Poet Joan Kane presents her new book of poetry, 'The Cormorant Hunter's Wife' on Nov. 17, 2009
by Kathleen McCoy |
Tuesday, Nov. 17, 6-8 p.m. UAA Campus Bookstore
Joan Kane is Inupiaq Eskimo, with family from King Island and Mary's Igloo, Alaska. With the assistance of a 2007 Rasmuson Foundation Individual Artist Award, Kane completed her first book of poetry, The Cormorant Hunter's Wife, which she will share with us.
Joan Kane's past achievements include being a former Harvard National Scholar and a recipient of a Columbia University Writing Fellowship. She received the John Haines Award from Ice Floe Press in 2004 and was an Academy of American Poets semi-finalist for the Walt Whitman Award in 2006.
Everyone is encouraged to attend this event; free parking is available. For more information, contact Rachel Epstein at (907) 786-4782. This event is sponsored with the Alaska Center for the Book, the ANAIHMC and the UAA Campus Bookstore.
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