World-famous poet, Aurora Native To Speak At Aurora University Oct. 5

AURORA, Ill. September 13, 2006 - An Aurora native who has become a world-famous poet, editor, and educator will speak at Aurora University at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 5.

Ingrid Wendt of Eugene, Ore., an Oswego High School graduate, will read and discuss her poems at the Schingoethe Center for Native American Cultures at Dunham Hall, 1400 Marseillaise Place in Aurora. The program is free and open to the public.

Joining Wendt on the program is her husband, Ralph Salisbury, professor emeritus at the University of Oregon. He will read selections from his published work and discuss his experience as a Native American poet, fiction writer and story teller.

Wendt has been a three-time Fulbright professor in Germany, and guest lecturer at several international universities. She is the author of five books of poems, two anthologies, a book-length teaching guide, and numerous articles and reviews.

Wendt will read and discuss poems from her latest two prizewinning books, “The Angle of Sharpest Ascending,” and “Surgeonfish: Wanderings through the World, through History, and through the Heart.”

Her writings have been recognized with the D.H. Lawrence Award, the Oregon Book Award, the Yellowglen Prize, the Editions Prize, and the Carolyn Kizer Award.

Salisbury has authored two books of short fiction and eight books of poetry. His honors include a Rockefeller, a Chapelbrook, a Northwest Poetry Award; Fulbright professorships to Germany and Norway; and an Amparts (USIS) lectureship in India.

Call (630) 844-5402 for information.

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