RED Talk with Poet Julie Kane ’74–Tuesday, Sept. 16–Register Now
Classmate Julie Kane , the former Poet Laureate of Louisiana and the 2025 Louisiana Writer Award recipient, is our Class of 1974 RED Talk webinar speaker this coming Tuesday, September 16th at 8pm ET. Registration details below. Julie is the author of six books. She’s taught at the high school and college level, and she’s received multiple awards and recognition for her work. She served as a Fulbright Scholar in Lithuania.
Julie’s writing career started in the early 1970’s when she was a student in Cornell’s innovative creative writing program which continues to be among the top programs in the US for poets. In our webinar, Julie will talk about how Cornell became a hotbed of creative writing. She will also speak about one of her mentors, the beloved and legendary poetry professor A. R. Ammons who taught creative writing at Cornell from 1964 to 1998.
Register here for the Sept. 16 webinar featuring Julie Kane ‘74
Learn more about Cornell’s creative writing offerings and history here.
I hope you will join me and fellow classmates for this special talk. See you Sept. 16.
