03/27 - Time: 8 p.m.

Poetry Reading

Brian Johnson is the author of SELF-PORTRAIT. His poems have appeared in AMERICAN LETTERS AND COMMENTARY, THE PROSE POEM: AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL, DRUNKEN BOAT, QUARTER AFTER EIGHT, WEST BRANCH, and many other journals. He teaches at Southern Connecticut State University.

Steve Straight is a professor of English and director of the poetry program at Manchester Community College. His first full-length book of poetry, THE WATER CARRIER, was published by Curbstone Press in 2002 and is now in a second printing. Poetry from the book has been featured on Garrison Keillor's THE WRITER'S ALMANAC. For many years, Straight directed the Connecticut Poetry Circuit, and for many summers he directed the Seminar Series for the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival. He has given workshops on writing and teaching throughout the eastern United States and in Ireland.  In 1998 he was named a Distinguished Advocate for the Arts by the Connecticut Commission on the Arts.  He lives in South Windsor with his wife, soprano Marian Maccarone.

Admission: free and open to the public

Location: English Department Common Room, Engleman Hall D 253

Contact Information: Robin Troy, (203) 392-9636 , troyr2@SouthernCT.edu