On Tuesday, May 20, at 7:30 PM, I will participate in a reading with writers Becky Boling, Cass Dalglish, and Peter Geye at the University Club in St. Paul. hosted by poet Tim Nolan.

READINGS BY WRITERS

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

7:30 P.M

Hosted by Tim Nolan

University Club of St. Paul

420 Summit Avenue

St. Paul, Minnesota 55102

Brian Duren was born and raised in Minnesota. A former French professor and university administrator, he holds doctorates from the University of Paris and the University of Minnesota. He is the author of three published novels, most recently The Gravity of Love which Junot Diaz described as “a magnificent haunting duet of grief, absence, and the unshakable bonds of family . . .”  Brian recently completed his fourth novel, Day Brings Back the Night.

Becky Boling taught Latin American Literature and Language at Carleton College for 36 years. Little by Little, the Bird Builds Its Nest. Here Beyond Small Wonders is her first published collection of poetry (Finishing Line Press, March 2025). A “naturalized” Minnesotan, she was Northfield’s co-Poet Laureate, along with her husband D. E. Green, 2023-24.

Cass Dalglish .  As a professor of English at Augsburg University in Minneapolis, Cass was lead designer and first director of Augsburg’s MFA in Creative Writing. She studied and lived in Mexico, Chile, Colombia, and Cuba, and traveled to Andalucía to research Ring of Lions, her latest published work. Cass is a poet and novelist and holds an MFA in Creative Writing and a PhD in Writing and Ancient Women’s Literature. Her curiosity has also led her to the study of languages, mythology, and energy practice. Cass lives in Minneapolis, where she worked early in her career as a broadcast journalist.

Peter Geye is the author of the award-winning novels Safe from the Sea, The Lighthouse Road, and Wintering, winner of the Minnesota Book Award, Northernmost, The Ski Jumpers, and most recently, A Lesser Light. Peter received his MFA from the University of New Orleans and his PhD from Western Michigan University, where he was editor of Third Coast. Born and raised in Minneapolis, he continues to live there with his family.