Reading by Acclaimed Poet Christian Wiman

The U of A programs in creative writing and translation are proud to present Christian Wiman – poet, essayist, and editor of Poetry magazine from 2003-2013 – who will read from his work at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13, in Giffels Auditorium, Old Main.

Wiman is the author of four books of poetry and two collections of essays. In the New Yorker, poet and critic Dan Chiasson chose Wiman’s Every Riven Thing as one of the eleven best poetry collections of the year, writing, "Every poem seems made to steady and fortify him against mortality." Wiman’s other collections include The Long Home, which won the Nicholas Roerich Prize; Hard Night; Stolen Air, translations of Osip Mendelstam; and the nonfiction collections Ambition and Survival: Becoming a Poet and My Bright Abyss. He has been the recipient of both the Ruth Lilly and Wallace Stegner fellowships and was recently appointed to the faculty of the Yale Institute of Sacred Music as Senior Lecturer in Religion and Literature.

This event is free and open to the public. It is made possible by support from the University of Arkansas department of English, the Walton Family Foundation, and the University of Arkansas Fine Arts Activities Fee.