FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 30, 2008
CONTACT: Elizabeth Fischtziur - (425) 352-3636 - efischtziur@uwb.edu
BOTHELL, Wash. - The University of Washington Bothell's Writing for Their Lives series continues on Tuesday, February 5 with artists Hank Lazer and Lissa Wolsak.
The public is invited to enjoy a reading by the artists and conversation about their work, beginning at 3:30 p.m. in the UW Bothell Library, Room 205.
About the artists:
Hank Lazer is a poet and critic who has turned his attention most recently to spiritual experience. Having published twelve books of poetry, his current titles include The New Spirit, Elegies and Vacations, and Days. He, with Charles Bernstein, serves as the editor of the adventurous and extensive Modern and Contemporary Poetics series, published by the University of Alabama Press. He is a Professor of English at the University of Alabama where he also serves as the Associate Provost for Academic Affairs.
Lissa Wolsak is a poet, goldsmith, and energy/thought-field therapist, residing in Vancouver, British Columbia. She has published several essays and long poem sequences, at times crossing these genres in works such as An Heuristic Prolusion. Her books of poems include Garcia Family Co-Mercy, Pen Chants, Of Beings Alone, and Squeezed Light: Collected Works 1994-2006.
The Writing for Their Lives series is part of the Initiative for Creativity, Performance and Research, funded by a UW Bothell Worthington Academic Distinction grant. It is also generously supported by Barbara and Kent Chaplin of Chaplin's Automotive Group.For more information on the series, visit http://www.uwb.edu/alumni/WFTLposter07-08.pdf.
The University of Washington Bothell was founded in 1990 to serve King and Snohomish counties and north Puget Sound area students seeking bachelor's and master's degrees. UW Bothell offers degree programs in applied computing, business, nursing, education, computing and software systems, interdisciplinary arts and sciences, cultural studies, and policy studies.
