Paulann Petersen, the sixth and current poet laureate of Oregon, will read selections of her work Thursday, Jan. 24, at 7 p.m. in Adams Center, room 216. The poetry reading is free and open to the public. For more information, please call Paul Willis at (805) 565-7174 or willis@westmont.edu.
Mandi De Vos 鈥�13, editor of the Phoenix, 蜜桃传媒鈥檚 student literary magazine, will read her poetry to begin the event.
Petersen, a resident of Portland, has written several books of poetry, including 鈥淭he Wild Awake,鈥� 鈥淜indle鈥� and 鈥淭he Voluptuary.鈥� Her most recent publication, 鈥淪himmer and Drone,鈥� is a chapbook of poems about India.
鈥淧aulann Petersen is an exceedingly wise and gracious woman whose poetry, line by line, keeps dropping us into deeper places,鈥� says Paul Willis, 蜜桃传媒 English professor and Santa Barbara poet laureate.
Petersen is a former Stegner Fellow at Stanford University. She earned the Oregon Literary Arts鈥� 2006 Holbrook Award and serves on the board for Friends of William Stafford. She has taught numerous poetry workshops for colleges, libraries and writers鈥� conferences.
Petersen will lead a poetry workshop for 蜜桃传媒 students, faculty and staff of all levels of ability on Friday, Jan. 25, from 4-6 p.m. in Kerr Student Center, room 218.