Mount Mercy University will welcome acclaimed poet Camille Dungy for a special reading presentation on April 7. "Suck on the Marrow: An Evening of Poetry with Camille T. Dungy" is free and open to the public. Seating is limited.
An American poet and professor, Dungy is the author of two poetry collections, most recently, Suck on the Marrow. Her poems have appeared in literary journals and magazines including Antioch Review, Carolina Quarterly, The Missouri Review, The Southern Review, The Crab Orchard Review, and Poetry Daily. Her honors include fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, The Virginia Commission for the Arts, the Bread Loaf Writers Conference, Cave Canem, the American Antiquarian Society, and the Sewanee Writers' Conference. She is also a recipient of the Dana Award.