Robert Pinsky to Speak Tonight in Chicago

A reprint of a press release of interest.
Art Beyond Borders: Robert Pinsky
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 6 PM
Fullerton Hall
Art Institute of Chicago
111 South Michigan Avenue
Free admission
While serving as U.S. Poet Laureate for an unprecedented three terms from 1997 to 2000, Robert Pinsky founded the Favorite Poem Project, which gave a resonant voice to America’s vigorous and varied [...]

2009 Conference Featured Speaker to Speak in Texas on March 12

An event of note.
As a preview for the Fifteenth Annual ALSC Conference, to be held in October 2009 in Denver, Colorado, we are pleased to note that our featured speaker Azar Nafisi will be speaking at the Harry Ransom Lecture on March 12th of this year.  The Harry Ransom Lectures are held in Austin at [...]

David Ferry will read at Boston University

We are pleased to announce that David Ferry, poet, translator, and lifetime member of the ALSC, will read at Boston University’s Katzenberg Center (871 Commonwealth Ave, 3rd floor) on Thursday, September 25 at 5PM. He will be reading from his new translation of the first three books of Virgil’s Aeneid, among other works.
Ferry is the [...]