April 2008 -- NATIONAL POETRY MONTH
@ the Libraries

Join the Marquette Libraries' celebration of National Poetry Month.  Raynor Memorial Libraries are hosting a foreign language poetry reading, co-sponsored by the Office of International Education and the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures.

April 9 (Wednesday)
Raynor 301
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

ALL ARE WELCOME -- The reading is open to all Marquette students, faculty and staff.  Poetry lovers will read their favorite poems from other languages; or poets may read their own poetry.  Feel free to come, bring a bag lunch, listen, and enjoy.  Light refreshments will be available.

Interested readers should contact   Dr. Jason Meyler, Assistant Professor of Spanish, to schedule a time to read in advance and plan to bring printed text in the language read, as well as an English translation to share with those attending.  You need not read or register to attend the session.

Photos from 2005 poetry readings

Bartleby.com: Verse http://www.bartleby.com/verse/
The Poetry Archive http://www.poetryarchive.org
Poetry Around the World http://www.pmpoetry.com/worldb.shtml
Poetry.com http://www.poetry.com
Poetry International Web http://international.poetryinternationalweb.org/
Representative Poetry Online http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display/index.cfm

Or, to find foreign language poetry in the library, use MARQCAT Subject Headings, such as French Poetry, Italian Poetry, Japanese Poetry, Spanish Poetry, etc.  The Browsing Collection on the 1st Level of Raynor offers many collections of contemporary poetry.

National Poetry Month events are sponsored by the Marquette Libraries' Colloquium Committee.  Events are open to the entire Marquette community.  For more information contact the organizers listed above, or call Michelle Sweetser at 288-5905 or Email.