@MSUArtsSciences Institute for the Humanities Public Reading: Writer-in-Residence Rita Dove

Rita Dove, a former U.S. poet laureate who also won a Pulitzer Prize and other major accolades, will be at Mississippi State Monday-Friday [Feb. 27-March 3] to lead the writer-in-residence program of the College of Arts and Sciences’ Institute for the Humanities. Her visit will include a number of activities with members of both the university and area communities. At 7:30 p.m. Wednesday [March 1], the poet and essayist will read from her works during a free special presentation in McCool Hall’s Taylor Auditorium. Poet laureate from 1993-95, Dove currently holds the rank of Commonwealth Professor in the University of Virginia’s English department. She is a summa cum laude graduate of Miami University of Ohio, with a master of fine arts degree from the University of Iowa. Click the "Link" below for more information.