West Hartford's USJ Hosting Program With Noted Frost Biographer

University of Saint Joseph

WEST HARTFORD, CT — The University of Saint Joseph will host an evening of poetry and a lecture by Adam Plunkett, author of a new biography of one of America's most beloved poets.

Plunkett recently completed a new Robert Frost biography entitled "Love and Need: The Life of Robert Frost’s Poetry."

His program will take place on Monday, Feb. 24, at 7 p.m., in Mercy Hall’s Crystal Room. This event is free and open to the public. USJ is located at 1678 Asylum Ave., West Hartford.

"Adam Plunkett is a first-rate biographer, whose years of tireless research on Frost's life and work illuminates the hidden depths of the enigmatic poet behind such classic works as 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,' 'The Road Not Taken,' and 'Mending Wall,;” said USJ Visiting Assistant Professor of English Aidan Levy.

"More than 150 years after his birth and 60 years after his death, Frost's poetry still resonates with some of our most pressing environmental and ethical concerns as a society.

"The opportunity to bring this distinguished literary critic and biographer to USJ will expose students, faculty, and the greater Hartford community to one of America's — and New England's — best-loved poets, pushing us to approach the world more critically, artfully, and compassionately."

Plunkett, a literary critic, has received fellowship support from organizations such as the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Leon Levy Center for Biography.

This program is supported in part by the Peter Brazeau Poetry Fund and the Maximilian E. and Marion O. Hoffman Foundation Fund for the Humanities at the University of Saint Joseph and organized by the Department of Cultures, Arts, and Literatures at USJ.

The lecture will be followed by a question-and-answer session, book signing and refreshments. Books will be available for purchase at the event.

For more information and to reserve a spot, click on this link.

For more information on legendary poet Robert Frost, click on this link.