FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Nov. 9, 2005
Contact: Anika Mitchell Perkins
(662) 329-7119 

Poet Richard Beban to visit MUW

COLUMBUS, Miss. – Poet Richard Beban will be at Mississippi University for Women all day on Wednesday, Nov. 16.

He will visit campus as part of his promotional book tour of the Southeast. His second Red Hen Press book, “Young Girl Eating A Bird” was released Oct. 9.

Beban will begin the day by teaching assistant professor of English Bebe Barefoot’s creative writing class at 9 a.m. He also will present on ecopoetry for Emma Richardson’s Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science creative writing students at 3 p.m.

A presentation at 4:30 p.m. will be open to the entire campus. It is titled “How Poetry and Film Use the Same Devices.” The discussion will take place in Painter Hall, Room 209.

Beban will be available to meet with students informally or read for classes between 10 a.m. and noon. Those interested should contact Barefoot at (662) 329-7170 or by email at bbarefoot@muw.edu.

For more information about Beban’s many activities and interests as well as poetry samples, visit his website at http://homepage.mac.com/r.w.b/Personal2.html.