Feb. 25 Reading Is First Event in Spring Visiting Writers Program
(Long Island, NY) Poet Joshua Robbins will read from his collected works at Farmingdale State College on Thursday, February 25. The reading – the first event in the spring Visiting Writers Program – will be held in the Great Room in Ward Hall at 11 a.m. The public is invited and the event is free.
Robbins is the author of Praise Nothing, a highly-regarded debut collection published in 2013(University of Arkansas Press). His awards include the James Wright Poetry Award; the New South prize; selection for the Best New Poets anthology; and a Walter E. Dakin Fellowship in poetry from the Sewanee Writers’ Conference. He was runner-up for the Visiting Writers Program’s annual Paumanok Poetry Award in 2014.
Poet Joshua Robbins will read from his collected works at Farmingdale State College on Thursday, February 25. Photo Credit: SUNY.
He is Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of the Incarnate Word. He lives in San Antonio.
Farmingdale’s Visiting Writers Program has featured readings by more than 150 American and international authors. The program highlights the importance of literature to education and culture. Its annual Paumanok Poetry Award is an international award judged by faculty in Farmingdale’s English/Humanities department.
Farmingdale State College continues to prepare students with the education, skills, and critical thinking needed to meet the challenges of tomorrow. As the largest of SUNY’s colleges of technology (with over 8,700 students), Farmingdale equips students with the resources and knowledge sought by today’s emerging industries. Offering bachelor and associate programs, Farmingdale will soon offer its first graduate degree. At Farmingdale, students also have abundant opportunities in experiential learning—internships, clinical training, and guided research—that provide practical instruction and personal growth. Small, personalized classes, a residence hall with suite-style living, a lush 380-acre campus undergoing major renovation, and a highly successful NCAA Division III athletics program with modern facilities make Farmingdale State College one of the fastest-growing colleges in the region. In addition, in the 2015 U.S. News & World Report’s section titled Best Regional Colleges in the North, Farmingdale is ranked #11. Also in that category, FSC is #3 in the LEAST Student Debt Load at Graduation. For more information, contact Kathryn Coley at 631-420-2400 or kathryn.coley@farmingdale.edu. Look on our website www.farmingdale.edu. Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/farmingdale.
