Nicholas Samaras, Friday, April 15th, 7:00 p.m., DWC

WHEN: Friday, April 15th, 7:00 p.m.
WHERE: Downtown YMCA, 340 Montgomery St.

Nicholas Samaras has lived in Greece, England, Wales, Switzerland, Yugoslavia, Jerusalem, and now America. His first book of poems, Hands of the Saddlemaker, won the Yale Series of Younger Poets Award. His second collection, Survivors of the Moving Earth, is published by University of Salzburg Press. Mr. Samaras has taught at Columbia University, the University of Denver, and the University of South Florida. His many awards include the Academy of American Poets Award, fellowships from The Lilly Endowment Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the states of Florida, Colorado and New York. His poems have been featured in The New Yorker, The New York Times, and Poetry. The reading is free and open to the public.

For more information:
Philip Memmer
Director, the Arts Branch of the YMCA of Greater Syracuse
340 Montgomery St.
Syracuse, NY 13202
www.ymcaarts.org
(315) 474-6851 x314
(315) 474-6857 (fax)
phil@ymcaarts.org