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Poet Denise Duhamel Performs at USpeak on March 19


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    uSpeakDenise Duhamel March 19Denise Duhamel, whose most recent book of poetry, Blowout (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2013), was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and winner of a 2014 Paterson Poetry Prize, performs at the next USpeak Flash Fiction & Poetry Performance Series on Thursday, March 19, at 7 p.m. at the CAS Gallery/Wesley House, 1210 Stanford Drive, Coral Gables campus. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

    Duhamel’s other books include Ka-Ching! (Pittsburgh, 2009), Two and Two (Pittsburgh, 2005), Queen for a Day: Selected and New Poems (Pittsburgh, 2001), The Star-Spangled Banner (Southern Illinois University Press, 1999), and Kinky (Orchises Press, 1997). She has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. The guest editor for The Best American Poetry 2013, she is a professor at Florida International University in Miami.

    USpeak is an open mic event in a friendly environment where attendees can read their work, play their music, and listen to the art of others. Open mic slots are limited; arrive early if you intend to perform.

    The USpeak Open Mic Flash Fiction & Poetry Performance Series, sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences, the English Department’s Creative Writing Program, and Mangrove Literary Journal, is free and open to the public. For information about parking, please see UM Parking Information.

    For more information on USpeak events, please visit http://www.miami.edu/uspeak, which also offers podcasts of previous USpeaks, or contact University of Miami Creative Writing Director M. Evelina Galang at [email protected] or Creative Writing Community Outreach and Events Coordinator Melissa Burley at [email protected].

     

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