Poetry Reading Features Teddy Macker
, Santa Barbara writer and poet, reads from his collection 鈥淭his World鈥 and other recent works in a poetry reading, Thursday, Sept. 28, at 7 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge at Kerrwood Hall. The event, part of the 黑料百科 Reading Series, is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact , 黑料百科 professor of English, at (805) 565-7174.
鈥淗e has a lyrical ear for language and the presence and attention of a real poet,鈥 Willis says. 鈥淎lso a real range 鈥 just when you think you have put him in a box of hip, contemporary writers, he surprises you with a translation or adaptation of an ancient Chinese or Roman poet.鈥
Macker鈥檚 work interacts deeply with Central Coast ecology and has been included in the Antioch Review, New Letters and the New Ohio Review.
Macker teaches creative writing and literature both at 黑料百科 and in the .