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X-WR-CALNAME:Hemingway Center Reading Series presents: Cole Swensen and Rod
  Smith
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DESCRIPTION:The Hemingway Center Reading Series and Creative Writing MFA Pr
 ogram present poets Cole Swensen\, a Finalist for the National book Award\
 , and Rod Smith. Swensen and Smith will give a reading of their work on Fr
 iday\, August 28\, 2026 at 7:30 PM. This event is free and open to the pub
 lic. \n\nEvent Details\n\n7:30 PM\n\nFriday\, Augutst 28\, 2026\n\nReading
  to be followed by a Q and A and book signing.\n\nFree and open to the pub
 lic\n\nAbout Cole Swensen\n\nCole Swensen is the author of twenty books of
  poetry\, most recently Veer (Alice James Books\, 2026). A former Guggenhe
 im Fellow and a recipient of the Iowa Poetry Prize and the San Francisco S
 tate Poetry Center Book Award\, she has been a finalist for the Griffin Pr
 ize\, the National Book Award\, and the LA Times Book Award and was awarde
 d the 2025 Paul Engle Award by the Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature. Sh
 e also translates poetry and art criticism from French and has won the PEN
  USA Award in Translation\, the 2024 ALTA National Translation Prize\, and
  the 2025 Stephen Mitchell Prize She divides her time between France and C
 alifornia.\n\nAbout Rod Smith\n\nRod Smith is the author of Touché\, Deed
 \, Music or Honesty\, Protective Immediacy\, and In Memory of My Theories.
  His work has appeared in The Baffler\, Eternal Sections\, The Nation\, Th
 e New York Times\, Shenandoah\, and many others. Smith has taught at The I
 owa Writers' Workshop\, The Maryland Institute College of Art\, The Corcor
 an College of Art + Design\, and George Mason University. He co-edited The
  Selected Letters of Robert Creeley (University of California Press\, 2014
 ). He edits the journal Aerial\, publishes Edge Books\, and manages Bridge
  Street Books in Washington\, DC.
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SUMMARY:Hemingway Center Reading Series presents: Cole Swensen and Rod Smit
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CATEGORIES:Student Life
CATEGORIES:Alumni and Friends
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