The Literary Club of Cincinnati invites you to its Poet Laureate Series!

Dave Lucas was born and raised in Cleveland.  He studied literature and poetry at John Carroll University (BA, 2002), the University of Virginia (MFA, 2004), and the University of Michigan (PhD, 2014).  His first book of poems, Weather (VQR / Georgia, 2011), received the 2012 Ohioana Book Award for Poetry.  Named by Rita Dove as one of thirteen “young poets to watch,” he has also received a “Discovery/The Nation Prize and a Cleveland Arts Prize.  From 2018-19, he served as the Poet Laureate of the State of Ohio. A co-founder of Cleveland Book Week and Brews + Prose at Market Garden Brewery, he lives in Cleveland, where he teaches at Case Western Reserve University.

The Poets Laureate Series is a gift to the community from the Literary Club of Cincinnati, celebrating its 175^th Anniversary year. The author’s books will be on sale.

To Attend via Zoom, please click on this link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81058036298?pwd=blZKSnYzNitXTFprWjhSTkVhNDl0QT09