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March 2, 2010
US Poet Laureate Kay Ryan, May 13-14
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Kay Ryan |
EUGENE, OR - Kay Ryan, U.S. poet laureate, will visit Lane Community College on May 13 and 14. Ryan will give a public reading on Thursday, May 13, at 7 p.m. in the Center for Meeting and Learning, building 19, main campus, 4000 E. 30th Avenue, Eugene. She will meet with students on Friday, May 14.
Ryan is 16th poet laureate of the United States. Last fall, she initiated a project called Poetry for the Mind’s Joy, in collaboration with the Library of Congress and the Community College Humanities Association. The initiative “highlights poetry being generated on community college campuses, as well as the vital role played by community colleges in nurturing lives and minds.” For details go online at www.loc.gov/poetry/mindsjoy.
Ryan’s visit is part of the Reading Together project at Lane which engages students in reading and discussion of shared texts, with each other, with the greater campus community, and with the community at large. Reading Together is indebted to Jane King, a long time supporter and patron of interdisciplinary studies at Lane.
Lane is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution.
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Media contacts:
Joan Aschim, PIO, (541) 463-5591, aschimj@lanecc.edu
Eileen Thompson, instructor, Language Literature and Communication, and Reading Together coordinator, 541-463-3394
