Poet Jeanne Bryner to speak at Kent State Tuscarawas
Poet Jeanne Bryner will speak at Kent State University at Tuscarawas on Tues., Feb. 15, at 7 p.m. Sponsored by the Diversity Advisory Committee, the lecture and reading will be held in the Founders Hall auditorium. The event is free and open to the public, with seating available on a first-come, first-served basis. The auditorium doors open at 6:30 p.m. A book sale and signing will be held in the Founders Hall lobby following the presentation.
Bryner’s poetry has been adapted for the stage and performed in Ohio, West Virginia, New York, Kentucky and Edinburgh, Scotland. Her published books include Breathless, Blind Horse; Poems, Eclipse; Stories, Tenderly Lift Me; Nurses Honored, Celebrated and Remembered; and No Matter How Many Windows. She also has a new play, Foxglove Canyon.
Bryner was born in Appalachia and grew up in Newton Falls. A registered nurse, she is a graduate of Trumbull Memorial’s School of Nursing and Kent State University’s Honors College. She has received writing fellowships from Bucknell University, the Ohio Arts Council (1997, 2007) and Vermont Studio Center. She lives with her husband and daughter in Newton Falls.
Bryner’s poetry has been adapted for the stage and performed in Ohio, West Virginia, New York, Kentucky and Edinburgh, Scotland. Her published books include Breathless, Blind Horse; Poems, Eclipse; Stories, Tenderly Lift Me; Nurses Honored, Celebrated and Remembered; and No Matter How Many Windows. She also has a new play, Foxglove Canyon.
Bryner was born in Appalachia and grew up in Newton Falls. A registered nurse, she is a graduate of Trumbull Memorial’s School of Nursing and Kent State University’s Honors College. She has received writing fellowships from Bucknell University, the Ohio Arts Council (1997, 2007) and Vermont Studio Center. She lives with her husband and daughter in Newton Falls.
Published: February 8, 2011
