Gaines Center welcomes poet Jarita Davis

On Thursday, November 3, Dr. Jarita Davis will visit the Ernest J. Gaines Center to read from her newest poetry collection, Return Flights. The poems in the collection are described as "varying from narrative to imagist to lyrical" and reflective of the ""sodade" of Cape Verdean culture that is shaped by separtion and longing." Dr. Davis's work has also appeared in Southwestern Review, Cave Canem Anthologies, Crab Orchard Review, Plainsongs, and Verdad Magazine. She holds a PhD from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

The reading will take place at 1:00 pm in the Gaines Center hallway on the third floor of Dupré Library. It is free and open to the public. Visitors to campus may park in the Girard Park Circle Parking Garage.