February 1, 2005

Poet Leonard Schwartz To Read At Boise State Feb. 11

Leonard Schwartz, author of The Towers of Diverse Shores, will present a reading of his poetry at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 11, at the Log Cabin Literary Center, 801 S. Capitol Blvd. The reading is presented by the Boise State English Department’s Master of Fine Arts writing program, and is free and open to the public.   Leonard Schwartz writes in what reviewer Mark Wallace calls the “avant-garde counter-tradition interested in spirituality, embodied most famously perhaps in the poets H.D. and Robert Duncan.” He has published several collections of his work, including Words Before the Articulate: New and Selected Poems, Gnostic Blessing, and Meditation. He received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Poetry in 1997. He is currently a professor of literary arts at Evergreen State College.   This reading is the first of a series of readings presented by the MFA writing program during the spring 2005 semester. Upcoming readings will be presented by Tim Parrish, Thalia Field, Mei Mei Berssenbrugge, Peter Gizzi and Elizabeth Willis and Joy Williams.   -30-   Contact: Mia Wright, Boise State MFA Program in Creative Writing, 426-2669 Media Contacts: Kathleen Craven, communications and marketing, 208 426-3275 Rachel Bonilla, communications and marketing, 208 426-3196