Wednesday February 15, 6:30pm, Klapper 710
Matthea Harvey is the author of Sad Little Breathing Machine (Graywolf, 2004) and Pity the Bathtub Its Forced Embrace of the Human Form (Alice James Books, 2000). Her third book of poems, Modern Life (Graywolf, 2007) was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and a New York Times Notable Book. Modern Life also received the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. She has also written two books for children--The Little General and the Giant Snowflake (illustrated by Elizabeth Zechel) and the forthcoming Cecil the Pet Glacier, illustrated by Giselle Potter. An illustrated erasure, titled Of Lamb, with images by Amy Jean Porter, was published by McSweeney's in 2010. She teaches poetry at Sarah Lawrence and lives in Brooklyn.
Contact MFA Director Nicole Cooley at ncooley@qc.edu for more information.
