Poet Denise K. Lajimodiere to read at MSUM Nov. 13
Denise K. Lajimodiere, an enrolled citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, Belcourt, N.D., will read from her collection of poems, Dragonfly Dance, (Michigan State University Press, 2010) at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, November 13 in the Livingston Lord Library porch on the Minnesota State University Moorhead campus. The reading is part of the McGrath Visiting Writers Series and is free and open to the public.
A lifelong educator, Lajimodiere has been an elementary teacher and principal and is currently an assistant professor of Educational Leadership at North Dakota State University. She earned her bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees from the University of North Dakota. She is also a traditional Jingle Dress dancer and Birch Bark Biting artist.
About the McGrath Visiting Writers Series
Named in honor of the late Thomas McGrath, an internationally recognized and award-winning author who taught at Moorhead State University from 1969-1983, the Tom McGrath Visiting Writers Series brings to campus some of the finest contemporary writers to read and share their work with students, faculty and the community. The series has featured more than 150 featured writers and sponsored or supported more than 50 other writers and events since its inaugural season.
Some of the many distinguished visiting writers have included U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins; Pulitzer Prize winners Carol Shields and Ted Kooser; National Book Award Winners Robert Bly and William Stafford; and National Book Critics Circle Award winners Louise Erdrich and B.H. Fairchild.
