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<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><i><b>PSU Program in
Creative Writing presents a poetry reading by</b></i><br>
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<b>ED ROBERSON</b><br>
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<b>Monday, March 6</b><br>
6:00 pm<br>
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New Roman, Times, serif"><b>Smith Memorial Union, Room 338</b><br>
</font>Portland State University<br>
1825 SW Broadway<br>
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Admission free; open to the public<br>
Livestream via the <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.facebook.com/PSUCreativeWriting">PSU Program
in Creative Writing Facebook page</a><br>
Event cosponsored by Black Studies<br>
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<b>Ed Roberson</b> is the author of thirteen books of poetry,
including <i>MPH and Other Road Poems</i> (Verge Books) and <i>Asked
What Has Changed</i> (Wesleyan UP). His most recent collection,
<i>Aquarium Works</i> (Nion Editions), details his experiences as
a diver and tankman at the Pittsburgh AquaZoo in the 1960s.<br>
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Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Roberson also worked in the area’s
steel mills, in an advertising graphics agency, and as a research
assistant in limnology, studying inland and coastal freshwater
systems on trips to Alaska and Bermuda. He later led a career as a
special programs administrator at Rutgers University.<br>
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A Chicagoan since 2004, Roberson has taught at Columbia College,
the University of Chicago, and Northwestern University. He has
also held posts at the University of California, Berkeley, and at
the Cave Canem retreat for Black Writers. His many honors include
the Jackson Poetry Prize, the Shelley Memorial Award, the Ruth
Lilly Poetry Prize, and a Guggenheim Fellowship.<br>
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Roberson’s poetry is deeply informed by his engagement with the
natural world, his interests in spirituality and visual art, and
his lifelong travels, which include motorcycling across the United
States and mountain climbing in the Peruvian and Ecuadorian Andes.<br>
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