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Valentine’s Day will start a little earlier for some couples. The University of Houston’s Poetry & Prose reading series presents “Love and Honors,” an evening of romantic readings on Monday, Feb. 13. The event will feature readings from published poets Sybil Estess, John Harvey and Peter Hyland, as well as Honors College students. It will be held in the Honors College Commons on the second floor of the M.D. Anderson Library. Admission is free and complimentary refreshments will be available. “We say that poetry is the language of love,” said William Monroe, executive associate dean of the Honors College and professor of English. “The connection makes sense because both love and poetry are rhythmic, demanding and sensual.” Estess is the author of a new book of poetry, “Blue, Candled in January Sun.” Harvey is a member of the college’s faculty and has published work in The New Republic, The Gettysburg Review and Gulf Coast Magazine. Hyland, a student of UH’s Creative Writing Program, has been published in American Literary Review and Gulf Coast Magazine. The Poetry and Prose Reading Series is coordinated by UH Libraries with cooperation from UH’s Creative Writing Department and the Honors College. Poetry and Prose readings are held three times a semester. For more information about the Honors College visit the web site
http://www.uh.edu/academics/hon/.
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