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d'Alzon Arts Series: Poetry Reading with Linda Warren and George Drew

Linda Warren
Linda Warren
George Drew
George Drew

March, 2005—Assumption College presents a reading with poets Linda Warren and George Drew on Friday, March 18, 2005 at 7:00 p.m. in the Emmanuel d'Alzon Library.

Mount Holyoke College graduate Linda Warren received an MFA from Cornell University. Since 1987, she has published 12 novels for Berkley Books, Harlequin Books, and Bantam/Doubleday/Dell. In addition to her fiction, Warren's poetry has appeared in Diner and The Worcester Review. As a performance poet, she has presented her work at venues throughout central New England. She has been a guest commentator for NPR through WFCR in Amherst, MA, and currently does technical writing and quality assurance for a Natick, MA firm.

George Drew has been published in journals such as the Antioch Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, Cimarron Review, Hollins Critic, Maine Times, Mississippi Review, The Quarterly, Quarterly West, Salmagundi, Southern Poetry Review, Vermont Literary Review, and many others. Toads in a Poisoned Tank, his first book, was published in 1986. One of his poems received an Honorable Mention in the 2002 Robert Frost Foundation poetry competition. He was also the winner of the 2003 Paumanok Poetry Award.

This reading is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Dawn Thistle, director of Library Services, at (508) 767-7272.