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Poet, author Clint Smith offers new perspectives
“‘I think in order for us to be better communicators, better teachers, better people [and] better humans, we should seek out opportunities like this.’”
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Poet, memoirist Safiya Sinclair continues Visiting Writers Series
“‘[Sinclair] encourages other people to be comfortable in their skin [and] take up space without feeling embarrassed about it.’”
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Acclaimed author Teju Cole to speak at Butler
The author of Open City and Every Day is for the Thief will visit as the final speaker in the Fall Visiting Writers Series
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Monica Youn to be the next Visiting Writer at Butler
Former lawyer turned award-winning poet, Monica Youn, is the next visiting writer to present as part of Butler University’s Visiting Writers Series.
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Colson Whitehead to be the next Visiting Writer at Butler
Award-winning author, Colson Whitehead, is next in the line-up for Butler’s Visiting Writers Series. His latest novel, “The Underground Railroad,” is the first in 20 years to win both the 2017 Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.
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Poet Ross Gay to be a Visiting Writer at Butler
Ross Gay, an award winning poet whose most recent book, “A Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude” was a finalist for the 2015 National Book Award in Poetry, is coming to speak at Butler as a part of the Visiting Writers Series.