Adams to Read Georgia O’Keefe-Inspired Poetry at UNM Harwood Museum

The Harwood Museum of Art of the University of New Mexico in Taos presents a reading by Poet-in-Residence Lavonne Adams on Thursday, July 26, at 7 p.m. Adams’ reading will highlight the latest of her two New Mexico-based poetry collections.

Adams recently completed a full-length collection, “Through the Glorieta Pass,” about the women who traveled the Santa Fe Trail in the mid-1800s. This collection was named a finalist for both the Pearl Poetry Prize and the Anhinga Poetry Prize. While in Taos, she has focused on her current project – a poetry collection based on the life and artwork of Georgia O’Keeffe.

Adams is the recipient of the Persephone Poetry Award for “Everyday Still Life” and the Randall Jarrell/Harperprints Chapbook Award for “In the Shadow of the Mountain.” Her poems have been published or are forthcoming in the Missouri Review, Connecticut Review, Briar Cliff Review, Southern Poetry Review, and others. She teaches creative writing at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington, where she coordinates the Bachelor of Fine Arts program.

This event is part of an ongoing series highlighting Harwood Museum artists-in-residence. The reading is free to Harwood Alliance members and UNM students, staff and faculty, or $8 for nonmembers. For more information call (505) 758-9826, ext. 105 or visit The Harwood Museum of Art.

Media Contact: Lucy Perera-Adams, (505) 758-9826, ext. 105; e-mail: lperera@aol.com