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Recipient of the 2015 Ron Offen Poetry Prize, Ed Roberson reads from his canon of ten books of poetry. Roberson is a recipient of the Poetry Society of America’s Shelley Memorial Award, the Lila Wallace Writers’ Award and the Stephen Henderson Critics’ Award for achievement in poetry. His books have been awarded the Iowa Poetry Prize, the National Poetry Competition Prize, the Lenore Marshall Award, and the Kingsley-Tufts Award. Until his recent retirement, Roberson was Distinguished Visiting Writer at Northwestern University.
Presented by the Ron Offen Poetry Prize Fund and the Program in Poetry & Poetics.
Recipient of the 2015 Ron Offen Poetry Prize, Ed Roberson reads from his canon of ten books of poetry. Roberson is a recipient of the Poetry Society of America’s Shelley Memorial Award, the Lila Wallace Writers’ Award and the Stephen Henderson Critics’ Award for achievement in poetry. His books have been awarded the Iowa Poetry Prize, the National Poetry Competition Prize, the Lenore Marshall Award, and the Kingsley-Tufts Award. Until his recent retirement, Roberson was Distinguished Visiting Writer at Northwestern University.
Presented by the Ron Offen Poetry Prize Fund and the Program in Poetry & Poetics.
