UNCA to Host Talk by Poet, Writer and Translator
Reginald Gibbons

UNC Asheville will host a talk by poet, writer and translator Reginald Gibbons at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 12, at UNCA's Laurel Forum, 139 Karpen Hall. The event is free and open to the public.

Gibbons is an English professor at Northwestern University. His books of poetry include "It's Time and Sparrow: New and Selected Poems." Gibbons has translated many work including the Greek works "Bakkhai" and "Anitgone." He is the editor of "The Poet's Work" and has also published numerous books. Gibbons has held Guggenheim and NEA fellowships in poetry and received the Anisfield Wolf Book Award and the Carl Sandburg Prize, among other honors.

The event is sponsored by UNCA's Literature Club, the Creative Writing Program at UNCA, the Classics Society at UNCA and UNCA's Departments of Literature and Language.

For more information, call UNCA's Literature and Language Department at 828/251-6411.

Media Contacts:

• Dr. Rick Chess, Professor of Literature and Language, 828/251-6576
• Jill Yarnall, UNCA Public Information Assistant Director, 828/251-6526