March 9, 2004

Poet Leslie Scalapino To Give Free Reading At Boise State

Leslie Scalapino, noted poet and author, will read from her original poetry at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 19, in the Student Union Bishop Barnwell Room at Boise State University. The reading is part of the Creative Writing MFA Reading Series and is free and open to the public. Scalapino has published 23 books of poetry, fiction, essays and plays. Her books of poetry include “Zither & Autobiography” (Wesleyan University Press), “way” (North Point Press), “New Time” and “The Tango” (Granary Books). Her books of fiction include “Dahlia’s Iris—Secret Autobiography and Fiction” (FC2 Press), “Defoe” (Green Integer), “The Return of Painting, The Pearl, and Orion” (Talisman), and “Orchid Jetsam” (Tuumba). She has also published a book of essays titled “The Public World/Syntactically Impermanence.” The Creative Writing MFA Reading Series for the spring will also include the following readings: Alice Notley, April 5, Hemingway Center; Eleni Sikelianos, April 16, Bishop Barnwell Room; Margot Livesey, April 28, Hemingway Center. -30- Contact Mia Wright English department 208 426-3862 Media Contact Kathleen Craven communications and marketing 208 426-3275