Professor's Corner: Love Poems

Professor's Corner / Love Poems  / Wed.,  June 8, 7:00 p.m. / Dr. Carl Smeller /  Denton Public Library--South Branch /  Session title: The Love Sonnets of Edna St. Vincent Millay. Date:  Wednesday,  June 8, 2011, 7:00-8:30 p.m. at the Denton South Branch Library.  Series: Professor's Corner: A Discussion Group Devoted to Literary Texts.  Presenter:  Dr. Carl Smeller, Texas Wesleyan University.  Session description: Although she was one of the most prolific and most celebrated American poets in the decades between the world wars, Edna St. Vincent Millay’s critical reputation declined precipitously in the years following her death in 1950.  But recent re-evaluations of her work reveal what the poet Richard Wilbur called “some of the best sonnets of the century.”  This session of Professor’s Corner will examine just a few of the many surprisingly unconventional love sonnets Millay wrote.  This program is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.  Coordinator: Fred Kamman, Denton Public Library; Fred.Kamman@cityofdenton.com;  940-349-8752.  Producer: Dr. Stephen Souris, Texas Woman’s University; SSouris@twu.edu; 940-898-2343.   Location of the South Branch Library: 3228 Teasley (Zip Code 76210), just south of the Teasley & Lillian Miller intersection.  Supporters:  Denton Public Library, Texas Woman’s University Bookstore, Voertman's Bookstore,  Recycled Books Records CDs, and Texas Woman’s University—“Connecting Excellence to the Real World.”