Hoppenthaler is Writers-on-the-Shore presenter April 1

SALISBURY, MD ---As part of its Writers-on-the-Shore series, the Department of English at Salisbury University presents author John Hoppenthaler on Tuesday, April 1, at 8 p.m. in the Montgomery Room, Commons building.

Hoppenthaler is the author of a volume of poetry, Lives of Water (Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2003). His poems, essays and reviews have appeared in The Southern Review, Arts & Letters, Ploughshares, Chelsea and other journals. In addition, he has edited a collection of essays on the poetry of Jean Valentine (Wesleyan University Press, 2003) and is poetry editor of Kestrel.

The reading is free and open to the public. For more information call Dr. Michael Waters at 410-543-6540 or visit the SU Web site at www.salisbury.edu.