Monday, October 31, 2005
RopeWalk Reading Series features poet David Schumate
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David Schumate is the latest writer in the 2005 RopeWalk Reading Series. He will read from his work at 7 p.m. Thursday, November 17, in Kleymeyer Hall in the Liberal Arts Center at the University of Southern Indiana. Schumate teaches at Marian College in Indianapolis. His prose poems have appeared widely in literary journals including North America Review, Mid-American Review, Mississippi Review, Maize, Southern Indiana Review, and Prairie Schooner. His book of prose poems, "High Water Mark," (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2004) was awarded the 2003 Agnes Lynch Starrett prize for first books and received first place in the poetry category of the Best Books of Indiana Competition of 2005. His work has been featured on Garrison Keillor’s NPR program, “Writer’s Almanac” and in Keillor’s anthology "Good Poems for Hard Times." The RopeWalk Reading Series is made possible through the support of RopeWalk Writers Retreat, Southern Indiana Review, USI Society for Arts & Humanities, National Endowment for the Arts, Indiana Arts Commission, and USI Student Writers’ Union. All readings in the series are free and open to the public. For more information, contact Jim McGarrah, assistant professor of English, at 812/461-5208. |
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