Poet Naomi Shihab Nye to Read at USU

Poet Naomi Shihab Nye will present two public events Wednesday, Feb. 13, as part of the Utah State University Department of English Speaker Series. Please note this is a date change from earlier printed calendar listings of Feb. 14.

Nye first speaks as she conducts a master class at 3 p.m. in USU’s Family Life Building, room 206 (approximately 490 N. 700 East). At 7 p.m., she is featured at the USU Haight Alumni Center 650 N. 800 East) where she will read from her works.

 

Both events are free and all are invited.

 

Nye describes herself as a “wandering poet.” She has spent 33 years traveling the country and world leading writing workshops.

 

Nye was born to a Palestinian father and an American mother and grew up in St. Louis, Mo., Jerusalem, Israel, and San Antonio, Texas. Drawing on her Palestinian-American heritage, the cultural diversity of her home in Texas, and her experiences traveling in Asia, Europe, Canada, Mexico, Central and South America and the Middle East, Nye uses her writing to attest to our shared humanity.

 

Nye’s visit is made possible by the Marie Eccles Caine Foundation and the Department of English at Utah State.

 

The USU Department of English Speakers Series was established to promote the value of arts and humanities in American public life. The series features faculty writing and research accomplishments and noted visiting authors and scholars sharing their work. Next up is Mary Floyd Wilson, who visits the USU campus March 3 at 12:30 p.m. in the Haight Alumni Center. The title of Wilson’s presentation is “A Witchcraft Drew Me Hither: ‘Twelfth Night’ and the Nature of Attraction.”

 

For more information, contact Marina Hall in the Department of English, (435) 797-3858 or email marina.hall@usu.edu.

 

Contact: Michael Sowder (435) 797-7100 michael.sowder@usu.edu