Poet John Hoppenthaler will read from his work Thursday, April 2

Poet John Hoppenthaler will read from his work Thursday, April 2, at 8 p.m. in Molnar Recital Hall in Wygal. Hoppenthaler, assistant professor of English at East Carolina University, is the author of two books of poetry, Lives of Water and Anticipate the Coming Reservoir. Of the former, one critic said “There is such measured composure and quiet wisdom to the poems…that their resonance and beauty stay with us long after their reading.” He is poetry editor of the arts journal Kestrel, he was personal assistant to the Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Toni Morrison for nine years, and he is co-editing a volume of essays and interviews on the work of poet Jean Valentine.