TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Author Bill Knott will read from his poetry work on Thursday, Aug. 30, at 7:30 p.m., in 205 Smith Hall, as part of this year's Bankhead Visiting Writers Series at The University of Alabama. The event is free and open to the public.

Knott is the author of nine books of poetry. Most recently he has published "Laugh at the End of the World: Collected Comic Poems 1969-1999," "The Quicken Tree," "Outremer," and "Poems, 1963-1988."

His work is featured in a number of major literary journals and poetry magazines. He has received numerous grants and awards, including a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship and the Elliston Prize for his "Selected and Collected Poems." He currently lives in Boston where he is professor of writing, literature, and publishing in the master of fine arts program at Emerson College.

The Bankhead Visiting Writers Series is made possible by an endowment from the Bankhead Foundation, The University of Alabama's program in creative writing, the department of English, and the College of Arts and Sciences. For more information, please contact the creative writing program at 205/348-0766.