SUNY Canton Welcomes Back Renowned Poet for Living Writers Series
Canton, NY (03/14/2019) — A poet who writes about the complexities of fatherhood while witnessing social injustice and inequities of race in America will return to SUNY Canton this month for the college's Living Writers Series.
Iain Haley Pollock will speak at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 21 in the Richard W. Miller Campus Center's Kingston Theater. The event is free and open to the public.
He will read excerpts from his latest poetry collection, "Ghost, Like a Place," which was nominated for an NAACP Image Award. Pollock previously visited the college in 2013 to discuss his Cave Canem Poetry Prize-winning book, "Spit Back a Boy."
"Iain Haley Pollock is an exciting poet who we are thrilled to welcome back to our campus," said SUNY Canton Associate Professor Phil K. LaMarche, who created the Living Writers Series. "His work continues to develop in depth and complexity and we hope the campus and broader community will join us for the event."
Pollock's poems have appeared in The New York Times Magazine and American Poetry Review. He is the poetry editor at Solstice Literary Magazine, teaches English at the Rye Country Day School and is a faculty member at Pine Manor College.
The spring installment of the Living Writers Series wraps up next month with final guest Chaya Bhuvanseswar, who will discuss her award-winning short story collection, "White Dancing Elephants," at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 24.
For more information on the speakers or the series, visit www.canton.edu/writers.
About SUNY Canton
SUNY Canton is Northern New York's premier college for career-driven bachelor's degrees, associate degrees and professional certificate programs. The college delivers quality hands-on programs in digital design, engineering technology, health, management and public service. Faculty members are noted for their professional real-world experience in addition to outstanding academic credentials. As SUNY's leader in online education, SUNY Canton OnLine offers hundreds of flexible and convenient courses as well as 16 online degree programs. The college placed first in 14 categories in a SUNY-Wide Student Opinion Survey, most notably in career services, tutoring, library resources, and classroom facilities. The college's 15 athletic teams compete at the NCAA Division III level as part of the North Atlantic Conference. For more information, visit www.canton.edu.
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