September 16, 2008

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The UAB Writers' Series will present a lecture by poet Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 15, at the UAB Mary Culp Hulsey Recital Hall, 950 13th St. S. Berssenbrugge will read from her work. The event is free and open to the public.

The UAB Writers' Series is an annual offering of the Program in Creative Writing. For more information, call the UAB Department of English at 205-934-4250.

Berssenbrugge has written several books of poetry, including "I Love Artists: New and Selected Poems," and "Concordance," both published in 2006. A review by Publishers Weekly of "I Love Artists" said, "Berssenbrugge writes what might be called proofs, working sensuously of the language of science to find the divides between elements over which one has control and those over which one does not."

She has won fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, two American Book Awards and honors from the Asian American Writers Workshop.