The winners of this year’s Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry, Debora Greger and William Logan, will be the focus of a number of events in Sewanee March 19–21.
Events begin at 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 19, with a lecture by David Yezzi (editor of the New Criterion) on “The Perfect Moods of William Logan,” in McGriff Alumni Hall. This and all lectures and readings are followed by a reception and an opportunity to purchase books by the poets and lecturers.
William Logan’s Aiken Taylor reading is at 5 p.m., Wednesday, March 20, in Convocation Hall.
At 4 p.m., Thursday, March 21, Emily Grosholz, liberal arts research professor of philosophy, African American studies and English at Penn State University, will lecture on “The Landscapes of Debora Greger” in McGriff Alumni Hall.
Debora Greger will give the final reading at 8 p.m., Thursday, March 21, in Convocation Hall.
The most significant prize administered by the Sewanee Review, the Aiken Taylor Award, was established in 1987 to honor an accomplished American poet for the work of his or her career. The award was made possible through the generosity of Dr. K. P. A. Taylor, brother of poet Conrad Aiken.
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