Visiting Writers Series: Sandra Beasley

The University of Kentucky’s English Department is honoured to welcome poet, memoirist, and editor Sandra Beasley as this semester's Visiting Writers Series speaker. Sandra will read on Thursday, November 19th at 5:00 pm in the William T. Young Auditorium, followed by a book signing.

Sandra Beasley lives in Washington D.C., and is the author of four award-winning poetry collections, most recently Made to Explode, as well as Don’t Kill the Birthday Girl: Tales from an Allergic Life, a disability memoir. Her extensive editorial work includes the anthology Vinegar and Char: Verse from the Southern Foodways Alliance.