Drew University Hosting Award-Winning Poets

Drew University will be hosting a pair of award-winning poets during the university’s MFA in Poetry June Reading Series later this month.

C.K. Williams and Gerald Stern will read during the poetry series on Saturday, June 27, at 7 p.m. The reading is part of Drew University’s MFA in Poetry and Poetry in Translation June residency and reading series, according to the university.

The series, which begins on June 20, will conclude on June 27 with Williams and Stern. Williams, who has won the Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle Award, will be interviewed and a panel discussing his work and a reception will take place following his reading, the university said.

Stern, who has won awards such as the Frost Medal, will also read during the evening. Stern is also the Distinguished Poet-in-Residence for Drew’s MFA in Poetry program and a former Poet Laureate of New Jersey, according to Drew University.

The schedule for the Drew University MFA in Poetry series is as follows:

• Saturday, June 20: Ira Sadoff and Judith Vollmer
• Sunday, June 21: Sean Nevin, Jody Gladding and Shara McCallum
• Monday, June 22: Michael Waters and Ellen Dore Watson
• Tuesday, June 23: Sarah Vap and Mihaela Moscaliuc
• Thursday, June 25: Anne Marie Macari
• Saturday, June 27: C.K. Williams and Gerald Stern

All readings will begin at 7 p.m. and are held at Mead Hall.

For more information, visit the Drew University website.