Poet Steve Straight to Give Reading Dec. 8

Steve Straight’s poetry books include “Affirmation” (Grayson Books, 2022), which has won the 2023 William Meredith Award for Poetry, “The Almanac” (Curbstone/Northwestern University Press, 2012) and “The Water Carrier” (Curbstone, 2002), which was a finalist for the Connecticut Book Award in Poetry. He was a professor of English and director of the poetry program at Manchester Community College. Currently, he is the poet laureate of South Windsor, Connecticut.

 

For many years Straight directed the Connecticut Poetry Circuit, and for many summers he directed the Seminar Series for the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival. He has given workshops on writing and teaching throughout the eastern United States. In 1998 he was named a Distinguished Advocate for the 艺术 by the Connecticut Commission on the 艺术. He lives in South Windsor with his wife, Marian Maccarone, soprano and voice teacher.

 

活动晚上7点开始.m. 并且免费向公众开放. This event will be held in Werner Centennial Center (WCC). Ample parking is available in the parking lot adjacent to WCC.

 

The Michael Cervas 访问作家计划, which includes the Friday Nights at Westminster series, is supported by generous gifts from the Ford-Goldfarb English Department Enrichment Fund, 麦金利基金, 康奈尔音乐基金, and the Friday Nights at Westminster Fund.