Canisius presents acclaimed poet Diana Goetsch who will read from her works on Wednesday, March 29 at 7:00 p.m. in the Grupp Fireside Lounge. The event, which is free and open to the public, will include a book signing, question and answer period, and reception.
Goetsch is the author (as Douglas Goetsch) of Nameless Boy, The Job of Being Everybody and several other volumes of poems. Her work has appeared in the New Yorker, Best American Poetry, and numerous other journals and anthologies. Among Goetsch’s honors are fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York Foundation for the Arts and the Donald Murray Prize. She taught English and creative writing in the New York City public schools and to incarcerated teens in the Bronx. Goetsch is the founder of Jane Street Press. She currently writes a column entitled “Life in Transition” for The American Scholar, lives in New York and works as a freelance teacher of writing.
For more information on Goetsch’s visit or the Contemporary Writers Series, contact Mick Cochrane, PhD, professor of English, at Ext 2662.
Submitted by: College Communications
