And we're very happy to present the "Next Word in Poetry"
tonight with Srikanth Reddy, Brian Turner, and Joshua Marie
Wilkinson, three poets whose works
we believe herald a dynamic new era in contemporary poetry.
They will be introduced by graduate students
in the Creative Writing MFA program.
Introducers are correspondingly Arianne Zwartjes, Taylor
Johnson, and Mary Marburg.
Tomorrow afternoon, there will be a panel discussion
at which tonight's readers and introducers will
give their thoughts on new trends in contemporary poetry.
And as you'll soon hear, there are
some fundamental similarities in their work, and perhaps more
obviously, some fundamental distinctions,
so I suspect that the ensuing conversation will be lively,
thought provoking, and rich, and we hope to see you there.