ANN ARBOR—Writers Reginald McKnight, Nancy Willard and Philip Levine will present their works in free, public readings during the University of Michigan’s Visiting Writers Series in April.

McKnight, professor of English at the University of Maryland and an editor of the African American Review, will read at 3 p.m. April 4 at the Rackham Amphitheater. He has written such works of fiction as “Palm Wine,” “The More I Like Flies” and “Quitting Smoking” and the novel “I Get on the Bus.”

Willard, a U-M alumnus who grew up in Ann Arbor and now teaches at Vassar College, will share her poetry at 8 p.m. April 10 at the Rackham Amphitheater. She has published 11 books of poetry, the novels “Sister Water” and “Things Invisible to See” and the children’s books “The Good-Night Blessing Book” and “The Magic Cornfield.”

Levine, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and Detroit native, will present his poems during the U-M’s Hopwood Awards Ceremony at 3:30 p.m. April 22 at Rackham Auditorium. Among his books of poetry are “The Simple Truth,” “The Names of the Lost,” “Ashes,” “What Work Is,” “A Walk with Tom Jefferson,” and “7 Years from Somewhere.”

Sponsored by the U-M Department of English and Borders Books and Music, the Visiting Writers Series features fiction and poetry readings by distinguished authors throughout the academic year.

For more information, call the U-M Hopwood Room, (313) 764- 6296.

Phone: (313) 647-1847