Chapman University, Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Department of English would like to invite you to the 2011 Tabula Poetica series continuing Tuesday, October 4 with Tony Barnstone.
Tony Barnstone is The Albert Upton Professor of English at Whittier College and the author of twelve books. His books of poetry include Tongue of War: From Pearl Harbor to Nagasaki, winner of the John Ciardi Prize in Poetry (BKMK P); The Golem of Los Angeles, winner of the Benjamin Saltman Award in Poetry (Red Hen P); Sad Jazz: Sonnets (Sheep Meadow P); and Impure: Poems by Tony Barnstone (UP of Florida). He earned his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley and is also a distinguished translator of Chinese poetry and literary prose and an editor of literary textbooks, including The Anchor Book of Chinese Poetry (Anchor) and The Art of Writing: Teachings of the Chinese Masters (Shambhala).
All poetry talks will begin at 1 p.m. in the Wilkinson Chapel and readings will being at 7 p.m. in Henley Room in Leatherby Libraries. These events are free and open ot the public.
