His characters are eloquent and even quite brilliant. She recently earned her PhD at the University of Houston. Debra Gwartney is Administrative Director and instructor in the Program in Creative Writing. She is the author of several collections of poetry including The Dead and the Living , The Wellspring , and the most recent, Blood, Tin, Straw . Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and New York State Poet Laureate, Sharon Olds will serve as the judge for the Walter and Nancy Kidd Tutorial fiction and poetry contest for undergraduates.
All readings are free and open to the public.