2008 Speakers
paul mariani
Paul Mariani is the author of sixteen books, including six volumes of poetry (most recently Deaths and Transfigurations), five biographies, two collections of essays, and a spiritual memoir, Thirty Days: On Retreat with the Exercises of St. Ignatius. He has been awarded fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, a National Endowment for the Humanities, and a National Endowment for the Arts. He was Distinguished University Professor at the University of Massachusetts from 1968 until 2000, and currently holds a chair in poetry at Boston College.
Speaker Links
Visit poets.org to read more about Paul Mariani and to view samples of his poetry.
Read a review of Deaths and Transfigurations.
See why Books and Culture picked Deaths and Transfigurations as its “Book of the Week.”
Watch an interview with Paul Mariani and Barry Moser.
Listen to a reading by Paul Mariani of his poem “High Tea with Miss Julianna.”