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7, 2005 - 5 pm WHC auditorium <br>
Louise Glück Introduces Three Yale Younger Poets: <br>
Readings by Jay Hopler, Richard Siken and Peter Streckfus
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<font face="Verdana">Whitney Humanities Center will co-sponsor a poetry
reading featuring three winners of the Yale Younger Poets prize. <br>
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Awarded since 1919, the Yale Younger Poets prize celebrates the most
prominent new American poets by bringing the work of previously
unpublished artists before the attention of the larger public. The
prize is the oldest annual literary award in the United States. <br>
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This year’s event will be introduced by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and
U.S. Poet Laureate Louise Glück, the Rosenkranz Writer-in-Residence at
Yale, and a fellow of Calhoun College. Ms. Glück serves also as judge for
the Yale Younger Poets competition. <br>
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The featured poets for the event include Jay Hopler, Richard Siken, and
Peter Streckfus. Jay Hopler is the author of <i>Green Squall </i>,
a collection of poems that seek to go beyond the “lush tropical surfaces
of life” and expose the terrifying world that lies beneath – “a world in
which nightmare and celebration are indistinguishable and hope is
synonymous with despair.” Richard Siken is the author of <i>Crush
</i>, a powerful new collection of poems driven by panic and obsession
that focuses upon the human body. And, Peter Streckfus is the author of
<i>The Cuckoo </i>, a book of poems inspired by American and Chinese
culture that effectively combines the styles of John Ashbery and
Ezra Pound. <br>
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<font face="Verdana">For more information, please contact:
</font><font face="Verdana" color="#003366">john.kulka@yale.edu
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