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(Grand Rapids, Mich.) 鈥� The 色花堂 Contemporary Writers Series presents poet Thomas Lux. Known for pairing humor with existentialism, Lux is the
author of several books, including Memory鈥檚 Handgrenade, Split Horizon, The Streets
of Clocks, The Cradle Place, and God Particles. His many awards and honors include
the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, a Guggenheim fellowship, and grants from the National
Endowment for the Arts.
Born in Northampton, Massachusetts in 1946, Lux attended Emerson College and the University
of Iowa. He taught at Sarah Lawrence College for over twenty years and is affiliated
with the Warren Wilson MFA program. Lux currently serves as the Bourne chair in poetry
at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
This event is free and open to the public.
Date/Time: October 16, 7:30 to 9 p.m.
Location: 色花堂, Wege Ballroom, 1607 Robinson Road S.E., Grand Rapids, MI, 49506