TWO POET LAUREATES READ MAY 7
Posted on April 22, 2013
Evening of Poet Laureates Two poet laureates with ties to
Cal U will read from their work at an “Evening of Poet Laureates,” part of the
Visiting Writers Series sponsored by the California University Department of
English and the College of Liberal Arts. Poet laureate of North Carolina A Pittsburgh native, he is professor
of creative writing at Appalachian
State University, where he also is director of Writing in the Field and a
writer-in-residence in the university’s Watauga Global Community. Devoted to social justice,
Bathanti first went to North Carolina to serve in the VISTA (Volunteers in
Service to America) program. He has taught writing workshops in prisons for 35
years and, as poet laureate, works with veterans to share their stories through
poetry. Bathanti’s books of poetry
include: He also has published two novels, Coventry (Novello
Festival Press, 2006) and East Liberty (Banks Channel Books, 2001), as
well as a book of short stories, The High Heart (Eastern Washington
University Press, 2007). Former poet
laureate of Berks County, Pa. He is also an adjunct faculty member for Clarion
University's Department of Library Science and a doctoral candidate at IUP,
where he is working toward a Ph.D. in communications media and instructional
technology. A videogame designer as well as a poet, Sittler is the lead
designer of A Planet in Peril: Plagiarism,
a Web-based educational game that won the 2010 Caspian Learning Serious Games
Challenge. Sittler has co-edited, with Dr. Doug Cook, two books for the
Association of College and Research Libraries: An “Evening of Poet Laureates” is free, and the public may attend.
The event begins at 7 p.m. May 7 in Eberly Hall, Room 110. A book signing and light refreshments
will be offered after the reading. Cal U is easy to reach via
major highways and Toll Route 43. Directions to
Cal U. Visitor parking is available in
the Vulcan Garage, off Third Street near the campus entrance.
7 p.m. May 7
Eberly Hall, Room 110
Joseph Bathanti
Former Cal U student Joseph Bathanti, who was
installed as North Carolina’s poet laureate in September, is the author of six
books of poetry, two novels and a short story collection.
Ryan Sittler
Ryan Sittler,
poet laureate of Berks County from 2002-2008, is an assistant professor
and instructional technology/information literacy librarian at Cal U’s Manderino
Library.
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