Diana Goetsch has written eight volumes of poetry, including “Nobody’s Hell,” “The Job of Being Everybody,” “Nameless Boy,” and “In America.” Her poetry has appeared in The New Yorker, Poetry, The Iowa Review, The Gettysburg Review, The Southern Review, The American Scholar, Best American Poetry, The Pushcart Prize, The Washington Post and on National Public Radio. She is also an essayist and journalist, author of the acclaimed memoir “This Body I Wore,” and dozens of columns and feature articles. She resides in New York City.

A reception will begin at 5:30 p.m., with the poet's reading following at 6 p.m. Everyone is welcome at this free event.

Writing Now Reading Now is co-sponsored by the WSU English Department, Fairmount College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Watermark Books & Cafe, and the Ulrich Museum of Art.