Paul Simon Institute to host virtual talk with Illinois’ poet laureate
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Paul Simon Institute to host virtual talk with Illinois’ poet laureate
CARBONDALE, Ill. Illinois Poet Laureate Angela Jackson will discuss her writing and her vision of Illinois in a virtual conversation next week hosted by the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
Jackson will join institute director John Shaw for the discussion at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 22, via Zoom. Shaw said he will ask Jackson about her life story and teaching career as well as her work as the state’s poet laureate.