{"id":5698,"date":"2015-10-07T15:03:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T19:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bsuenglish.wordpress.com\/?p=5698"},"modified":"2018-11-19T17:47:55","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T22:47:55","slug":"the-visiting-writers-series-presents-mark-irwin-october-14th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/blog\/2015\/10\/07\/the-visiting-writers-series-presents-mark-irwin-october-14th\/","title":{"rendered":"The Visiting Writers Series Presents Mark Irwin, October 14th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The English Department\u2019s Visiting Writers Series invites you to an evening with poet Mark Irwin on <strong>October 14th<\/strong> at <strong>7:30 PM<\/strong> in <strong>Letterman Building 125<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><strong>Who is Mark Irwin?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left:30px\">Mark Irwin is a multiple award-winning (including four Pushcart prizes and fellowships from the Fulbright, Lilly, Wurlitzer Foundations and the National Endowment for the Arts), accomplished poet and translator. His <em>American Urn: New &amp; Selected Poems (1987-2014)<\/em> appears in 2015.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><strong>What does he write?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left:30px\">Mark Irwin\u2019s poetry is most commonly noted for the commentary on the world in which we live. John Ashbury indicates that <span style=\"color:#ff0000\">\u201cMark Irwin\u2019s poetry is astir with liquid light, light wind, leaves, blossoms, and the slight but weighty questions that anchor us in his trembling landscapes.\u201d<span style=\"color:#000000\"> It seems Irwin\u2019s poems embody the world through a grandiose and colorful lens. And as M.S. Merwin notes, Irwin\u2019s<\/span> \u201csubtlety of ear, of phrasing, of language all together, and a light-play of feeling\u2026\u201d<\/span> add to the experience of his poems. Irwin\u2019s poems have been compared to music that is compassionate and fearless. One thing is for sure: Irwin\u2019s poetry is bound to make you look at the world in a different light.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><strong>Where does he live and teach?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left:30px\">He lives in Colorado, and Los Angeles, where he teaches in the Ph.D. in Creative Writing and Literature Program at the University of Southern California.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Meet Mark October 14th at 7:30 PM in Letterman Building 125.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left:30px\">All students and faculty are encouraged to attend.\u00a0If you plan to attend, please add the event to your calendar and tell your friends on social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The English Department\u2019s Visiting Writers Series invites you to an evening with poet Mark Irwin on October 14th at 7:30 PM in Letterman Building 125. Who is Mark Irwin? 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