Stellfox Visiting Scholars and Writers Program
American Poet and author — Maxine Kumin
September 21-23, 2009

American poet and author Maxine Kumin’s awards include the Pulitzer and Ruth Lilly Poetry Prizes, the Poet’s Prize, the Aiken Taylor Award, the 2005 Harvard Arts Medal, the Robert Frost Medal in 2006, the 2008 Paterson Prize and the 2009 Paterson award for distinguished achievement.

Monday, September 21 at 7:30 p.m. — Poetry Reading by Maxine Kumin — Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium

Tuesday, September 22 at 12 noon — Q&A discussion by Maxine Kumin — Rudendall Recital Hall, Weiss Center

Tuesday, September 22 from 4-5:30 p.m. — Book signing at Whistlestop Bookshop, 129 W. High Street, Carlisle

All events are free.

Well-known poet and cultural critic Susan Stewart ’73 discussed her work, writing process and life at this year's Cogan Alumni Fellowship. Her return to the Dickinson campus provided a worthwhile opportunity for students to see the poet read her own works and hear about the experiences that have sparked Stewart's award-winning verse.

Stewart has authored five volumes of poetry and several critical books, including Poetry and the Fate of the Senses, which received the 2002 Christian Gauss Award for Literary Criticism and the 2004 Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism. She has also co-translated Euripides’ Andromache, among other works and is currently translating the work of Italian poet Alda Merini.

Susan is currently the Annan Professor of English at Princeton University where she teaches the history of poetry and aesthetics.