For Immediate Release
Contact:
John M. Martino
Phone Number: (215) 895-1186
Date: 03/19/01
Police
Commissioner John Timoney Leads Off University Of The Sciences In Philadelphia's
Favorite Poem Project University
of the Sciences in Philadelphia (USP) will host an afternoon of poetry
reading featuring special guest Police Commissioner John Timoney and members
of the University community, as part of the Favorite Poem Project
initiated by former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky.
The format will consist of approximately a dozen five-minute readings
of, and personal reflections on, the attendees' favorite poems.
The event will take place Thursday, March 22, noon, in Rosenberger
Hall, 600 S. 43rd St.
Commissioner Timoney will read three poems ("Digging," "Midterm
Break" and "Whatever You Say, Say Nothing") from Nobel Prize-winning Irish
poet Seamus Heaney to open the event. Other
readers will include USP students, faculty, administrators and alumni.
State Representative James Roebuck will also attend.
The event is free and open to the public.
The
Favorite Poem event at University of the Sciences in Philadelphia is a
direct offshoot of Robert Pinsky's
recent visit to the USP campus for the dedication of the Misher College
of Arts and Sciences in October 2000.
At that event, Pinsky read selections from his anthology Americans'
Favorite Poems, and encouraged USP to hold its own poetry reading event
in 2001, as part of the ongoing Favorite Poem Project.
Since its launch in 1998, the project has inspired nearly 800 Favorite
Poem readings in communities across 49 states.
According
to Dr. Barbara Byrne, Vice President for Academic Affairs, "This event
is a continuation of USP's ongoing commitment to providing our students
with a well-rounded education including the humanities and social sciences."
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