Wednesday, April 9 1996

"Over the past quarter century, Jay Wright's books have appeared like summer lightning: sudden, unexpected, brilliant in the surrounding dark . . . . His poems are miracles of visionary energy, moralized lyricism, and a buoyant, complex mythmaking. Like Whitman's, they range through histories and culture, intent on the solitary soul. Like any miracle, they are challenging to encounter, impossible to forget. --J.D. McClatchy

Author of eight books of poetry including The Double Invention of Komo and Selected Poems, recipient of numerous awards including MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellowships, Jay Wright will read from Boleros and other poems.