Cathryn Essinger will read from her recently published book, “What I Know About Innocence,” published by Main Street Rag Press (2009), at 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 24, in Winebrenner Theological Seminary, Room 254. Essinger’s reading is part of The University of Findlay’s Spring Writers Series.            

She and David Essinger, assistant professor of English at The University of Findlay, also will discuss the creation of the DVD that accompanies her book. A reception and book signing will follow.

The reading and reception are free and open to students, faculty, staff and community members and sponsored by the English department, Convocations and the College of Liberal Arts.

Cathryn Essinger is the author of three books of poetry: “A Desk In The Elephant House,” which won the Walt McDonald First Book Award from Texas Tech University Press; “My Dog Does Not Read Plato,” which was the runner-up in the Main Street Rag book competition in 2004; and “What I Know About Innocence,” which was published in the fall, also by Main Street Rag Press. 

Essinger’s poems have been anthologized in “The Poetry Anthology: 1912-2002,” “Poetry Daily: 366 Poems” and “O Taste and See: Food Poems.” Her work has been featured on Garrison Keillor’s “Writer’s Almanac.” She received an Ohio Arts Council grant and was Ohio’s Poet of the Year in 2005.

Essinger is a professor of English at Edison Community College in Piqua, Ohio.

For more information, contact Marianna Hofer, associate professor of English, at hofer@findlay.edu or 419-434-4721.