Central College’s Ratzlaff to Recite Original Poetry
Keith Ratzlaff, professor of English at Central College, is scheduled to do an exclusive reading from his forthcoming collection of poems Thursday, April 12.
Keith Ratzlaff, professor of English at Central College, is scheduled to do an exclusive reading from his forthcoming collection of poems Thursday, April 12.
Poet and 1992 Central College graduate Curtis Bauer will read from his poetry and translations at the Writers Reading program Oct. 24.
On April 18, veteran and poet Brian Turner will read from his first book, “Here, Bullet,” for the Writers Reading series at Central College.
Visiting professor of music Diane Phoenix-Neal, an alumna of Juilliard, performed a viola concert of deep emotion in Cox-Snow Recital Hall.
Central College welcomes Mary Swander, poet laureate of Iowa, to the Writers Reading series on November 15. Swander will read from her latest book of poetry, “The Girls on the Roof.”
Clint McCown is the only writer to have won the American Fiction Prize twice, and he has received three nominations for the Pulitzer Prize.
As the daughter of a Palestinian father and an American mother, Nye grew up in St. Louis and Jerusalem. She is both a poet and a fiction writer, and her work has been a finalist for the National Book Award.
The Writers Reading series welcomes Central’s own professor of English, Keith Ratzlaff, as the second featured presenter of the spring semester. He will read mostly new poems written during his travels to Italy, Virginia and Chicago during his sabbatical two years ago.
A Grinnell professor and the author of “Reasonable People: A Memoir of Autism and Adoption,” Ralph Savarese will read his creative nonfiction and poetry Jan. 26.
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