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Carlow University
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| For Immediate Release |
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Communications & Community Relations |
| December 16, 2009 |
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Andrew Wilson |
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Assistant Director |
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412-578-2095 (phone) |
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412-260-6807 (cell) |
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412-578-2080 (fax) |
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wilsonag@carlow.edu |
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| Naomi Shihab Nye to Give Free Public Reading at Carlow University |
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Award-Winning Poet Will Read from Her Work on Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Pittsburgh, PA - Award-winning poet Naomi Shihab Nye will give a free public reading at Carlow University on Tuesday, January 12, 2010, at 7:30 p.m. in Kresge Theatre on the fifth floor of Grace Library on the Carlow campus. This reading is underwritten by the Marilyn P. Donnelly Fund for Writers-in-Residence.
Shihab Nye is a self-described "wandering poet." Born to a Palestinian father and an American mother, she grew up in St. Louis, Jerusalem, and San Antonio. Drawing on her Palestinian-American heritage, the cultural diversity of her home in Texas, and her experiences traveling in Asia, Europe, Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, and the Middle East, Nye uses her writing to attest to our shared humanity.
Shihab Nye is the author or editor of more than 25 volumes, and has been a Lannan Fellow, a Guggenheim Fellow, and a Witter Bynner Fellow (Library of Congress). She has received a Lavan Award from the Academy of American Poets, the Isabella Gardner Poetry Award, the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award, the Paterson Poetry Prize and four Pushcart Prizes.
Although the reading is free and open to the public, seating is limited. Please reserve a seat by calling Michelle Stoner at 412.578.6363 or via e-mail at mlstoner@carlow.edu.
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Editor's Note: Naomi Shihab Nye is willing to do interviews with the media. Please call Drew Wilson to arrange an interview.
About Carlow University
Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Carlow University was founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1929. Formerly Carlow College, the institution was granted university status in 2004. Offering both undergraduate and graduate programs, Carlow is the first women-centered university in the state of Pennsylvania, and is celebrating its 80th anniversary in 2009.
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