The Warren County Community College Visiting Authors Series on Wednesday, October 10, features a reading and master class by the poet Denise Duhamel.

The reading, beginning at 7:30 p.m. in room 123A, is free and open to the public. It will be followed by a brief Q & A with the audience and a book signing.  Books will be available for purchase at the reading.

Duhamel’s most recent book of poetry is Scald (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2017). Blowout (Pittsburgh, 2013) was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Her other titles include Ka-Ching! (Pittsburgh, 2009); Two and Two (Pittsburgh, 2005); Queen for a Day: Selected and New Poems (Pittsburgh, 2001); The Star-Spangled Banner (Southern Illinois University Press, 1999); and Kinky (Orhisis, 1997).  She is a Distinguished University Professor in the MFA program at Florida International University in Miami.

Preceding the reading, Duhamel will conduct a poetry writing master class at the college, commencing at 4 p.m. This event is also free and open to the public, but pre-registration is required. Interested attendees should contact Professor BJ Ward at (908) 835-2531 or ward@warren.edu.

The WCCC Visiting Authors Series is supported by a grant from the Warren County Cultural and Heritage Commission. All facilities comply with ADA regulations and are fully accessible. Sign language interpreters are available with two weeks’ notice.

Upcoming guest author visits to Warren County Community College include: David Daniel, recipient of the Levis Reading Prize and director of the undergraduate creative writing program at Fairleigh Dickinson University, on Thursday, November 8; Tracy K. Smith, Poet Laureate of the United States of America, on Thursday, December 6; and Meghan O’Rourke, author of Sun in Days (W.W. Norton, 2017), on Thursday, March 7, 2019.

Warren County Community College offers students the option of earning an Associate of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, the first and only degree of its kind in New Jersey and a member program of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP).  For directions to the campus or for more information about the A.F.A. in Creative Writing, please visit www.warren.edu or call 908-835-WCCC.