Winter With the Writers

Ishion Hutchinson

Jamaican poet Ishion Hutchinson visits Rollins College.

Highlights

Ishion Hutchinson: Reading, On-stage Interview, and Signing

Event Details

Master Class:  February 8, 4 p.m., SunTrust Auditorium.

Reading: February 8, 7:30 p.m., Bush Auditorium.

Speaker Bio

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Born in Port Antonio, Jamaica, poet Ishion Hutchinson earned a BA at the University of the West Indies, an MFA at New York University, and a Ph.D. at the University of Utah. He is the author of two collections of poetry: Far District (2010), winner of the PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award, and House of Lords and Commons (2016), winner of the National Books Critics Circle award. Hutchinson’s additional honors include a Whiting Writers’ Award and the Academy of American Poets’ Larry Levis Prize. A Pirogue Fellow, Hutchinson teaches at Cornell University.