Carol Rifelj Faculty Lecture Series - Gary Margolis

The Poetry of Sport, The Sport in Poetry

Gary Margolis ’67, former Middlebury College varsity athlete, Executive Director of Counseling, Emeritus, and English and American Literatures Department member (part-time) will read sports poems from his seven collections and reflect on the relationship between athletics and poetry. An award-winning poet, ABC Channel 5 interviewed him on the Middlebury campus reading his poem, “Winning the Lunar Eclipse”, after the 2004 World Series. Boston Globe sportswriter, Dan Shaughnessy, has called Gary’s poetry, “thoughtful” and “inspired.”

Refreshments will be served.