
About this Event
You're invited to the April edition of Humanities in the Village, an event series in partnership with the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute at Johns Hopkins University, which aims to make scholarship publicly accessible.
April's event features Donald Berger, and his latest collection of poetry, THE ROSE OF MAINE! Winner of the James Tate Poetry Prize 2023, THE ROSE OF MAINE features the sharp observational style and illuminating humor for which Berger is known and beloved.
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Audience Q&A after the reading—all are welcome! And while you’re there, pick up some recommended titles from Bird in Hand, and enjoy the offerings of nighttime beverages.
Donald Berger is the author of six books of poetry, The Rose of Maine (SurVision Books), Pizza Necklace (Foundlings Press), The Long Time, a bilingual edition in English and German (Wallstein Publishers , Goettingen, Germany), Or Purchase a Star (Jiddizig Books), Quality Hill (Lost Roads Publishers) and The Cream-Filled Muse (Fledermaus Press). His poems and prose have appeared in The New Republic, Slate, Conjunctions, Fence, The Iowa Review, The New York Times, The Believer, New American Writing and other publications including some from Berlin, Leipzig, Budapest, Hong Kong, and mainland China. He has been the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship, Poetry Prize of the German Academy for Language and Poetry, and the James Tate International Poetry Prize, and was also a semi-finalist for Conduit Books’ Minds on Fire Open Book Prize. He currently teaches in the University Writing Program at Johns Hopkins University.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Bird in Hand Coffee & Books, 11 East 33rd Street, Baltimore, United States
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