Helen S. Lanier Distinguished Professor of English Jed Rasula and the Creative Writing Program will present a talk and reading by poet and visual artist Will Alexander Jan. 17-18. These events are sponsored by the Willson Center, as part of its Short Term Visiting Fellowship Program, and Ideas for Creative Exploration.
Ideas for Creative Exploration will host an ICE Conversation with Alexander Jan. 17 at noon in Room S160 of the Lamar Dodd School of Art. Alexander will also give a public reading of his creative work Jan. 18 at 7 p.m. at Cine. Both events are open free to the public.
A poet, novelist, visual artist, philosopher, essayist and pianist, Alexander was born in Los Angeles and received a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Los Angeles. Alexander published his first poetry collection, Vertical Rainbow Climber, in 1987. He went on to publish numerous books of poetry, including Kaleidoscopic Omniscience,The Sri Lankan Loxodrome and Asia & Haiti.
Alexander’s visit is made possible with support from the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts, Ideas for Creative Exploration, the Helen S. Lanier Foundational Fund at UGA and the Creative Writing Program.
