In celebration of National Poetry Month in April, Matthew Gavin Frank, author, poet, and educator, will read selections from his recently published poetry collection on Thursday, April 11 at 7:00 pm in the Peter White Public Library Shiras Room.
The Morrow Plots, published by Black Lawrence Press, is a series of linked, research-based, murderous, scandalous poems investigating the bloody history of small Midwestern towns. The writings are inspired by an experimental cornfield at the University of Illinois that was established in 1876 as the first experimental corn field at an American college and continues to be used today. Known as the Morrow Plot, the area has been designated as a National Historic Landmark.
Matthew Frank received his MFA in Poetry and Creative Nonfiction from Arizona State University. He taught creative writing to undergraduates in Phoenix, Arizona, and poetry to soldiers and their families near Fort Drum in upstate New York. He is the author of “Pot Farm”, “Barolo” and several chapbooks. He teaches Creative Writing in the MFA Program at Northern Michigan University, where he is also the Nonfiction Editor of Passages North.
A book sale and signing opportunity will follow the presentation. There is no admission charge. For more information call the Peter White Public Library at 226-4318 or visit www.pwpl.info.
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