The English department celebrated the 20th anniversary of of its yearly Literary Festival with a reception and reading by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Tyehimba Jess on Jan. 30 in the President's Lounge.
The Literary Festival brings five award-winning, renowned and emerging writers—including poets, novelists, memoirists and playwrights—to campus each spring as part of the University's Creative Writing Program. During their visits to Villanova, the writers offer readings and discuss their writing with students in an English course specially designed around their work.
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Prof. Alan Drew, Dean Adele Lindenmeyr, Tyehimba Jess, Prof. Heather Hicks |
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Junior English major Kamakshi Ranjan introduced Tyehimba Jess.
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