Readings

Poetry: Rosanna Warren

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Rosanna Warren’s poetry “break[s] one’s heart even as it makes one think” (Ploughshares). Her most recent volumes are Ghost in a Red Hat, Departure, a translation of Euripides’s Suppliant Women, and a book of criticism. She is the recipient of awards from the Academy of American Poets, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Guggenheim Foundation.

Coffee, tea, and book signing with the author to follow.

Readings are organized and hosted by poet, critic, and UCLA professor of English emeritus Stephen Yenser. Cosponsored by the UCLA Department of English, the Friends of English, and the UCLA Department of Cultural and Recreational Affairs.

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