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11/11/05 13th U.S. Poet Laureate, Ted Kooser, to Visit Chatham College in November Tuesday, November 15th at 8:00 p.m. Chatham College, Eddy Theatre By Sheryl St. Germain Ted Kooser, United States Poet Laureate Pittsburgh, PA - Ted Kooser was born in Ames, Iowa in 1939. He received his B.A. from Iowa State and his M.A. in English from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is the author of ten collections of poetry, including Delights & Shadows (Copper Canyon, 2004); Winter Morning Walks: One Hundred Postcards to Jim Harrison (2000), which won the 2001 Nebraska Book Award for poetry; Weather Central (1994); One World at a Time (1985); and Sure Signs (Pittsburgh, 1980). His fiction and nonfiction books include Braided Creek: A Conversation in Poetry (Copper Canyon, 2003) written with fellow poet and longtime friend, Jim Harrison; and Local Wonders: Seasons in the Bohemian Alps (2002), which won the Nebraska Book Award for Nonfiction in 2003. Ted Kooser is a poet and essayist, a professor of English at The University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and most recently, The United States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. His writing is known for its clarity, precision and accessibility. He will be visiting Chatham on Tuesday, November 15th at 8:00 p.m. The event will be held at the Eddy Theatre on Chatham's Campus. His honors include two NEA fellowships in poetry, a Pushcart Prize, the Stanley Kunitz Prize from Columbia, and a Merit Award from the Nebraska Arts Council. In the fall of 2004, Kooser was appointed the Library of Congress's thirteenth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry. He is a visiting professor in the English department of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He lives on an acreage near the village of Garland, NE, with his wife Kathleen Rutledge, the editor of the Lincoln Journal Star. A reception & booksigning will follow the reading. For more information, contact Sheryl St. Germain at 412-365-1190 or sstgermain@chatham.edu Parking is limited; carpooling is encouraged. Guests are requested to park in the College’s Library/Theatre Lot via Murray Hill Avenue. For directions, visit our online campus map. To find out more about Mr. Kooser please visit his website at www.tedkooser.com.

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