Contact: Maridith Geuder
A Gainesville, Fla., writer whose four books of poems have received widespread attention will read at Mississippi State University Oct. 30.
Sidney Wade, an English faculty member at the University of Florida, will be featured in a free 8 p.m. program in the Colvard Union small auditorium. Her visit is sponsored by the English department's Visiting Writers Series.
Wade is the author of "Celestial Bodies" (2002), "Green" (1998), "Istanbul'dan/From Istanbul" (1998), and "Empty Sleeves" (1990). Written during a Fulbright Scholars Program lectureship at Istanbul University, "From Istanbul" was published both in English and Turkish.
In addition to her book-length collections, Wade's individual works have been published in a range of national magazines, including The New Yorker, Poetry, The New Republic, and Southern Review, among others.
In addition to a Fulbright, she has held a fellowship at the prestigious Breadloaf Writers' Conference in Middlebury, Vt.
Wade holds an undergraduate degree in philosophy and a master's in counseling, both from the University of Vermont. Her doctorate in English was completed at the University of Houston.
For more about Wade's program, telephone the English department at (662) 325-3644.