On Sunday, the Spalding MFA in Writing will hold a reading by established poets from around the state, including Accents-published poets Jeremy Paden (Broken Tulips, 2013) and Frederick Smock (The Deer at Gethsemani: Eclogues, 2011). The event is part of a weekend-long celebration that includes a faculty reading on Saturday and an open house Sunday morning.

Readings will include:

• Kiki Petrosino, Hymn for the Black Terrific (Sarabande Books, 2013)
• Frederick Smock, The Bounteous World (Broadstone Books, 2013)
• Lisa Williams, Gazelle in the House (New Issues Poetry & Prose, 2014)
• Merle Bachman, Blood Party (Shearsman Books, 2015)
• Maureen Morehead, Late August Blues: The Daylily Poems (Larkspur Press, 2012)
• Jeremy Paden, Ruina Montium (Broadstone Books, 2016)
• Kathleen Driskell, Blue Etiquette (Red Hen Press, 2016)

Click here for event information from the Kentucky Literary Calendar.