Carole Oles, a member of the Associated Writing Programs Board of Directors, is the author of three books of poetry: The Loneliness Factor (1979), Quarry (1983) and Night Watches: Inventions on the Life of Maria Mitchell (1985). Among her awards are a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Poetry, a Pushcart Prize, and two Fellowships at the MacDowell Colony. She teaches creative writing at Old Dominion University.

Carole Oles will read from her poetry at 3 p.m. on Monday, October 3, in the Newport News Room of Webb Center. [excerpted from the 1988 brochure]

11th Annual Literary Festival