The Creative Arts Committee of MCC is proud to announce poet Arthur Sze’s September 29-30 residency on the Brighton campus.
On Thursday, September 29, there will be a reading and book signing in the Warshof Conference Center, R. Thomas Flynn Campus Center (Empire Room) from 8-9:00 PM.
On Friday, September 30 there will be a writing workshop in 8-200 from 12-12:50 PM.
Both events are free and open to members of the College community. The Thursday evening reading is also open to members of the Rochester community.
Arthur Sze is the author of nine books of poetry, including his most recent, Compass Rose (Copper Canyon, 2014). He is also a translator and editor and has published The Silk Dragon: Translations from the Chinese and edited Chinese Writers on Writing. His poems have been translated into ten languages, including Burmese, Chinese, Dutch, Italian, and Spanish. His honors include the 2013 Jackson Poetry Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a Lannan Literary Award. A professor emeritus at the Institute of American Indian Arts, as well as a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, Sze was the first poet laureate of Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Tony Leuzzi
English/Philosophy
09/29/2016 |