Yale Bulletin and Calendar

April 23, 2004|Volume 32, Number 27

Louise Glück

U.S. poet laureate to give
reading of her new work

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Louise Glück, poet laureate of the United States and Yale's newly named Rosenkranz Writer-in-Residence, will present a reading at 4 p.m. on Monday, April 26, at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, 121 Wall St.

Glück will read from a new, still-untitled manuscript of poems at the event, which is free and open to the public. She will be introduced by Yale College Dean Richard H. Brodhead. A reception will follow.

Both the reading and reception will be filmed by Emmy Award-winning director and producer Mel Stuart, who is creating a documentary about the poet.

Glück's book "The Wild Iris" won the Pultizer Prize in 1992. Her other award-winning poetry collections include "The Triumph of Achilles," "The Seven Ages," "Meadowlands" and "Ararat." She is also author of "Proofs and Theories: Essays on Poetry." She was named the 12th poet laureate of the United States last summer.

The poet has longstanding ties with Yale. She was awarded the University's Bollingen Prize in Poetry in 2001 in honor of her lifetime of achievement, and she now serves as judge of the annual Yale Series of Younger Poets competition.

A member of the Williams College faculty for over 20 years, Glück will begin her tenure as Yale's Rosenkranz Writer-in-Residence in the fall. In that post, she will teach courses and workshops in poetry, and meet with students both formally and informally while participating in all facets of campus life.

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