The Visiting Writers Series welcomes Stephen Burt, acclaimed poet, essayist, and critic, to Wells College. Burt is the author of eight books, including two critical books on poetry and three poetry collections. The New York Times called Burt “one of the most influential poetry critics of [their] generation.” The recipient of a 2016 Guggenheim Fellowship, their writing has appeared in the New York Times Book Review, the London Review of Books, the Times Literary Supplement, the Believer, and the Boston Review. They are a professor of English at Harvard University.
Burt’s visit includes a Master Class at 12:30 p.m., also open to the public.