Poet and Poetry Center docent Colleen Burns will lead a discussion of the work of Carl Phillips, who reads for the Poetry Center on November 1. A Professor of English and of African and Afro-American Studies at Washington University in St. Louis, Phillips is an influential poet, translator, and scholar of the classics. His recent book is the Los Angeles Times Book Prize–winner Double Shadow.
This Shop talk is in advance of a reading by Carl Philips at the Poetry Center on November 1 at 7 p.m.
Shop Talks take a "round table" approach to scholarly investigation of poetic works, resulting in a collegial atmosphere. Each Shop Talk begins with a mini-lecture on the featured author, followed by a conversation about the author and the work. A study packet containing biographical information, excerpts, and criticism is made available for each event, and no advance knowledge of the poet or works discussed is required. All discussions take place at 6:00 pm around the Persian rug in the Dorothy Rubel Room. For more information, email Wendy Burk at wlburk@email.arizona.edu.