Nationally recognized poet Daisy Fried will visit the Fredonia campus in November as the second speaker in the Department of English’s Mary Louise White Visiting Writer Series.
Her author craft talk will be held Thursday, Nov. 6 at 4 p.m., followed by a reading at 7 p.m. Both events will take place in McEwen Hall Room 202 and are free to students and the general public.
Fried is the author of three books of poetry, “Women’s Poetry: Poems and Advice,” “My Brother is Getting Arrested Again” and “She Didn’t Mean to Do It,” which won the Agnes Lynch Starrett Award. “My Brother is Getting Arrested Again” was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, as well as the James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets. It was also named one of Library Journal’s Top 10 Best Poetry Books of 2006. “Women’s Poetry: Poems and Advice” was added to the same Library Journal list for this year.
Fried has received numerous awards, such as a Pushcart Prize and the Cohen Award from Ploughshares. In addition to writing her own poetry, she reviews poetry books for The New York Times, Poetry, and The Threepenny Review. Recently, her poems have been published in the London Review of Books, The Nation, The New Republic, Poetry, The Threepenny Review and Best American Poetry.
The Visiting Writers Series gives students and others the chance to hear writer’s insights first hand, as well as to listen to writers read their own works, thus putting students closer than ever to the authors they have studied in class or have even silently admired on their own time.
“One of the series' functions is to promote literature, inspire creativity and foster lively conversations about why writing matters by bringing authors from diverse backgrounds and literary traditions to audiences in Western N.Y.,” said series organizer, Professor Aimee Nezhukumatathil.
“In addition, the Mary Louise White Reading Series serves the important function of bringing vital and exciting voices to a region that otherwise has difficult access to the arts,” Nezhukumatathil added.
The event is supported by the Mary Louise White Fund of the Fredonia College Foundation and the English department.
For more information on the Visiting Writers’ Series, visit www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-sciences/english/mlw-visiting-writers-series
