Posted on Friday, January 21, 2005
Thomas Centolella, author and poet, will speak at Westminster College, Tuesday, Feb. 1, at 8 p.m. in Sebastian Mueller Theater located in the McKelvey Campus Center.
Centolella is the author of three collections of poetry: "Terra Firma," "Lights & Mysteries," and most recently "Views from Along the Middle Way." His honors include the American Book Award, a Lannan Liberty Fellowship, and the California Book Award from the Commonwealth Club. He has been a Wallace Stegner Fellow in Poetry at Stanford University and a Writer in Residence at the Lannan Foundation. His poems have been featured on National Public Radio and in many anthologies, including "Don't Tell Mama: The Penguin Book of Italian American Writing."
He is currently living in San Francisco and has taught creative writing in the Bay Area for many years at every level. His students range in age from four years old to 100 years old. He currently teaches at the College of Marin and is on staff at the Institute of Aging.
The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Dr. David Swerdlow, professor of English at Westminster College, at (724) 946-7345 or e-mail swerdlm@westminstere.edu.
