Lola Haskins to Read from New Book

On Wednesday evening, October 2, Author Lola Haskins will read from her new book, Asylum: Improvisations on John Clare, published by the University of Pittsburgh Press (2019). Come enjoy the program, which is free. A book signing will follow.

Haskins’ other works include How Small, Confronting Morning (Jacar, 2016), The Grace to Leave (Anhinga, 2012), and Still, the Mountain (Paper Kite, 2010), which won Florida Book Awards. Her in-print books of poems include Desire Lines, New and Selected Poems (BOA Editions, 2004), Extranjera (Story Line, 1998), and The Rim Benders (Anhinga, 2001).

Ms. Haskins’ prose writings include Fifteen Florida Cemeteries, Strange Tales Unearthed (University Press of Florida, 2011) and an advice book for people interested in poetry, Not Feathers Yet: A Beginner’s Guide to the Poetic Life (Backwaters, 2007).