Poet, novelist and essayist, David Huddle will read from Glory River, his most recent volume of poems. In a new century in which the values of the past are dissolving and those of the future are frightening, the poems of Glory River pit precise observation, extravagant language, and humor against despair in an attempt to find a way to live. Huddle has taught for more than 30 years at the University of Vermont’s prestigious writing program, and has recently been appointed Visiting Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing at Hollins College. During the summer he teaches at the Bread Loaf School of English. Among his previous books are Only the Little Bone, The Story of a Million Years, and The Writing Habit.