Marie is the Director of the Creative Writing Program and Professor of Poetry at Binghamton University; Founder/ Executive Director of the Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College in Paterson, NJ; and the editor of the Paterson Literary Review. She is the author of twenty books, most recently The Girls in the Chartreuse Jackets. Dr. Gillan received the 2014 George Garrett Award for Outstanding Community Service in Literature from the AWP, the 2011 Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award from Poets & Writers and the 2008 American Book Award for her poetry collection All That Lies Between Us.
The reading is sponsored by the English Department's Visiting Writers Series and the Eastern Writers Guild.
A book signing will follow after reading.
Location Information:
North Campus - Science Building Room 301, 400 High Street, Willimantic, CT 06226
Maria's Official Site is at MariaGillan.com. Her latest publication is the poetry and art collection, The Girls in the Chartreuse Jackets
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