Dog Angel: A Reading

Jesse Lee Kercheval

Monday, 14 Nov 2005 at 7:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union

Jesse Lee Kercheval was born in France and raised in Florida. She is the author of the memoir, Space and a poetry book, Dog Angel, and a novel, The Museum of Happiness. Her poetry appears in recent issues of such magazines as Poetry London, Poetry Ireland Review, Poetry New Zealand, Hotel Amerika, Blue Moon, Southern Review, Missouri Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, and Volt among others. She teaches at the University of Wisconsin where she directs the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing.

Cosponsored By:
  • College of LAS
  • English Department
  • Writers' Bloc
  • Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)

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