Visiting Author | Poet Claire Bateman, Nov. 3

On Thursday, Nov. 3, the Ohio University Creative Writing Program hosts Visiting Poet Claire Bateman for a reading at 7:30 p.m. in Galbreath Chapel.

A reception follows the event, which is free and open to the public.

Claire Bateman

Bateman’s books include Scape (New Issues Poetry & Prose), Locals: A Collection of Prose Poems (Serving House Books), The Bicycle Slow Race (Wesleyan University Press), Friction (Eighth Mountain Poetry Prize), At the Funeral of the Ether (Ninety-Six Press, Furman University), Clumsy (New Issues Poetry & Prose), Leap (New Issues), and Coronology (Etruscan Press). Bateman has been awarded Individual Artist Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Tennessee Arts Commission, and the Surdna Foundation, as well as two Pushcart Prizes and the New Millennium Writings 40th Anniversary Poetry Prize. She has taught at Clemson University, the Greenville Fine Arts Center, and various workshops and conferences such as Bread Loaf and Mount Holyoke.

Bateman, who lives in Greenville, SC, is the Creative Writing Program’s Resident Poet for the 2016-17 academic year.

NOTE: THE LOCATION FOR THIS EVENT HAS CHANGED FROM ITS ORIGINAL VENUE. IT NOW WILL BE HELD IN GALBREATH CHAPEL.