Poet Phillips punctuates Plutzik lineup

Phillips

Carl Phillips, the acclaimed author of six books of poems, most recently Rock Harbor and The Tether, will read from his work as part of the Plutzik Memorial Series at 8 p.m. Wednesday, October 30, in the Welles-Brown Room in Rush Rhees Library. Phillips's reading culminates the Plutzik's fall series.

Robert Pinsky, former poet laureate of the United States, says, "Carl is a wonderful teacher, a learned man, and a tremendously gifted poet who already has established an unmistakable voice and subject, rhythm and cadence."

Phillips is the recipient of the 2002 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Prize, the Morse Poetry Prize, the Lambda Literary Award, and the Pushcart Prize, and has received honors from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the Academy of American Poets. He is professor of English and of African and Afro-American Studies at Washington University in St. Louis.

One of the country's oldest and most prestigious literary series, the Plutzik Memorial Series is administered by the Department of English. Admission to the readings is free. For more information, call x5-4092.

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