<html>
<body>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times">"fresh as if just finished"
The poetry of Elizabeth Bishop, with readings and commentary by Yale
faculty and new musical settings by undergraduate composers, in
celebration of the Library of America's<i> Elizabeth Bishop: Poems,
Prose, and Letters<br><br>
</i><b>April 7, 5 pm, Whitney Humanities Center Auditorium<br><br>
</b>(Co-sponsored by the Department of English, the Whitney Humanities
Center, and the Yale Review)<br><br>
Free and open to the public. <br>
For more information contact Manana Sikic at 203 432-0673 or
e-mail</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" color="#0000FF"><u>
manana.sikic@yale.edu<br><br>
<br>
</u></font><font face="Times New Roman, Times"><b>"fresh as if just
finished": The Writings of Elizabeth Bishop<br><br>
</b>On Monday, April 7, 2008, Yale University will celebrate the recent
publication of Elizabeth Bishop's<i> Poems, Prose, and Letters</i> in the
distinguished Library of America series.<br><br>
Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (the equivalent to what
is today called the Poet Laureate) in 1949-50, Elizabeth Bishop was
famous for writing slowly and publishing sparingly. Nonetheless,
over the course of her lifetime, Bishop garnered almost every major
literary prize and honor. In 1955, she received the Pulitzer Prize
for<i> Poems: North & South -- A Cold Spring</i>. Her<i>
Questions of Travel</i> won the National Book Award in 1965, and<i>
Geography III</i> received the National Book Critics Circle Award in
1976. Bishop's work has only grown in renown since this volume and
her death in 1979. Her poems are treasured for their wit and moral
acuity, for their precise vision of both external and internal
landscapes, and for their technical mastery and sense of
spontaneity.<br><br>
Our celebration-featuring readings, commentary, and song-will be held in
the Whitney Humanities Center Auditorium from 5 to 6 p.m.
Participants include essayist Anne Fadiman, critic Langdon Hammer, poet
John Hollander, musician Richard Lalli, Dean Penelope Laurans, novelist
Alice Mattison, poet J. D. McClatchy, playwright Mark O'Donnell, a group
of extraordinary singers and musicians, and Lloyd Schwartz, from the
University of Massachusetts-Boston. Professor Schwartz, a personal friend
of Bishop's and a Pulitzer Prize-winning critic, is co-editor, with
Robert Giroux, of the Library of America<i> Elizabeth Bishop</i> volume.
<br><br>
Co-sponsored by the Department of English, the Yale Review, and the
Whitney Humanities Center, this event is free and open to the public.
<br>
For more information contact Manana Sikic at 203 432-0673 or
e-mail</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" color="#0000FF"><u>
manana.sikic@yale.edu<br><br>
<br>
</u></font><x-sigsep><p></x-sigsep>
The Yale-Readings Listserv is sponsored by the Yale Collection of
American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. To post
announcements about poetry and fiction readings, send the full text of
the announcement, including contact information, to
<a href="http://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/yale-readings">
nancy.kuhl at yale.edu.</a> Messages sent directly to the Yale-Readings
list may not be posted. <br><br>
For more information about Poetry at the Beinecke Library, visit:
<a href="https://beineckepoetry.wordpress.com" eudora="autourl">
https://beineckepoetry.wordpress.com</a> </body>
</html>