Palestinian-American poet Naomi Shihab Nye isUP’s fall 2022 Schoenfeldt Distinguished Writer. On Tuesday, September 13, Nye will be available for an informal Q&A hour (4 p.m.–5 p.m. in Franz 214) where students, staff, and faculty can engage her in questions about poetry and the writing life. Then at 7 p.m. she’ll give a poetry reading in Buckley Center Auditorium. Attendance is free and open to the public. For details see the Schoenfeldt site or contact English chair Lars Larson larson@up.edu.
“Reading opens us up so we can live everywhere.” -Naomi Shihab Nye in Bill Moyers’ series The Language of Life