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GRANVILLE—“This ink. This name. This blood. This blunder.” So begins “Wind In a Box,” a poem by Terrance Hayes, a Beck visiting writer speaking at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 6, at the Barney-Davis Board Room (200 West Loop). National Poetry Series winner Hayes will be reading poetry from his new book as well as his previous books. The reading is free and open to the public.

Hayes notes, “If my poetry is a reflection of any particular ‘thing,’ I hope it reflects my receptiveness. Ultimately I’m interested in a Whitmanesque notion of poetry. A poetry open-armed and dangerous. A poetry that says as Whitman said: ‘Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes.’ ” Hayes has won accolades and awards throughout his career including a Whiting Writers Award, a Pushcart Prize and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship.



CALENDAR LISTING: Denison University, Granville—Poet Terrance Hayes reading at 4:30 p.m. on Weds., Feb 6, at the Barney-Davis Board Room (200 West Loop). Free and open to the public. For more information contact Anneliese Davis at 740-587-6207.