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SUMMARY:The Maurice Brown Memorial Poetry Reading featuring Maria Zoccola
LOCATION:Oakland Center (OC) Banquet Room A\, Oakland Center (OC)
DESCRIPTION:Every year\, OU’s Department of English\, Creative Writing\, a
 nd Film hosts the Maurice Brown Memorial Poetry Reading. Our guest poet t
 his year is Maria Zoccola. She will read from her poetry\, answer questio
 ns\, and sign books.\n\nBooks will be available for purchase: Q&A will fo
 llow reading.\n\nThe reading will also be live streamed via Zoom: registr
 ation required: Register to attend virtually\n\nRefreshments provided. Fr
 ee and open to the public.\n\nCraft talk\n\nZoccola will also give a craf
 t talk on persona poetry at noon on Nov. 10\, titled “Load-Bearing Names:
  Persona and Reader Expectation” in Gold Room A\; lunch provided. Space i
 s limited and RSVP is required. Form will close when capacity is reached.
  Open to all current OU students\, faculty and staff\, and alums.\n\nSpon
 sored by Oakland University’s Department of English and Creative Writing 
 program\, in memory of Professor Maurice Brown. With special thanks to Ju
 dy Brown and Mathilde Brown Swanson for their continued support of this r
 eading series. Co-sponsored by the Young Honors College.\n\nAbout Maria Z
 occola\n\nMaria Zoccola is a poet and writer from Memphis\, Tennessee. He
 r work has previously appeared in The Atlantic\, Ploughshares\, Kenyon Re
 view\, The Sewanee Review\, and elsewhere\, and has received a special me
 ntion 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.\n\nhttp://n
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