Ground. A book-signing follows.

 

 

 

 

 

 


Honor MooreFriday, April 2, 3:30 PM, K-State Student Union 212
Reading by Honor Moore

Moore is a memoirist and poet. She is the author of The Bishop's Daughter, Darling, Red Shoes, Poems from the Women's Movement, and others. A book-signing follows.

 

 

 

 

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