The Pearl Andelson Sherry Memorial Poetry Reading

The Pearl Andelson Sherry Memorial Poetry Reading honors the life and work of former University of Chicago student Pearl Andelson Sherry. The Sherry series aims to bring poets of international stature. We find this series invaluable to our student poets, as it allows them to gain access to a great thinker and pioneer in the field. We ask the visiting poet to give a public reading from their work, a public lecture on a topic of their choosing, and to participate in a student-focused event in the form of individual meetings, a seminar, a workshop, or a structure based on their interest.

 

Past Sherry Poets

2024
Joy Harjo

2023
Vijay Seshadri

2022
Mei-mei Berssenbrugge

2021
Ilya Kaminsky

2019 
Anne Carson

2018
Cecilia Vicuña

2017 
Ishion Hutchinson
Ed Roberson
Patricia Smith 

2016 
Fred Moten

2015 
Lisa Robertson

2014 
Susan Wheeler

2013 
Ann Lauterbach

2012 
Rosmarie Waldrop
Keith Waldrop 

2011 
Lyn Hejinian

2010 
Mark Strand

2009 
Carl Phillips

2008 
Susan Howe

2007 
Michael Palmer

2006 
Jim Powell

2005 
Allen Grossman

2004 
Mark Doty

2003 
Campbell McGrath 

2002 
Kenneth Field

2001 
Alane Rollings

2000 
Eleanor Wilner

1999 
David Wojahn

1998 
Anne Winters