Kay Redfield Jamison reading and Q&A: ROBERT LOWELL: SETTING THE RIVER ON FIRE

Join the English Faculty Twentieth Century Poetry Reading Group for a special event at the T. S. Eliot Theatre: Kay Redfield Jamison – author of the groundbreaking memoir An Unquiet Mind, and world expert in bipolar disorder – discusses her acclaimed new book, Robert Lowell: Setting the River on Fire, a study of the American poet’s mental illness, character and creativity.

Professor Jamison will read extracts from the book, before answering questions in conversation with Stephanie Kelley, and discussing Lowell’s life and work more generally.

The event is free and open to the public!