Written Arts Program, Institute for Writing and Thinking, Human Rights Program, and Center for Ethics and Writing Present
The 2024 Leslie Scalapino Lecture: Will Alexander
Monday, December 2, 2024
Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm EST/GMT-5
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm EST/GMT-5
We are thrilled to announce that award-winning poet, novelist, essayist, playwright, visual artist, and pianist Will Alexander will give the 2024 Leslie Scalapino Lecture in Innovative Poetics at Bard College, titled "Hyper-Spacial Rotation: Poetic Circular Deepening." The first in a series of two events on campus featuring Will Alexander, this lecture is free and open to the public.
The Leslie Scalapino Lecture in Innovative Poetics is made possible by Tom White, E. Tracy Grinnell and the Estate of Leslie Scalapino.
The Leslie Scalapino Lecture in Innovative Poetics is made possible by Tom White, E. Tracy Grinnell and the Estate of Leslie Scalapino.
Born in 1948, Will Alexander is a poet, novelist, essayist, playwright, visual artist and pianist. He was the recipient of a Whiting Fellowship for Poetry in 2001 and a California Arts Council Fellowship in 2002. Author of 20 books, Alexander has taught at various colleges including University of California, San Diego, New College (San Francisco, CA), Hofstra University, and Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, in addition to being associated with the nonprofit organization Theatre of Hearts/Youth First, serving at-risk youth. Alexander’s 2021 book Refractive Africa was a finalist for the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry and won the California Book Award in Poetry. He is a lifelong resident of Los Angeles.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Time: 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Location: Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium
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