Celebrate National Poetry Month
Speaker:
Readings with Ada Limón & Jennifer Knox
05 Apr 2016
7:00 PM
Ames Public Library, 515 Douglas Ave
Ada Limón is the author of four books of poetry, including Bright Dead Things, which was a finalist for the 2015 National Book Award in Poetry and named one of the Top Ten Poetry Books of the Year by the New York Times. She serves on the faculty of Queens University of Charlotte Low Residency MFA program. Jennifer Knox teaches at Iowa State and is the author of four books of poetry, including, most recently, Days of Shame and Failure. Her work has appeared four times in the Best American Poetry series as well as the New York Times, The New Yorker, and American Poetry Review.
Ada Limón's other books include [i]Lucky Wreck, This Big Fake World[/i], and [i]Sharks in the Rivers.[/i]
Jennifer Knox's other books include [i]The Mystery of the Hidden Driveway, Drunk by Noon[/i], and [i]A Gringo Like Me.[/i]