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Thursday, Mar 20
8:00 - 9:00 am Breakfast
9:00 - 10:00 am Program
New York Life Investment Management 169 Lackawanna Avenue
Parsippany, NJ
$10 Members
$13 Non-Members
In a celebration of Women's History Month, Diane Lockward will read selections of her poems that reflect the lives of women. She will talk briefly about her life as a poet and what poetry has brought to her life. The reading will be followed by questions and answers. Diane’s books will be available for purchase and signing.
An assortment of teas, coffee, and breakfast delicacies will be served. Join us in this tribute to Women’s History Month and the magnificent lives of women.
Speaker Profile
Diane Lockward
Diane Lockward is the author of What Feeds Us, (Wind Publications, 2006). The collection received the Quentin R. Howard Poetry Prize. Diane is also the author of two previous collections, Eve’s Red Dress (Wind Publications, 2003) and a chapbook, Against Perfection (Poets Forum Press, 1998). Her poems have been published in several anthologies, including Poetry Daily: 366 Poems from the World’s Most Popular Poetry Website and Garrison Keillor's Good Poems for Hard Times. Her poems have also appeared in such journals as The Beloit Poetry Journal, Spoon River Poetry Review, Poetry International, Poet Lore, and Prairie Schooner.
Diane is the recipient of a 2003 Poetry Fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and has received numerous other awards. Her work has been nominated for several Pushcart Prizes, featured on Poetry Daily and Verse Daily, and read by Garrison Keillor on NPR’s The Writer’s Almanac.
Diane conducts writing workshops for young and old poets, inexperienced and experienced poets. She also conducts workshops for teachers on how to teach poetry. She was a featured poet at the 2005 Frost Place Conference on Poetry and Teaching and a workshop presenter at the New Jersey State Council of Teachers of English Conference in both 2003 and 2006. In addition, Diane has been a featured poet at a number of festivals.
A former high school English teacher, Diane now works as a poet-in-the-schools for both the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation.
This event is graciously underwritten by New York Life Investment Management.
This event is organized by the FWA in New Jersey Committee.
Reservations Required -- Bring Photo ID -- No Walk-Ins
Reservations/Cancellations and Payments are required by Thursday, March 13th.
