Lyceum: Maurice Manning Poetry Reading
October 3, 2022: 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Maurice Manning has published seven books of poetry, including The Common Man, which was one of three finalists for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize. His first collection, Lawrence Booth鈥檚 Book of Visions, was selected by W.S. Merwin for the 2000 Yale Series of Younger Poets. His most recent books are One Man鈥檚 Dark and Railsplitter, both from Copper Canyon Press. Manning鈥檚 poems have appeared in The New Yorker, The Southern Review, Poetry, Shenandoah, and The Virginia Quarterly Review. He was born and raised in Kentucky and currently teaches at Transylvania University in Lexington.
The event is free and open to the public. There will also be a reception afterwards.
Maurice Manning