William X 2: A Poetry Reading Sponsored by the CSU Poetry Center, Octavofest, and the CSU Michael Schwartz Library

The poet William Billiter will read from his newest collection of poetry along with William D. Waltz, the 2012 winner of the Cleveland State University Poetry Center\u27s open book competition. The poets will also be answering audience questions about getting your poems published in national journals and making your own journal and/or chapbook. Light refreshments will be served afterward and the authors will be available to meet and sign books. William Billiter\u27s book Stutter was chosen as a National Poetry Series title. He is Director of Foundation, Corporate, and Government Relations at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York. He holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. More information on Billiter\u27s prize winning book can be found here: http://www.ugapress.org/index.php/books/stutter/ and here: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2011/04/stutter/?woo William D. Waltz is the author of Zoo Music (Slope Editions, 2004) and Adventures in the Lost Interiors of America (Cleveland State University Poetry Center, 2013). His chapbook Confluence of Mysterious Origins is forthcoming from Factory Hollow Press. He lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota and is the founder and editor of the magazine Conduit. Link to a poem by Waltz: http://www.versedaily.org/2011/islandindispute.shtm