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News from Lane Community College
May 6, 2010
U.S. Poet Laureate Kay Ryan to speak at LCC May 13-14
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Kay Ryan |
EUGENE, OR - U.S. Poet Laureate Kay Ryan will give a free public reading on Thursday, May 13, at 7 p.m. at the Lane Community College Center for Meeting and Learning, building 19, main campus, 4000 E. 30th Avenue, Eugene.
Ryan is 16th poet laureate of the United States. She initiated a project called Poetry for the Mind's Joy in collaboration with the Library of Congress and the Community College Humanities Association that "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. 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
