Saturday 14 April (Michigan Room, Michigan League)
3:00-4:00
Thomas Lynch
— University of Michigan
Reading II
Bio:
Thomas Lynch is the author of three collections of poetry: His collection of essays, The Undertaking -- Life Studies from the Dismal Trade won The Heartland Prize for non-fiction, The American Book Award, and was a Finalist for the National Book Award. It has been translated into eight languages. Bodies in Motion and at Rest won The Great Lakes Book Award. Booking Passage -- We Irish and Americans, a third collection of nonfiction, was published in 2005. His work has appeared in journals and newspapers throughout the UK, Ireland and the United States, and has been broadcast on NPR and the BBC. He is an Adjunct Professor in the graduate creative writing program at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.