Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Rita Dove comes to Grand Rapids to read as part of Grand Valley's Fall Arts Celebration.
Dove is the author of the acclaimed On the Bus with Rosa Parks and the first African American to be named U.S. Poet Laureate, from 1993-95. She appears at the event with another Pulitzer Prize-winning poet: Charles Wright, elected Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets in 1999
Poetry Night is October 15, 7 p.m. in the Eberhard Center. Admittance is free. No reservations will be taken, but interested persons are asked to RSVP by calling (616) 331-2180 or by e-mailing Patricia Clark at [email protected].
The event is sponsored by Progressive AE and Charles and Stella Royce.
