Richard Howard, poetry editor of The Paris Review, will present a talk on the craft of poetry at 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 16, for The Writing Program Reading Series at Washington University in St. Louis. In addition, Howard will read from his own work at 8 p.m. Thursday, March 18.
Both events — which are sponsored by The Writing Program and Department of English, both in Arts & Sciences — are free and open to the public and take place in Hurst Lounge, Room 201, Duncker Hall, on Washington University’s Hilltop Campus. A book-signing and reception will follow each, and copies of Howard’s works will be available for purchase. Duncker Hall is located at the northwest corner of Brookings Quadrangle, near the intersection of Brookings and Hoyt drives. For more information, call (314) 935-7130.
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WHO: Poet Richard Howard WHEN: 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 16 – Talk on poetry; 8 p.m. Thursday, March 18 – Reading from his work WHERE: Hurst Lounge, Room 201 Duncker Hall, northwest corner of Brookings Quadrangle, near the intersection of Hoyt and Brookings Drive COST: free and open to the public INFORMATION: (314) 935-7130 |
Howard is the author of 11 books of poetry, including most recently Trappings: New Poems (1999) and Like Most Revelations: New Poems (1994). His book Untitled Subjects was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1969. In addition, Howard has published more than 150 translations from the French, including works by Baudelaire, Camus, Breton, and Barthes. He has received the National Institute of Arts and Letters Literary Award, the Ordre National du Merite from the French government and fellowships from the Academy of American Poets, the Guggenheim Foundation and the MacArthur Foundation.
“Like Robert Browning before him and like no one else since, Richard Howard accurately captures the present by assuming the voices of those who lived in the past,” said Mary Jo Bang, associate professor of English. “His dramatic monologues reveal more than just mere virtuosity (as if virtuosity is ever only mere) but offer wisdom as well, and a sly erudite humor, and often lacerating poignancy. Across every era, from Odysseus on, his speakers chronicle the timeless aspects of what it is to be human—body, mind, memory and will.”
Howard teaches in the Writing Division of the School of Arts at Columbia University. During his weeklong residency at Washington University, he will serve as the Fannie Hurst Professor of Creative Literature.