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Quick! Name a famous female writer with the first name of "George." No, not George Sand. Name a female

poet

named "George." No, not George Eliot. Name a female poet named George who left the bulk of her quarter-million-dollar estate to the University of Cincinnati! Give up? It was George Elliston, in whose honor the Elliston Poetry Foundation is named.

Whereas the presentations usually occur in the Elliston Room, room 646, at Langsam Library, this year's events cover a number of venues. As in other years, this year's Elliston Series offers a variety of experiences. Here's the schedule for the remainder of the spring:

Louise Gluck Poetry Reading:  Wednesday, April 27, 7 p.m., Great Hall, Tangeman University Center
    
Born in New York City in 1943, Louise Gluck is the author of numerous books of poetry, including Vita Nova (Ecco, 1999), winner of Boston Book Review’s Bingham Poetry Prize, and The Wild Iris (Ecco, 1992), which received the Pulitzer Prize and the Poetry Society of America’s William Carlos Williams Award.  Ms. Gluck was appointed the Library of Congress’ 12th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry in 2003.  Her visit is sponsored by the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.

Andrew Feld Poetry Reading: Thursday, May 5, 8 p.m., 127 McMicken Hall
    
Mr. Feld’s first book, Citizen (Perennial, 2004), was the winner of the National Poetry Series Open Competition for 2003, selected by Ellen Bryant Voigt. Mr. Feld lives and teaches in Racine, Wisconsin.   

Lynn Emanuel Poetry Reading: Thursday, May 19, 8 p.m., 127 McMicken Hall

Ms. Emanuel’s books of poems include Hotel Fiesta (University of Georgia Press, 1984), The Dig (University of Illinois Press, 1992), which won the National Poetry Series Open Competition in 1991, and Then, Suddenly (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1999).  She lives in Pittsburgh, where she directs the writing program at the University of Pittsburgh.

FRIDAY AFTERNOON READINGS

April 29: Rebecca Meacham’s first book, Let’s Do (University of North Texas Press,  2004), won the Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction. Chuck Ryback’s chapbook, Nickel and Diming My Way Through, is coming out this year from  Wind Press.

May 13: Thomas Centolella’s first book, Terra Firma, was a National Poetry Series selection in 1992. His most recent book is View From Along the Middle Way, published by Copper Canyon in 2002.

May 20: Kathy Aguero’s most recent book is Daughter Of, published by Cedar Hill Books in 2004. Poet Linda McCarriston wrote of Ms. Aguero’s work in this volume: “The woman’s voice in American poetry that was only dreamed of thirty years ago has been realized in this collection.”
                                    

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The spring events are supported by the McMicken College of Arts & Sciences, the Department of English & Comparative Literature and the Charles Phelps Taft Memorial Fund.