Prominent writers to speak during March Visiting Writers Series

ANN ARBOR—The University of Michigan’s Department of English and Office of the Provost have announced several readings in the 1999-2000 Visiting Writers Series, and a special two day campus visit by author Maxine Hong Kingston. All occasions are free and open to the public.

Wyatt Prunty, author of six collections of poetry, will read from his work on March 9 at 5 p.m. in the Rackham Amphitheater. Prunty, founder and director of the Sewanee Writer’s Conference, has penned works including “What Women Know, What Men Believe,” and his newest, “Unarmed and Dangerous.”

Poet Stephen Dunn will present his work on March 14 at 5 p.m. at the Rackham Amphitheater. Author of 10 collections of poetry, Dunn has received numerous awards and fellowships.

Novelist Alice Mattison will read from her work on
Stephen Yenser, professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, will present his work on March 23 at 5 p.m. at the Rackham Amphitheater. A widely published poet and critic, Yenser’s latest poetry collection, “The Fire in All Things,” received the Academy of American Poet’s Walt Whitman Award.

Kingston, fiction author, will present a two-day event co-sponsored by the U-M Office of the President. On March 27, Kingston will read from her work in the Rackham Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. On March 28, Kingston will present a lecture, “The Fifth Book of Peace,” at 5 p.m. at the Rackham Auditorium. Kingston has written several novels, one of which, “The Woman Warrior,” won the National Book Critics Circle Award.

For more information, contact Ian Twiss at (734) 647-6471.

Department of EnglishWyatt PruntyStephen DunnAlice MattisonStephen YenserOffice of the President