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News Release Dec. 20, 2006
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Clayton Eshleman |
Poet Clayton Eshleman will read from his works at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 31 in the
Student Union Bishop Barnwell Room at Boise State University. Eshleman’s reading
is part of the MFA Reading Series and is free and open to the public.
Eshleman has written, edited and translated many collections of poetry and
prose, including “The Name Encanyoned River,” “César Vallejo: The Complete
Posthumous Poetry,” “Sulfur,” “Juniper Fuse,” “Upper Paleolithic Imagination and
the Construction of the Underworld,” “The Complete Poetry of César Vallejo” and
“An Alchemist With One Eye on Fire.”
He is the recipient of numerous awards, fellowships and grants, most notably a
Guggenheim fellowship, a PEN Translation Prize and a 1979 National Book Award
for his translation of poems by César Vallejo.
The MFA Reading Series brings nationally known authors and poets to the Boise
State campus. Past speakers include Rick Bass, Chris Offutt, Rae Armantrout,
Michael Palmer, Alice Notley, Joy Williams and Denis Johnson.
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Contact: Dave Nicholas, MFA program,
davidnicholas@boisestate.edu
Media Contact: Julie Hahn, University Communications, (208) 426-5540,
juliehahn@boisestate.edu
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Last reviewed on Wednesday, January 03, 2007
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