Distinguished poet Hilda Raz will read from her works Monday, October 26, at 7 p.m. in the Hodges Library Auditorium.

Hilda Raz is the Luschei editor of Prairie Schooner, and professor of English and Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her most recent books are All Odd and Splendid, poetry from Wesleyan University Press, 2008; What Becomes You, memoir with Aaron Raz Link, published in the American Lives series by the University of Nebraska Press; and What Happens, Bison Books, University of Nebraska Press, 2009. Previous books include Trans (Wesleyan), Divine Honors (Wesleyan), Living on the Margins (Persea), among others.

An informal chat with the author will be held at 3:30 p.m., Monday, October 26, in 1210-1211 McClung Tower. Both events are free and open to the public.

The reading is sponsored by the UT Creative Writing Program in association with the John C. Hodges Better English Fund and Writers in the Library. For more information on this event: mkallet@utk.edu.