Join us for an evening of poetry with Larry Ollivier…
Larry considers himself a poet of place, his work is rooted in the natural world. He focuses on the specificities of bird and animal life, the plants and their life phases as the circle of the seasons turns, the complex, infinitely beautiful workings of the cosmos.
There’s a little philosophy, a little humor, even a bit of politics, all wrapped up in immediate personal experience. The natural surroundings are the heart and substance of his creative – and spiritual – practice.
About Larry…
Larry grew up in the Skykomish valley of Washington state. He attended the University of Washington in Seattle, where he took his BA in Creative Writing and American Literature, and my MA in Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama. Larry spent four years in the Creative Writing program at the University of Houston studying Poetry with Edward Hirsch, Adam Zagajeski, and the incomparable Cynthia McDonald.
Larry only recently returned to writing and publishing poetry after a nearly 15-year hiatus. Larry is also a published and exhibiting landscape and nature photographer. His poems and photos have been published recently or are forthcoming in The Anacapa Review, 2River Review, Canary, Constellations, Another Chicago Magazine, Literature and Belief, The Lake, Kosmos Journal, and other journals in the US and UK. Many of his photographs can be seen on his website:larryollivier.
“In the Telling: A Poetry Reading by Larry Ollivier”
Friday, October 23
5:00-6:00 PM
Lotus Center