News Release

EVENT NEWS / February 5, 2009

Boise State University's MFA Reading Series Announces Spring Schedule

The Boise State University MFA Reading Series will bring poets to campus for readings that will be free and open to the public. Authors include:

• Paige Ackerson-Kiely, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 6, Liberal Arts Building Room 106. Ackerson-Kiely was the winner of the 2006 Sawtooth Poetry Prize, which is granted by Boise State’s Ahsahta Press.

• Maxine Chernoff and Paul Hoover, 7:30 p.m. March 6, Student Union Bishop Barnwell Room.

• Lyn Hejinian, 7:30 p.m. March 20, Student Union Lookout Room.

• Keston Sutherland and J.H. Prynne, 7:30 p.m. April 10, Student Union Bishop Barnwell Room.

• Rusty Morrison, 7:30 p.m. April 24, Student Union Jordan Ballroom B. Morrison is the 2007 winner of the Sawtooth Poetry Prize.

Free and open to the public, the MFA Reading Series brings nationally renowned authors and poets to the Boise State campus. Past speakers include Rick Bass, Chris Offutt, Rae Armantrout, Alice Notley, Michael Palmer, Joy Williams, Anthony Doerr, Denis Johnson, Richard Bausch and Nathaniel Mackey.

For more information, contact Jacob Powers at 426-2669 or jacobpowers@boisestate.edu.

-30-

Media Contact: Julie Hahn, University Communications, (208) 426-5540, juliehahn@boisestate.edu

Boise State University is “The New U Rising” with record student enrollment, new academic buildings, additional degree programs and a growing research agenda. Learn more at www.boisestate.edu. 
 

The Office of Communications and Marketing - Boise State University
1910 University Drive - Boise Idaho 83725-1030
Located in Capitol Village, 2225 W. University Drive
email communications@boisestate.edu

Last reviewed on Thursday, February 05, 2009