Writer Poupeh Missaghi Featured at Wilkes University's Allan Hamilton Dickson Spring Writers Series on March 18
Wilkes-Barre, PA (02/24/2020) — Acclaimed writer and translator Poupeh Missaghi will visit Wilkes University as part of the Allan Hamilton Dickson Spring Writers Series. Missaghi will read an excerpt of her debut novel, "trans(re)lating house one," published by Coffee House Press in February 2020. The event, hosted by the Wilkes English Department, will take place Wednesday, March 18 at 7 p.m in the salon of Kirby Hall, 202 S. River St. The reading is free and open to the public. She also will conduct a workshop for Wilkes students that afternoon.
Missaghi is a writer, a translator of Persian, Iran editor-at-large for Asymptote Journal and an educator. She holds a doctorate in English and creative writing from the University of Denver and a master's degree in creative writing from Johns Hopkins University. Her nonfiction, fiction and translations have appeared in numerous journals, and she has several books of translation published in Iran. She is currently a visiting assistant professor at the Department of Writing at the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn.
About Wilkes University:
Wilkes University is a private, independent, non-sectarian institution of higher education dedicated to academic and intellectual excellence through mentoring in the liberal arts, sciences and professional programs. Founded in 1933, Wilkes is on a mission to create one of the nation's finest doctoral universities, offering all of the programs, activities and opportunities of a large university in the intimate, caring and mentoring environment of a small college, open to all who show promise. The Economist named Wilkes 25th in the nation for the value of its education for graduates. In addition to 46 majors, Wilkes offers 24 master's degree programs and five doctoral/terminal degree programs, including the doctor of philosophy in nursing, doctor of nursing practice, doctor of education, doctor of pharmacy, and master of fine arts in creative writing. Learn more at www.wilkes.edu.
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