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Union Institute & University hosts poetry reading

BRATTLEBORO — Union Institute & University is holding its third annual poetry reading this Saturday, March 16, at 3 p.m., featuring Robin MacArthur, John Rose, and F. D. Reeve.

The event is free. Union Institute & University is at 157 Old Guilford Rd.

MacArthur is an affiliated professor at Union Institute & University. A mother, writer and educator, she represents half of the indie-folk duo Red Heart the Ticker. Her essays and short fiction have been featured in Orion magazine, Shenandoah: The Washington and Lee University Review, and on National Public Radio.

Rose's work has appeared in numerous journals, including Old Crow, Jack Mackerel magazine, and Today's Poets. Described by James Tate as “a powerful and original poet,” Rose has twice been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.

Reeve has published 10 volumes of poetry, seven books of fiction, 12 books of translations, three books of literary criticism, four libretti, and countless uncollected essays, articles, stories, poems, reviews, and translations in journals including The Atlantic, The New Yorker, and The Sewanee Review. Reeve has won numerous awards and honors including the 2012 Award of the New England Book Festival for his novella “Nathaniel Purple.”

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