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Reception to Honor Luisa Igloria and Phil Raisor

<p align="center"> <strong>&quot;ODU Poets in Motion: </strong><strong>An Alumni Reception in Honor of</strong> <strong>Luisa Igloria, PhD, and Phil Raisor, PhD&quot;</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 400px;"> Join us as we honor <strong>Luisa Igloria</strong> &amp; <strong>Phil Raisor</strong></p> <p align="center"> for their outstanding work as writers, teachers, and mentors to ODU alumni and students in a&nbsp;</p> <p align="center"> <strong>Reception </strong>on<strong> Monday, October 7, 2013 /</strong><strong>12:00 &ndash; 1:00 p.m. </strong></p> <p align="center"> River Rooms, Webb Center</p> <p align="center"> <strong>* RSVP by October 3, 2013 to: Linda Hero </strong><a href="mailto:lhero@odu.edu"><strong>lhero@odu.edu</strong></a><strong> / 757.683.3991 </strong></p> <p> <strong>Following the reception</strong>, Igloria and Raisor will read from their work at the <strong>36<sup>th</sup> Annual Literary Festival in a program that begins at 2:30 in Chandler Recital Hall</strong>, Diehn Center for the Performing Arts.</p> <p> <strong>Luisa Igloria</strong>&rsquo;s new collection of poetry is titled <em>The Saints of Streets</em>. Her previous works include <em>Juan Luna&rsquo;s Revolver </em>and <em>Trill and Mordent. </em>She is the director of the ODU MFA Creative Writing Program.</p> <p> <strong>Phil Raisor</strong> is the author of a recently published poetry collection titled <em>Swimming in the Shallow End </em>and <em>Outside Shooter: A Memoir. </em> He is Professor Emeritus of English at ODU and former ODU English Department chair.</p> <p> <strong>Reception sponsored by F</strong><strong>riends of the ODU MFA Creative Writing Program, </strong><strong>supported by the</strong><strong> English Department, </strong><strong>the</strong><strong> MFA Creative Writing Program </strong><strong>&amp; the </strong><strong>ODU Alumni Association.</strong><strong> </strong></p> <p> ODU garage parking is free for all Old Literary Festival events. Please do not park in spaces marked Reserved.</p> <div> <p> &nbsp;</p> </div> <p> &nbsp;</p>

Posted By: Katherine Jackson
Date: Mon Sep 30 08:30:38 EDT 2013

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