Voices in the Monte series features Poet Marian Haddad in April
Poet Marian Haddad is the upcoming guest in the Voices in the Monte series at Texas A&M International University. Set for Thursday, April 14, Haddad will present a talk on craft at 11 a .m. in WHTC 116. A reading and book signing follows at 7:30 p.m. in Bullock Hall 103. All events are free and open to the public.
Born in El Paso and of Syrian ancestry, Haddad's work has appeared in a variety of literary journals, among them The Texas Observer, Rio Grande Review, Sin Fronteras/Writers without Borders, Dark Horses, and San Diego Writers' Monthly, and has been anthologized in Stories from Where We Live, Is This Forever or What?, Arab American and Diaspora Literature, and Direct My Pen Eastward: Arab-American Women's Voices on Writing. Her first collection of poetry, Somewhere between Mexico and a River Called Home, was published in 2004 by Pecan Grove Press.
She lives in San Antonio and works as a freelance writer, manuscript editor, and adjunct creative writing instructor at Northwest Vista College and Our Lady of the Lake University.
The “Voices in the Monte” series is intended to provide an opportunity for students and the public to visit with local, regional, and national writers who share their personal vision of writing and finding their voice. The series encourages interaction between members of the university and local communities and visiting writers. It is made possible by funding provided by TAMIU and a Title V Grant.
For more information, contact series organizer Randy Koch at (956) 326-2885, by e-mail at rkoch@tamiu.edu, or visit offices in the Sue and Radcliffe Killam Library, room 218.
