Date and Time
Thursday Oct 9, 2014
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDT
10/9/14 at 7pm
Location
Silver Center for the Arts at Plymouth State University
Fees/Admission
Free
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Contact Information
603-535-2787
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Description
Henri Cole was born in Fukuoka, Japan and raised in Virginia in a household where three languages were spoken. He has published eight collections of poetry, including Middle Earth, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry. He has received many awards for his work, including the Jackson Prize, the Kingsley Tufts Award, the Rome Prize, the Berlin Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Lenore Marshall Award. His most recent collection is Touch, and a new book, Nothing to Declare, is forthcoming from Farrar, Straus & Giroux. He teaches at Ohio State University and is poetry editor of The New Republic. He lives in Boston. ?Henri Cole has become a master poet, with few peers . . . A central poet of his generation." --Harold Bloom Receptions and book signings follow each reading. Advance tickets are recommended to ensure admission.