Yale Bulletin and Calendar

November 5, 2004|Volume 33, Number 10

Calhoun College to host talks
by poet and Yale World Fellow

Two visiting members of the campus community -- the Rosencranz Writer in Residence and a member of this year's class of Yale World Fellows -- will talk about their respective work this week at Calhoun College, 434 College St.

Both talks are open to the public free of charge.

Rosencranz Writer in Residence

Louise Glück, who came to Yale this fall as the Rosencranz Writer in Residence, will speak at a "Master's Dessert" at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 8.

The 12th poet laureate of the United States (2003-2004), Gluck is the author of numerous award-winning books. These include "The Wild Iris," which received the Pulitzer Prize and the Poetry Society of America's William Carlos Williams Award; "The Triumph of Achilles," which won the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Boston Globe Literary Press Award and the Poetry Society of America's Melville Kane Award; "The Seven Ages," which was awarded The New Yorker Magazine's Book Award in Poetry; "Meadowlands"; and "Ararat," which received the Library's Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry.

Glück also published a collection of essays titled "Proofs and Theories: Essays on Poetry," which won the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for Non-Fiction.

In 2001 Yale awarded Glück its Bollingen Prize in Poetry, which is given biennially for a poet's lifetime achievement in his or her art. In another Yale connection, Glück was named as the new judge for the Yale Series of Younger Poets. Before coming to Yale, Glück was on the faculty at Williams College for 20 years.

Established in 1990, the Rosenkranz Writer-in-Residence program brings to campus distinguished professional writers who will enhance the University's intellectual and artistic life with their teaching and the example of their literary accomplishment.

World Fellow

Heather Stevens, one of this year's class of World Fellows, will be the guest at a master's tea at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 11.

As head of Northern Ireland's Children and Young People's Unit, Stevens is developing and implementing a 10-year government strategy to ensure that the rights and needs of children and young people are at the heart of government policymaking.

A lawyer by training, Stevens spent a year practicing family law before joining the government to work on family law reform. As senior legal assistant in the Office of Law Reform 1994-2000, she played a central role in drafting new legislation dealing with domestic violence and divorce.

In 2000, at age 35, Stevens took over as head of the Human Rights Unit in the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister. She led the team charged with preparing the way for implementation of Northern Ireland's Human Rights Act in 2000. She was recently promoted to a senior service post in Northern Ireland's Department of Employment and Learning.

Each year the World Fellows Program brings 16 to 18 highly accomplished men and women from a diverse set of countries outside the United States to Yale for a concentrated 17-week leadership program. During that time, the World Fellows explore critical issues through a program of individualized academic enrichment, a World Fellows Seminar and leadership training with the full resources of Yale at their disposal.

Fortune writer to give master's tea

Calhoun College will also host a master's tea, which was originally scheduled for Sept. 22, with Bethany McLean, a senior writer at Fortune magazine, on Wednesday, Nov. 10.

McLean's talk will take place at 4:30 p.m. at the master's house, 434 College St. The talk is free and open to the public.

McLean covers a wide variety of topics for the magazine. Her most recent stories include articles on the Masters of Wine and the company InterActive Corp. She is the co-author of "The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron."

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