Award-winning
poet Dr. Robin Davidson will read and
Award-winning poet Dr. Robin
Davidson will read and discuss her
works at Lone Star College-Montgomery’s Writers in Performance series Thursday,
April 21, at 7 p.m. in the General Academic Center (building G), Room 102, at
LSC-Montgomery. The
event is free and open to the public.
discuss
her works at Lone Star College-Montgomery’s Writers in Performance series Thursday,
April 21, at 7 p.m. in the General Academic Center (building G), Room 102. The event is free and open to the public.
“Robin Davidson's work is deeply engendered,” said
Edward Hirsch, poet. “She is a learned poet. Her verse rings with the work of
photographers, painters and other poets who understand the work of poetry to
bring light of darkness and music out of silence.”
Dr. Davidson will read poems from her collection Luminous
Other which won
the 2012 Richard Snyder Memorial Prize. She will also read a new poem, “To Speak of Rivers” written
for the City of Houston and Mayor Sylvester Turner on the occasion of the Houston
Arts Reception for Elected Officials. Dr. Davidson is also the author
of two chapbooks: City that
Ripens on the Tree of the World and Kneeling in the Dojo. She has received a Fulbright professorship at
the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland and a National Endowment for the
Arts translation fellowship.
Dr. Davidson is the current Poet Laureate
of Houston. She teaches creative writing as associate professor of English for the
University of Houston-Downtown.
Writers
in Performance is a reading program dedicated to bringing the most
distinguished minds and their bright visions to the citizens of Montgomery
County through thought-provoking literature and cultural diversity. The series’
events are made possible by the partnerships between Lone Star
College-Montgomery, SWIRL literature and arts journal, the Conroe
Commission on Arts & Culture, the Greater Conroe Arts Alliance, and the Montgomery
County Literary Arts Council.
LSC-Montgomery is located at 3200 College Park Drive,
one-half mile west of Interstate 45, between Conroe and The Woodlands. For more
information about the college, call 936.273.7000, or visit LoneStar.edu/Montgomery.
Known for its leadership, innovation and steadfast
commitment to student success, Lone Star College provides high-quality academic
transfer and workforce education / career training programs to more than 83,000
credit students each semester, and a total enrollment of 95,000 students. LSC
is training tomorrow’s workforce today
and redefining the community college experience to promote student success and
economic prosperity. Stephen C. Head, Ph.D., is the chancellor of LSC, the largest
institution of higher education in the Houston area, which consists of six
colleges, eight centers, two university centers, Lone Star Corporate College
and LSC-Online. To learn more visit LoneStar.edu.