Canisius presents award-winning Irish poet Theo Dorgan who will read from his works on Thursday, October 29 at 7:00 p.m. in the Montante Cultural Center for the college’s 12th annual Hassett Reading. The event, which is free and open to the public, will include a book signing, question and answer period, and reception. Part of the Canisius College Contemporary Writers Series, the Hassett Family Readings are supported by the distinguished Buffalo family that includes attorneys Joseph M. Hassett, ’64, PhD and Paul M. Hassett Jr. ’62.
Theo Dorgan was born in Cork and completed a bachelor’s degree in English and philosophy and a master’s degree in English from University College Cork. He is the author of two works of nonfiction, Sailing for Home: A Voyage from Antigua to Ireland and Time on the Ocean: A Voyage from Cape Horn to Cape Town; a novel, Making Way; and several collections of poetry. Dorgan’s most recent work is Nine Bright Shiners, named 2015 winner of the Irish Times-Poetry Now award. He is a former director of Poetry Ireland and a member of Aosdána, Ireland’s academy of the arts.
The Hassett Family Readings have brought many leading Irish and Irish-American writers to Western New York, including Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney, Pulitzer Prize winning poet Paul Muldoon, and acclaimed novelists Colm Toibin, Sebastian Barry and Alice McDermott.
For more information, contact Mick Cochrane, PhD, professor of English, at Ext. 2662.
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