Erin Belieu: A Reading to Benefit the Central High School English Department

Erin Belieu (CHS 1983) is a nationally respected poet, active member of the literary community, and an advocate for women in the arts. She is the author of four poetry collections, all from Copper Canyon Press: Infanta, selected for the prestigious National Poetry Series and named one of the best books of 1995 by The Washington Post, National Book Critics Circle and Library Journal; One Above & One Below, winner of the Midland Author and Ohioana Prize; Black Box, finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; and Slant Six, which was published in November 2014 and received a starred review in Publisher’s Weekly and The New York Times upon its release.