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The Hamilton College Departments of Art, Music, and Literature and Creative Writing will present a chamber salon featuring student artwork, chamber music, poetry readings on Sunday, Dec. 4, at 1:30 p.m., in the Linda Johnson Gallery of the Kennedy Center for Theatre and Studio Arts.

Ocean Vuong, a poet whose work explores the themes of transformation, desire and violent loss, will perform a reading from a selection of his works on Monday, Nov. 7, at 8 p.m., in the Fillius Events Barn Lobby.

Chase Twichell, a poet whose work is heavily influenced by her years as a student of Zen Buddhism, will read from her work on Tuesday, Oct. 25, at 7 p.m., in the Fillius Events Barn. The reading is free and open to the public.

Hamilton College’s Departments of Music and Literature and Creative Writing join forces to create a unique evening of poetry and music on Thursday, May 5, at 7:30 p.m., in Café Opus.

Zoë Bodzas ’16 was recently named winner of the annual Kathryn Irene Glascock Intercollegiate Poetry Contest at Mount Holyoke College. Founded in 1924, it is the oldest intercollegiate poetry competition in the country and has launched the careers of many of America’s most important poets.

Professor of Literature and Creative Writing Naomi Guttman will travel to the west coast for a series of poetry readings from March 11-17. She will read new work as well as poems from The Banquet of Donny & Ari: Scenes from the Opera.

Professor of English and Creative Writing Naomi Guttman read from her work in Philadelphia on Oct. 15 as a guest of The University of the Arts’ Visiting Writers Series.

Professor of English and Creative Writing Naomi Guttman published three poems in the Winter 2014 edition of "The Malahat Review" and two poems in the December 2014 edition of "The Literary Review of Canada."

Hamilton’s English and Creative Writing Fall 2014 Reading Series presents events with  poets Sarah Harwell and Gary Leising on Thursday, Dec. 4.  Harwell will discuss MFA programs and getting published at a coffee hour at 4:10 p.m. at the Sadove Sun Porch.  Harwell and Leising will read from their work at 8 p.m. in Dwight Lounge, Bristol Campus Center, and a reception will follow. Both events are free and open to the public.

The Hamilton College English department will host a reading by Diane Raptosh, renowned poet and National Book Award finalist, on Wednesday, Oct. 29, at 8 p.m., in the Red Pit, KJ. The reading is free and open to the public.