Annie Wright, wife of the highly influential, late American poet James Wright (1927-1980), will read poetry to the lower school kids tomorrow morning at 10:00 AM. The "Annie" of several of Wright's poems, Ms. Wright recently entertained 1B with a special reading at The Poets House. James Wright was the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize in poetry, a Fulbright Fellowship and Rockefeller Foundation grant, among many other honors. The 27th Annual James Wright Poetry Festival will be held April 20-21 in the poet's home town, Martins Ferry, Ohio. In a letter in 1972, James Wright said of his marriage to Annie, "How in heaven's name did I, of all people, ever find such a person...The only rational answer that occurs to me is that I have been touched by some kind of grace. At any rate, that is the way I feel, morning and night." (Thanks again, Margaret Ng, for setting up this special visit!)
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