The ESU Visiting Writers Series proudly presents Kansas Poet Laureate, Kevin Rabas!
Friday, November 9
7:00 PM
PKP Room, ESU Memorial Union
Poet Laureate of Kansas (2017-2019), Kevin Rabas teaches at Emporia State University, where he leads the poetry and playwriting tracks, chairs the Department of English, Modern Languages, and Journalism, and was named the 2018 Roe R. Cross Distinguished Professor. He has ten books, including Lisa’s Flying Electric Piano, a Kansas Notable Book and Nelson Poetry Book Award winner. Rabas’s plays have been produced across Kansas and in North Carolina and San Diego, and his work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize six times. He is the recipient of the Emporia State President’s Award for Research and Creativity and is the winner of the Langston Hughes Award for Poetry, the Victor Contoski Poetry Award, the Jerome Johanning Playwriting Award, and the Salina New Voice Award.
This event is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by the ESU Creative Writing Program and Performing Arts Board
