Janet Burroway poetry reading today

The Department of English Creative Writing Program is hosting a special poetry reading by celebrated writer Janet Burroway at 7 p.m. today in the 3rd Floor East Lounge of the Bone Student Center. Those interested in meeting Burroway may also come to Illinois State’s Publications Unit in 307 Fairchild Hall from 4 to 5 p.m.

Burroway is the Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor Emerita at Florida State University. Her textbook “Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft” is the most widely used creative writing text in America, and “Imaginative Writing:The Elements of Craft“ is in preparation for its third edition.

Burroway is the author of plays, poetry, children’s books and eight novels including Pulitzer Prize nominee “The Buzzards,” “Raw Silk” (runner-up for the National Book Award), “Opening Nights,” “Cutting Stone,” and the 2009 “Bridge of Sand.” Her children’s book “The Giant Jam Sandwich” has been translated into 20 languages and scored for orchestra.

Recent works include a collection of essays, “Embalming Mom,” and the plays “Sweepstakes,” “Medea With Child” and “Parts of Speech,” which have received readings and productions in New York, London, San Francisco, Hollywood and various regional theatres.

This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Ricardo Cortez Cruz, professor of English and director of Creative Writing, at (309) 438-7296 or rccruz@ilstu.edu.

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