Vermillion Literary Project

DON'T FORGET TO JOIN US THIS Thursday, January 31, from 7-9 p.m. at the Coffee Shop Gallery, downtown Vermillion, for the VLP poetry reading and slam, featuring award-winning poet and USD English Professor Lee Ann Roripaugh. Roripaugh’s reading will be followed by a poetry SLAM open to anyone.

The featured reading will be followed by a poetry slam open to anyone. Poets interested in slamming should bring at least three original poems, and prizes will be awarded. For more information on poetry slams, see

http://www.usd.edu/orgs/projlit/vlpslam.cfm.

The Vermillion Literary Project (VLP) is a student organization at the University of South Dakota that publishes an annual literary magazine and hosts a variety of literary events for the U. community and the general public. For more information, visit http://www.usd.edu/orgs/projlit or call 605-677-5229.

Lee Ann Roripaugh is an Assistant Professor of English at USD. She was born and raised in Laramie, Wyoming, and earned an MFA in creative writing from Indiana University. She is the author of two books of poetry, Beyond Heart Mountain (Penguin Books, 1999), selected by Ishmael Reed for the National Poetry Series and a finalist for the 2000 Asian American Literature Awards, and Year of the Snake (Southern Illinois University Press/Crab Orchard Poetry Series, 1994).VLP Poetry Reading & Poetry SLAM Featuring LEE ANN RORIPAUGH.

 FOR CONTACT INFO: Marcella Remund,   mremund-AT-usd.edu 

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