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BELLINGHAM – Western Washington University’s English department will host author Rita Dove, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and playwright. She will read from her works as well as selections from her most recent book, “American Smooth,” beginning at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27 in WWU Performing Arts Center Concert Hall. Dove’s reading is free and open to the public, but tickets are required. Dove, Commonwealth Professor of English at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, served as Poet Laureate of the United States and consultant to the Library of Congress from 1993 to 1995. She is currently Poet Laureate of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Dove has received numerous literary and academic honors, including the 2003 Emily Couric Leadership Award. “Thomas and Beulah,” a collection of interrelated poems loosely based on her grandparents’ life, earned her the 1987 Pulitzer Prize, making her the second African American poet (after Gwendolyn Brooks in 1950) to receive this prestigious award. As a 1970 Presidential Scholar, Dove received her bachelor’s degree from Miami University of Ohio and her master’s of fine arts from the University of Iowa. She also was a Fulbright scholar at the Universität Tübingen in Germany. Dove has published numerous poetry collections, short stories, essays and the play “The Darker Face of the Earth,” which had its world premiere in 1996 at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and was subsequently produced at theaters including the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. and the Royal National Theatre in London. Dove is the editor of “Best American Poetry 2000.” From 2000 to 2002, she wrote a weekly column, "Poet's Choice," for The Washington Post. Tickets are available beginning Oct. 3 and are limited to two tickets per person. For more information contact the WWU Box Office (360) 650-6146. For a parking permit or information, please stop at the south campus Visitor Center, open from 7:15 a.m. to 8 p.m. weekdays. No permit is required in (south campus) gravel C lots between 5 p.m. and 7 a.m. weekdays, or on weekends. There is a $1 an hour charge for parking after 5 p.m. and on weekends in designated lots, which have blue machines that accept cash, coins, or credit/debit cards. There is no additional charge in these lots for those displaying a valid parking pass or a Viking XPress bus pass after 7 p.m., with the exception of lot 6V (Viking Union) where payment is required at all times. Parking meters at various campus locations cost $2 an hour, 24 hours/7 days. Faculty are reminded that reserved parking spaces are available for their use after hours and weekends with a valid parking permit or bus pass, as posted in lots 10G, 17G, and Parks Hall. |
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