Award-winning poet to read at Muhlenberg
Poet Stephen Kuusisto will give a public reading of his work at 7 o'clock this evening at Muhlenberg College in Miller Forum, Moyer Hall.
The free event is part of the college's fall 2015 Living Writers series.
Kuusisto, who has been blind since birth, is the author of "Eavesdropping: A Memoir of Blindness and Listening" and the acclaimed memoir "Planet of the Blind," a New York Times "Notable Book of the Year." He has also published "Only Bread, Only Light," a collection of poems from Copper Canyon Press. Recognized by The New York Times as "a powerful writer with a musical ear for language and a gift for emotional candor," Kuusisto has made numerous appearances on programs including "The Oprah Winfrey Show," "Dateline NBC," National Public Radio and the BBC.
He is a graduate of the "Writer's Workshop" at the University of Iowa, and a Fulbright Scholar, and holds the position of director of the Renée Crown University Honors Program at Syracuse University. He speaks widely on diversity, disability, education and public policy.
His essays and poems have appeared in numerous anthologies and literary magazines including Harper's, The New York Times Magazine, Poetry, and Partisan Review.
He is currently working on a collection of prose poems for Copper Canyon Press titled "Mornings With Borges" as well as a collection of political poems about disability.
