Nathaniel Mackey
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11/02/09

Poet Nathaniel Mackey In St. Lawrence's Writers Series

CANTON - Poet Nathaniel Mackey will speak and read from recent works in an appearance at St. Lawrence University on Tuesday, November 10, 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.

Mackey is the author of four books of poetry, most recently Splay Anthem, which won the National Book Award for Poetry in 2006. In addition, he is the author of an ongoing prose work, From a Broken Bottle Traces of Perfume Still Emanate, of which four volumes have been published, most recently Bass Cathedral; and two books of criticism, most recently Paracritical Hinge: Essays, Talks, Notes, Interviews. He also edits the literary magazine Hambone and co-edited, with Art Lange, the anthology Moment's Notice: Jazz in Poetry and Prose.

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

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