UP’s fall 2022 Schoenfeldt Distinguished Writers Series speaker will be Palestinian-American poet Naomi Shihab Nye, who joins our campus Tuesday, September 13. A self-described “wandering poet,” she’s lived and worked in San Antonio, TX, while spending the past 40 years traveling the country and world to lead writing workshops and inspire people of all ages with her poetry. Across over 30 volumes, her poetry explores the Middle East, gratitude and hope, mindfulness, immigration, what we consume, and what we throw away. Nye is a creative writing professor at Texas State University, and is dedicated to having people see poetry everywhere. Other writers who will give evening readings during the fall term include trans memoirist Cooper Lee Bombardier (Pass with Care, date tba), biographer Hilary Holladay (The Power of Adrienne Rich, Oct. 26), and Fr. Pat Hannon (Such Dizzy Natural Happiness: A Long, Loving Look at the Our Father, Nov. 15).
For details contact English chair Lars Erik Larson larson@up.edu.