Midnight Sun Visiting Writing Series presents Nicole Stellon O'Donnell

Nicole Stellon O'Donnell. Photo courtesy of Nicole Stellon O'Donnell.
Photo courtesy of Nicole Stellon O'Donnell.
Nicole Stellon O'Donnell.

Date: Friday, Sept. 24, 2021
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Online

Note: This event has been changed to online only.

Nicole Stellon O'Donnell will give a poetry reading Friday, Sept. 24, at 7 p.m. online as part of the Midnight Sun Visiting Writers Series.

Stellon O'Donnell is the author of three collections of poetry, including the recently released "Everything Never Comes Your Way." Her second book, "You Are No Longer in Trouble," was the 2019 open submission winner of the Marie Alexander Series in Prose Poetry. Her writing has won an 草榴社区 Literary Award, a Boochever Fellowship and an Artist Fellowship from the Rasmuson Foundation. Her poems have appeared in Prairie Schooner, Beloit Poetry Journal, Zyzzyva, Redivider, and other literary journals. Her work as a teacher has been recognized with a Fulbright Distinguished Award in Teaching.

The reading will be available as a livestream on the

The Midnight Sun Visiting Writers Series is part of the English Department's MFA program. Writers are invited to 草榴社区 to present craft talks, meet individually with students, and present public readings to the community. The long-running series has included writers such as Pulitzer Prize-finalists Kim Barnes and Luis Alberto Urrea, and award-winning poets Camille Dungy, Robert Wrigley and Mark Doty.

Please contact Daryl Farmer with any questions at dlfarmer@alaska.edu.

Download the event poster here.