Tag Archives: Spalding MFA

Pulitzer Winning Poet Natasha Tretheway to Speak at Louisville Public Library

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Pulitzer Prize winner and Poet Laureate of the United States Natasha Tretheway has been named Distinguished Writer in Residence for Spalding’s low-residency Master of Fine Arts in Writing. She will speak on Tuesday, November 15 at 5:30pm.

Tretheway won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 2007 for her collection Native Guard (Mariner Books, 2007). She will give a presentation that is free to the public, but pre-registration is required.

Click here for information from the Kentucky Literary Calendar.

When: Tuesday, November 15, 2016 @ 5:30-6:30pm
Where: Louisville Free Public Library
Main Branch
301 York St.
Louisville, KY 40203
(502) 574-1644

Spalding MFA Presents a Celebration of Kentucky Poets

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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:

Click here for event information from the Kentucky Literary Calendar.

When: Sunday, November 13, 2016 @ 5:30-6:45pm
Where: Spalding University
Egan Leadership Center
901 S 4th St
Louisville, KY 40507
(502) 873-4400

Kentucky Poetry Events on Friday, March 23, 2016

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In Lexington, the Spalding MFA Program will be having a reading at Wild Fig Books Coffee with students and alums. The event will be hosted by Savannah Sipple and the readers include:

When: Friday, March 25, 2016 @ 7pm
Where: Wild Fig Books & Coffee
726 N. Limestone
Lexington, KY 40508
(859) 252-3052

Dave Harrity Our Father in the Year of the Wolf

In Louisville, Dave Harrity will be celebrating the release of his book, Our Father in the Year of the Wolf (WordFarm, 2016), at Highland Morning. The celebration is titled “Breakfast-for-Dinner Book Release Celebration!”. There will also be appearances by several readers, two of which will be very familiar to the Accents audience. Readers include:

When: Thursday, March 25, 2016 @ 6:30pm
Where: Highland Morning
1416 Bardstown Rd
Lo9uisville, KY 40204
(502) 365-3900