Library to Host Guruianu for Poetry Reading and Workshop

ITHACA—In celebration of National Poetry Month, Tompkins County Public Library will host New York University professor and writer Andrei Guruianu for a free poetry reading and workshop April 25 at 1 p.m. in the BorgWarner Community Room.

This program will explore the time-honored tradition of ekphrastic exchange. Ekphrastic poems are created when writers use pieces of visual art as inspiration for their writing.  Participants are encouraged to bring a photograph or a favorite image to the workshop to be used to craft their own original poem. Images will also be available at the workshop.

This event will also include a reading of Guruianu’s original works.

Guruianu is a Romanian-born writer and the author of more than a dozen books of poetry and prose, most recently “Made in the Images of Stones” and “Portrait Without a Mouth” (BrickHouse Books, 2014). He currently teaches in the Expository Writing Program at New York University. www.andreiguruianu.com.

This program is free and open to the public; however, advance registration is required.  To register, contact Carrie Wheeler-Carmenatty at cwheeler@tcpl.org or (607) 272-4557 extension 248.