EVENT INFORMATION
Anoka-Ramsey Community College presents the Two Rivers Reading Series with author Tracy Youngblom
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
2 to 2:50 pm
Legacy Room
Coon Rapids Campus11200 Mississippi Blvd NW
Coon Rapids, MN 55433
The event is free and open to the public.
NOTE: Author photo and book art available upon request.
Tracy Youngblom’s awards and honors include two Pushcart nominations, including one in 2017 for a poem included in Boy, her recent collection. She earned an MA in English from the University of St. Thomas and an MFA in Poetry from the Warren Wilson College low-residency program. She has been writing and publishing poems since the early 1990s. She has published two chapbooks of poems, Driving to Heaven and One Bird a Day, as well as two full-length collections, Growing Big and the recent Boy. In addition to poems, she has published both fiction and nonfiction. She has taught English at Anoka-Ramsey Community College since 2008. She enjoys gardening, hiking, and spending time with her three grown sons.
This event, which is supported by the college’s English Department, is free and open to the public. A reviewer of Boy says, “Somehow Youngblom creates poems that are both unflinching and exquisite—just please read this book, you will never forget it.” For more information about the event, please visit the Two Rivers Reading Series website at tworiversarcc.wordpress.com/.
The Two Rivers Reading Series recently celebrated 20 years of bringing acclaimed, award-winning authors, poets, and playwrights to Anoka-Ramsey each semester. The series’ events strive to make learning more comprehensive by combining classwork with real-world experiences as students study the authors’ works in their English courses.
For more information about the English Department at Anoka-Ramsey Community College, visit: AnokaRamsey.edu/academics/departments-faculty/english/
ABOUT ANOKA-RAMSEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Anoka-Ramsey Community College, with campuses in Cambridge and Coon Rapids, is a member of the Minnesota State system and has been a leading provider of higher education and training in East Central Minnesota since 1978 and the north suburban area of Minneapolis/St. Paul since 1965. Anoka-Ramsey Community College was recognized as one of the Top 10 community colleges in the U.S. for 2017 by The Aspen Institute. Annually, the college serves more than 10,000 learners of all ages as they pursue associate degrees that transfer as the first two years of a bachelor’s degree, or certificate programs that lead immediately to rewarding careers. Anoka-Ramsey Community College is aligned with Anoka Technical College. An affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and educator. Accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. This document is available in alternative formats to individuals with disabilities by calling the Minnesota Relay Service at 1-800-627-3529
