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Culver-Stockton hosts reading by local poetry writer
Wednesday, November 23, 2011

CANTON, Mo. – Culver-Stockton College will host a poetry reading with local author Saadia Aschemann on Tuesday, Dec. 6 beginning at 7:30 p.m. in Merillat Recital Hall inside the Robert W. Brown Performing Arts Center on the C-SC campus.

Saadia Aschemann is a first-generation American who was born and raised in the Midwest. She received her B.A. from George Mason University, and earned her M.A. from the University of Illinois. Her first volume of poetry, lavish lines/luscious lies, was published in 2007. Her second collection, Words Gone Wild, was released in 2008, and her most recent book, Vice & Verse, was introduced to poetry fans everywhere in 2010. All three books were published by Firefly Publishing of Atlanta. Aschemann currently lives in Quincy, Ill., with her husband and sons and is working on her first novel.

This event is offered as part of Culver-Stockton College’s Academic and Culture Events program, which is intended to broaden students’ academic pursuits, introduce current issues, serve as a forum for ethical concerns, offer cultural breadth and refinement, and stimulate new directions and perspectives for thought. This event is free and open to the public.