The UNLV Master of Fine Arts (MFA) International Program will present a poetry reading by Aliki Barnstone and Christopher Bakken at 8 p.m. on Nov. 10, in the Classroom Building Complex (CBC), Room A110, on the UNLV campus.

Barnstone, associate professor of English at UNLV, is a poet, translator, critic, and editor. Her book of poems, "Wild With It," was a National Books Critics Circle Notable Book, and an earlier book, "Madly In Love," was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. She will read from her latest book, "Blue Earth."

Bakken is a poet and teacher at Allegheny College in Meadville, PA. His book, "After Greece," won the 2001 T.S. Eliot Prize in Poetry. His poems have appeared in numerous journals, including Western Humanities Review. He was also the winner of the prestigious Brick and Mortar Poetry Prize earlier this year.

For additional information, contact Mandy Kalish at 895-4366. The event is free and open to the public.

The MFA program at UNLV consists of a three-year study of creative writing that leads to the Master of Fine Arts, considered the terminal academic degree in the field. The program emphasizes crafting publishable works of poetry or fiction, with rigorous graduate-level coursework that offers preparation for professional careers in writing, teaching, or publishing.