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Lake Forest, Ill.—As part of the “On the Run Reading Series” at Lake Forest College, writer John Kinsella will give a poetry reading on Tuesday, November 25 at 7 p.m. in Meyer Auditorium, located in Hotchkiss Hall, on the College’s Middle Campus. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact 847-735-6010. Kinsella, a poet, novelist, critic, publisher, and journal editor, is the author of more than 20 books. His work has been recognized internationally and his many prizes and awards include The Grace Leven Poetry Prize, the John Bray Award for Poetry from the Adelaide Festival, The Age Poetry Book of The Year Award, The Western Australian Premier’s Prize for Poetry (twice), a Young Australian Creative Fellowship from the former PM of Australia, Paul Keating, and senior fellowships from the Literature Board of the Australia Council. He is the editor of the international literary journal, “Salt,” and a Fellow of Churchill College in Cambridge. Kinsella is currently a Professor of English at Kenyon College and a poetry critic for “The Observer” newspaper in London. His selected poems and selected essays are forthcoming, as well as a new novel Post-Colonial and a book of short stories (co-authored with Tracy Ryan). Lake Forest College is a private, liberal arts institution located 30 miles north of downtown Chicago. The college has 1,330 students representing 46 states and 50 other countries.
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