March 27 — Poet Lee Upton
Lee Upton says of her latest book of poetry: “Undid in the Land of Undone meditates on the exhilaration of ambition and the double-edged nature of failure. A failure can bring pain, certainly, but a failure may also signal our ability to act on our best and highest hopes. A failure of our own is more exciting than a success that doesn’t challenge us.” (Remember when you are thinking of a going-away present January of 2008.)
When: Thursday, March 27 7:30 PM
Where: University of Indianapolis Esch Hall, Studio Theatre 1400 E. Hanna Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46227
Lee Upton, poet and fiction writer, is the author of 10 books and the recipient of a Pushcart Prize, the National Poetry Series Award, the Georgia Contemporary Poetry Series Award and both the Lyric Poetry Award and The Writer/Emily Dickinson Award from the Poetry Society of America. Her poetry has been published in the Atlantic Monthly, the New Republic, Poetry, American Poetry Review and numerous other journals. Her fiction has appeared in The Antioch Review, Epoch, Shenandoah, Ascent, Glimmer Train, Northwest Review and other journals. She is a professor of English and the writer-in-residence at Lafayette College.
Know before you go: An article about Upton’s Undid in the Land of Undone, an excellent book. you can read an interview or two with Ms Upton, and read some of her poetry here and here.
December 29th, 2007 at 8:02 am
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