Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Reading by Jake Adam York, author of A MURMURATION OF STARLINGS (published by SIU Press), 4:00 – 4:50 p.m. – SIUC Student Center Video Lounge (Fourth Floor), reception and book signing in Old Main Lounge (5:00 - 6:00 p.m.)

And from the SIU news service:

April 24: Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Reading, Jake Adam York

York also won a Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Open Competition Award this year, and his collection, "A Murmuration of Starlings," is now available from SIU Press. The collection is not about birds – it is about "martyrs in the fight for civil rights." He is an associate professor of English at the University of Colorado Denver, a contributing editor to the journal Shenadoah and poetry editor for storySouth. His poetry is in journals including Blackbird, Greensboro Review, Shenadoah and New Orleans Review. His first book of poems, "Murder Ballads," appeared in 2005. Note that his reading is set for the SIUC Student Center Video Lounge.