Book Reading and Reception with Author Aaron Smith

Part of the Richard Blanco Visiting Writers Program and Retreat, Smith’s visit will include a reading at 7 p.m. followed by a book-signing reception at 8 p.m.

Aaron Smith is Assistant Professor of English at Lesley University. He has an M.F. A. in Poetry from the University of Pittsburgh. Smith teaches Creative Writing, Poetry, Popular Culture, and Gender Studies. His books of poetry include Blue on Blue Ground, Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2005,) Appetite (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2012,) and Primer (University of Pittsburgh Press November 11, 2016.)