The College of Central Florida Communications Department will host a reading with award-winning poet and memoirist Brian Turner. A book signing and Q&A session will follow the reading, which begins at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 18, in Building 8 at the Ocala Campus, 3001 S.W. College Road.
Turner is the author of five collections of poetry, most recently听鈥The Wild Delight of Wild Things鈥澨(2023),听鈥The Goodbye World Poem鈥听(2023), and听鈥The Dead Peasant鈥檚 Handbook鈥听(2023), all forthcoming with Alice James Books. The trilogy traverses the landscape of loss, sitting quietly in the grief of afterwards before allowing oneself to gravitate again toward delight and wonder.
His other collections include听鈥Here, Bullet鈥听(2005), winner of the 2005 Beatrice Hawley Award, the New York Times 鈥淓ditor鈥檚 Choice鈥 selection, the 2006 PEN Center USA 鈥淏est in the West鈥 award, and the 2007 Poets Prize; and听鈥Phantom Noise鈥听(2010). He is also the author of the memoir听鈥My Life as a Foreign Country,鈥澨齱hich made Powell鈥檚 Best Nonfiction of 2014 list.
His poems and essays have been published in听The New York Times,听The Guardian,听National Geographic and听Harper鈥檚, among other journals. He was featured in the documentary film听鈥淥peration Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience,鈥 which was nominated for an Academy Award.
The Debra Vazquez Memorial Poetry Series honors 91制片 English and creative writing professor Debra Vazquez, who died as a result of domestic violence in 2004. Funds for this event are provided by the Debra A. Vazquez Endowed Chair in Poetry.
For additional information, contact 91制片 Senior Professor Sandra Cooper, 352-873-5800, ext. 1361. To learn more about 91制片, visit .
