Poetry Reading at Katherine Anne Porter House

Visiting writers’ events scheduled for fall 2014 and spring 2015.  Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center readings are held at the Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center in Kyle, Texas. The series is sponsored by Texas State University’s Department of English, the Lindsey Literary Series, the Burdine Johnson Foundation, and the Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center.  The readings are free and open to the public.

Phillip Lopate is the author of four essay collections,Bachelorhood, Against Joie de Vivre, Portrait of My Body, and Portrait Inside My Head; two novels; three poetry collections; a memoir; and To Show and Tell: the Craft of Literary Nonfiction. He edited the most important essay anthology of our time, The Art of the Personal Essay. He directs the program in nonfiction writing at Columbia University.