Clark program draws three major poets

Strand Glück Bidart

The series features Mark Strand, who received the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for his most recent volume, Blizzard of One; Louise Glück, Pulitzer Prize-winner for her collection, Wild Iris; and Frank Bidart, whose 1997 book Desire won the Bobbitt National Prize from the Library of Congress and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. The three will meet with students in English Professor James Longenbach's undergraduate poetry classes and will give public readings of their poems as well.

The schedule of readings is as follows: Louise Glück, Thursday, March 16; Mark Strand, Thursday, March 30; and Frank Bidart, Thursday, April 13. Each reading, which is free and open to the public, begins at 7 p.m. in Lander Auditorium in Hutchison Hall and is preceded by a reception at 6:30 p.m.

The late Donald R. Clark and his late wife Mary Clark were longtime friends and supporters of the University. The Donald R. Clark Endowment for Humanities, which funds the contemporary writing program, was established to support new ideas, programs, and teaching in the humanities.

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