{"id":10880,"date":"2012-01-31T16:58:35","date_gmt":"2012-01-31T21:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=10880"},"modified":"2012-03-27T11:43:22","modified_gmt":"2012-03-27T15:43:22","slug":"writers-read-hosts-award-winning-author","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2012\/writers-read-hosts-award-winning-author\/","title":{"rendered":"Writers Read Hosts Award Winning Author"},"content":{"rendered":"

The last Writers Read Dinner and Author series of the year will feature Lee Peterson, a nationally recognized and award-winning author, Thursday, Feb. 23.<\/p>\n

Peterson will read from her works following dinner at 5:30 p.m., in Martin Chapel of the seminary building <\/a>at 91短视频. Several of the author’s books will be available for purchase. A book signing and short question and answer session with the author will follow the dinner.<\/p>\n

“Lee Peterson’s poems are born out of a way of seeing that is honest and unflinching, that is always reaching out to others in a desire to understand, to walk with that person through pain or joy or hatred… and the possibility of a negotiated peace,” said Todd Davis<\/a>, Writers Read featured author for September 2010.<\/p>\n

Peterson teaches creative writing courses at Pennsylvania State University, Altoona campus, where she held the title of 2004 Emerging Writer-in-Residence. She is the author of “Rooms and Fields: Dramatic Monologues from the War in Bosnia,” winner of the 2003 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize. In addition, Peterson led the 2007 Iowa Summer Writing Festival.<\/p>\n

Her poetry has been published in the North American Review, Runes: A Review of Poetry, Nimrod: International Journal of Prose and Poetry and The Seattle Review.<\/p>\n

Tickets and reservations<\/h3>\n

Reserve tickets online at emu.edu\/langlit\/writers-read\/reservations<\/a> or by calling the language & literature department<\/a> at 540-432-4168 before Feb. 17.<\/p>\n