Central College presents Mary Swander, poet laureate of Iowa
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Central College presents Mary Swander, poet laureate of Iowa
Date:
November 15, 2012
Time:
7:30 PM - 7:30 PM CST
Event Description:
Central College welcomes Mary Swander, poet laureate of Iowa, to the Writers Reading series on November 15. Swander will read from her latest book of poetry, “The Girls on the Roof,” in the Geisler Library reading room at 7:30 p.m. The reading is free and open to the public.
“The Girls on the Roof” is a long narrative poem about a mother and daughter isolated on the roof of a café on the banks of the Mississippi River during the flooding of 1993. She is the author of three other books of poetry, including “Heaven-and-Earth House,” “Driving the Body Back” and “Succession.” She is also the author of two memoirs.
