BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberHive//Events//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:tenant-1123-event-94477@chamberhive.com DTSTAMP:20261108T085546Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261108T085546Z DTSTART:20261023T000000Z DTEND:20261023T013000Z SUMMARY:Best-Selling Poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil to Appear at Dominican Univ ersity LOCATION:Dominican University 7900 W. Division St. River Forest\, IL 60053 DESCRIPTION:Best-selling poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil will headline Dominican University’s annual Caesar and Patricia Tabet Poetry Reading on Thursda y\, Oct. 22 at 7 p.m. in the Martin Recital Hall. Tickets are $15 for the general public or free to DU students\, faculty and staff. To attend\, reg ister via https://www.dom.edu/arts-minds/st-catherine-siena-center/annual- caesar-and-patricia-tabet-poetry-reading-0 Nezhukumatathil is the New York Times best-selling author of the poetry collection Night Owl\, and two il lustrated essay collections: Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees and World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies\, Whale Sharks\, & Other Astonish ments\, which was a Barnes and Noble’s Book of the Year and a finalist f or the Kirkus Prize. She is also author of the award-winning poetry collec tions Oceanic\, Lucky Fish\, At The Drive-In Volcano\, and Miracle Fruit\, and co-author of the chapbook Lace & Pyrite. Her writing appears in The N ew Yorker\, The Nation\, the Best American Poetry Series\, The New York Ti mes Magazine\, ESPN\, Poetry Magazine\, American Poetry Review and The Par is Review. Additional honors include a poetry fellowship from US Artist Fe llows\, the National Endowment for the Arts\, the Pushcart Prize\, a Missi ssippi Arts Council grant and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Nezhukumatathil is Poetry Editor for The Sierra Club’s magazine\, Sierra\, and former poetr y editor of Orion Magazine. A professor of English and creative writing fo r over 25 years\, she also serves as a firefly guide for Mississippi State Parks. A book signing will follow the poetry reading and books will be av ailable for purchase in the lobby. This reading is co-presented with the D epartment of English and the St. Catherine of Siena Center and is made pos sible in part by the generosity of Rosary College alumna Patricia Tabet\, ‘52. Dominican University is located at 7900 W. Division St. in River Fo rest. Fees & registration details $15 for the general public\; free to Dom inican University students\, faculty and staff\n\nhttps://www.oprfchamber. org/events/94477 URL:https://www.oprfchamber.org/events/94477 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR