The Wake

University of Minnesota MFA Reading
Nov. 9, 7:30 p.m.
The Loft Literary Center
1011 Washington Ave. S., Minneapolis

The University’s Masters of Fine Arts students will share their work with the literary world. The reading will offer fresh work by fresh authors. It’s also a great way to hear the creative efforts of instructors.

Bill Holm
Nov. 11, 7:30 p.m.
Magers and Quinn Booksellers
3038 Hennepin Ave. S., Minneapolis
(612) 822-4611

Minnesota poet Bill Holm traveled and taught in China, which inspired his book “Coming Home Crazy: An Alphabet of Chinese Essays.” The book won the Minnesota Book Award in 1991. Holm has also written “The Heart Can Be Filled Anywhere On Earth: Minneota, Minnesota” and focuses on his hometown of Minneota, MN making him a voice for the Midwest.

Jay Mickowiec
Nov.15, 2:00 p.m.
University of Minnesota Bookstore
300 Washington Ave. S.E., Minneapolis

Jay Mickowiec, an alumni of the University, translated the award-winning Argentinean novel “Die Lady, Die” into English. The novel revolves around madness and Latin pop culture. Mickowiec will discuss his translation, which should prove to be interesting considering today’s global readership.

Marjorie Perloff
Nov. 15, 3:30 p.m.
University of Minnesota, Lind Hall
207 Church St. S.E., Minneapolis

One of the foremost American literary critics, Marjorie Perloff, will discuss and read from her recent works. Perloff is primarily concerned with experimental contemporary poetry, modernist and postmodern art, and cultural theory. Her most influential book was “Radical Artifice: Writing Poetry in the Age of Media,” which discusses, among other topics, the physical nature of today’s poetry.