Molly Peacock: Celebrated Author at UPEI, October 17
Molly Peacock, internationally-acclaimed poet, anthologist, and author of the best-selling memoir Paradise, Piece by Piece, will read and discuss her work on Monday, October 17, at 7:30 p.m. in the UPEI Faculty Lounge, Main Building. A reception and book signing will follow. Admission is free.
Peacock has published six books of poetry, in the United States, England, and Canada, and her poems have appeared in such distinguished publications as The New Yorker, The Nation, The New Republic, The Paris Review, and The Best of the Best American Poetry. She is also the author of How To Read A Poem and Start A Poetry Circle, editor of a collection of creative non-fiction, The Private I: Privacy in a Public World, and co-editor of Poetry in Motion: One Hundred Poems from the Subways and Buses.
Paradise, Piece by Piece has been one of the most popular memoirs in North America since its publication in 1998. Her newest book, The Paper Garden: Mrs. Delany Begins Her Life's Work at 72, lovingly tells the remarkable story of British artist Mary Granville Pendarves Delany (1700-1788), who became famous for her exquisitely detailed, botanically precise flower collages set against dramatic black backgrounds.
She has received awards from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the New York State Council on the Arts. She was Poet-in-Residence at the American Poets' Corner (Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, New York) and former President of the Poetry Society of America. Peacock also wrote and performed a one-woman monologue in poems, The Shimmering Verge, produced by Femme Fatale Productions, in theatres throughout North America. Born and raised in New York state, she is now a dual Canadian-American citizen and lives in Toronto.
Her reading is part of The Winter's Tales Author Series sponsored by the UPEI English Department, with generous support from The Canada Council for the Arts.
For further information, please contact Tracy Johnston at 566-0389.
