Beth Ann Fennelly to present “Unmentionables” April 2
MOBILE – The Friends of the Spring Hill College Library, as part of
their “Southern Writers: Fiction and Poetry” series, will host poet
Beth Ann Fennelly at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 2 at Stewartfield.
Fennelly will present “Unmentionables,” and Sue Walker, Poet Laureate
of Alabama, will interview her.
Fennelly is one of those rare poets who, because of her passion,
compassion, honesty, inventiveness and intelligence, causes the reader
to experience the art of poetry in a totally new way. Fennelly’s third
collection of poems, “Unmentionables,” extends and deepens the range of
her thinking yet maintains the sensual wordplay and subversive wit for
which she has been labeled a "phenomenon" by the Harvard Review. These
poems are not merely to be read by other poets, but by anyone who
understands that poetry is one of the best methods of investigating the
human soul and the answers to life's biggest questions.
Fennelly's previous collections are “Tender Hooks” and “Open House,”
which won the 2001 Kenyon Review Prize and was a BookSense Top Ten
Poetry pick.
Coffee and dessert will follow the presentation. Suggested donation is
$3. Spring Hill College students and faculty and current Friends of the
Spring Hill College Library members are admitted free. For more
information, call (251) 380-3870.
