1 p.m. Reed will present another poetry reading on April 2 at 8 p.m. at the First Christian Church on Colonial Avenue in Norfolk.
All events are free and open to the public.
Calvin Hernton and Harryette Mullen visited the campus in November 1998 and February, respectively. The University will welcome Nathaniel Mackey April 16 and 17. Reed is a prolific essayist, novelist and poet. He frequently writes in a satirical vein with a profound awareness of history as it relates to present concerns. The program will promote creative writing at Hampton University by giving students, and especially student writers, the opportunity for close extended contact with the artists.