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Febuary 25, 2004

"Writer's Talk" Kicks off 2004 with Poet and Professor Michael Waters
Stadler Poet-in-Residence Reads From His Body of Work

Contact:
Craig Platt
631-287-8313

Southampton, NY - Southampton College welcomes poet Michael Waters on Wednesday, March 3 at 7:30 p.m. in the College's Pratt Center Oceanview Lounge as part of its "Writer Talk" lecture series. Waters will read poetry and discuss being a professor and writer-in-residence.

Waters has published seven volumes of poetry, most recently, "Parthenopi." A professor at Maryland's Salisbury University and a student in the New England College MFA Program, he'll be Stadler Poet-in-Residence at Bucknell University in 2005. He's been awarded a Creative Writing Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, several individual Artist Awards from the Maryland State Arts Council and three Pushcart Prizes.

The lectures in the "Writers Talk" series are free and open to the public. Call (631) 287-8420 for more information.