LITERATURE + LECTURES

Brazos Bookstore is pleased to present Dan Beachy-Quick, Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Iowa and author of poetry and prose inspired by Melville's Moby Dick.

Don't miss him earlier in the day at Rice, where he will give a talk as part of the Humanities Research Center's "Poetry and Poetics Workshop".

At the evening portion, a reading and signing at Brazos, he will read selections from A Whaler's Dictionary (prose) and North True South Bright, Spell, and Mulberry (poetry).

Dan Beachy-Quick is one of the most acclaimed young poets in America today. He is the author of three collections of poems: Mulberry (Tupelo Press, 2006), Spell (Ahsata Press, 2004), and North True South Bright (Alice James Books, 2003). Mulberry was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award for poetry. His poems, criticism, and essays have been widely published in magazines and reviews, and frequently anthologized.

This event is presented by Brazos in association with the Rice English Department.