The Department of English at West Virginia University is
excited to announce its Second English Gathering, beginning at 5:30 p.m. on
Friday, November 1 in Colson Hall on the downtown campus. The event is part of WVU’s Mountaineer Week.
The Gathering is an opportunity for graduates and former
faculty of the department to convene in celebration of all things
literary. Current students in the
department’s four graduate programs (PhD, MFA, MAPWE and MA) will give informal
talks on their research, creative writing and teaching practices, and guests
will have the opportunity to roam the halls of historic Colson Hall and meet
with current and former faculty and students.
A celebratory wine and hors d’oeuvre reception will begin at
6:00, to be followed by a special program in honor and memory of the
distinguished West Virginia poet Tom Andrews.
The program will feature readings of Andrews’ poems, a personal
reflection on his life by Creative Writing Program Director Mary Ann Samyn, and
a talk by the distinguished poet, translator, scholar and editor David Young,
who is Longman Professor of English at Oberlin College. Professor Young is the author of countless
books of poetry, translation, nonfiction and criticism, including most
recently, Moon Woke Me Up Nine
Times: Selected Haiku of Basho (Knopf,
2013), and Field of Light and
Shadow: Selected and New Poems (Knopf,
2010).
A special announcement will conclude the celebratory event.
The Second English Gathering is free and open to the
public. A book signing will follow.
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