The Maurice Brown Memorial Poetry Reading featuring Maria Zoccola
- When
- Tuesday, November 10, 20265:00 PM ESTAdd to calendarGoogle Calendar
- Where
- Oakland Center (OC) Banquet Room AOakland Center (OC)Open in Maps
- Hosted by
- Department of English, Creative Writing, and Film
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About
Every year, OU’s Department of English, Creative Writing, and Film hosts the Maurice Brown Memorial Poetry Reading. Our guest poet this year is Maria Zoccola. She will read from her poetry, answer questions, and sign books.
Books will be available for purchase: Q&A will follow reading.
The reading will also be live streamed via Zoom: registration required: Register to attend virtually
Refreshments provided. Free and open to the public.
Craft talk
Zoccola will also give a craft talk on persona poetry at noon on Nov. 10, titled “Load-Bearing Names: Persona and Reader Expectation” in Gold Room A; lunch provided. Space is limited and RSVP is required. Form will close when capacity is reached. Open to all current OU students, faculty and staff, and alums.
Sponsored by Oakland University’s Department of English and Creative Writing program, in memory of Professor Maurice Brown. With special thanks to Judy Brown and Mathilde Brown Swanson for their continued support of this reading series. Co-sponsored by the Young Honors College.
About Maria Zoccola
Maria Zoccola is a poet and writer from Memphis, Tennessee. Her work has previously appeared in The Atlantic, Ploughshares, Kenyon Review, The Sewanee Review, and elsewhere, and has received a special mention for the Pushcart Prize. Her debut poetry collection, Helen of Troy, 1993 (Scribner, 2025), was a New York Times Editors’ Choice pick and was named a best book of the year by The New Yorker and NPR.