Poet Diane Mehta will discuss her work at 7:30 p.m. tonight in Arts 215 as part of the “Writers Return: The Alumni Writers Series.
The talk is free and open to the public. A reception will follow in Wold House.
Mehta, a New York-based poet and critic has published poems in Salamander; The Formalist; The Columbia Review; Literary Review; Prairie Schooner; The Southern Review; The Antioch Review and several Indian-American anthologies. She is a travel writer for the Fodor's series and recently wrote about hang gliding on the sand dunes of North Carolina.
Mehta's book, How to Write Poetry, was published last year. She freelances for New York magazine and other publications. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and toddler and received her master's from Boston University.
“Writers Return: The Alumni Writers Series” is sponsored by the English Department, President's Office, Alumni Relations and Wold House.
The next featured artist will be author Kerrie Ticknor Droban '87 Friday, June 1 as part of ReUnion weekend's featured events.
Selected poetry from Diane Mehta:
Hot December: Memory of Holiday in Bombay