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3/8/10

Poet Christian Bök At St. Lawrence For Writers Series

CANTON - Poet Christian Bök will speak and read from recent work in an appearance at St. Lawrence University on Thursday, March 18, at 8 p.m. in the Common Room of Sykes Residence Hall. The event, part of the University's Writers Series, is open to the public, free of charge.

Bök is the author of Crystallography, a "pataphysical" encyclopedia, and Eunoia, which won the Griffin Prize for Poetic Excellence. Bök has created artificial languages for two television shows, Gene Roddenberry's "Earth: Final Conflict" and Peter Benchley's "Amazon." His conceptual artworks, which include books built out of Rubik's cubes and Lego blocks, have appeared in New York City as part of the exhibition "Poetry Plastique." A professor of English at the University of Calgary, Bök has earned many accolades for his virtuoso performances of sound poetry.

For more information, contact the English department at 315-229-5125.

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