Oakland University Welcomes Jamaica’s Poet Laureate Lorna Goodison

For its 30th annual Maurice Brown Memorial Poetry Reading, Oakland University will welcome Jamaica’s Poet Laureate Lorna Goodison to campus. The event will be held from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 24 in the Oakland Room of the Oakland Center. Goodison is the author of numerous poetry collections, including “Tamarind Season,” “I am Becoming My Mother,” – which received the Commonwealth Poetry Prize – “Controlling the Silver,” and most recently, “Collected Poems,” which was published … [Read more...]