

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Philip Metres Reading 
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 03 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Join the Lewis J. Ort Library and the Center for Literary Arts for a reading by Philip Metres.

Metres is a poet and the author of thirteen books, most recently the essay collection Dispatches from the Land of Erasure (University of Michigan Press, 2025). His books of poetry include Fugitive/Refuge (Copper Canyon 2024), Shrapnel Maps (Copper Canyon, 2020), The Sound of Listening: Poetry as Refuge and Resistance (University of Michigan, 2018), Sand Opera (Alice James, 2015), and I Burned at the Feast: Selected Poems of Arseny Tarkovsky (Cleveland State, 2015). His work—poetry, translation, essays, fiction, criticism, and scholarship—has garnered fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Lannan Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Ohio Arts Council, the Watson Foundation. He is the recipient of the Adrienne Rich Award, three Arab American Book Awards, the Lyric Poetry Prize, a Pushcart Prize, and the Cleveland Arts Prize. Metres has been called “one of the essential poets of our time,” whose work is “beautiful, powerful, magnetically original.”  

He is professor of English and director of the Peace, Justice, and Human Rights program at John Carroll University. He lives with his family in Cleveland, Ohio. 

https://philipmetres.com

his event is free and open to the public and sponsored by the Allegany Arts Council, the City of Frostburg, and several offices at FSU, including the Office of the President, the Dean of the College of Humanities, Arts &amp; Sciences, and the Department of Communication and Literature.

FSU is committed to making all of its programs, services, and activities accessible to persons with disabilities. You may request accommodation through the Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance Office, 301.687.3035, TDD 301.687.7955.

FSU's campus parking lots are open to all in the evening, no permit required.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/frostburg/philip-metres-reading/200029756697400
- **Event Categories**: Art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029756697400?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=frostburg-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Frostburg
- **state**: MD
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Lewis J. Ort Library at  Frostburg State University
- **lat**: 39.65128
- **long**: -78.93502
- **full address**: Lewis J. Ort Library at  Frostburg State University, 1 Stadium Dr, Frostburg, MD 21532-2342, United States

## Event gallery

- **Alt text**: banner
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/906991f17a52cab09713f8d91c3d158c8c4b1900ed71c12ff49284e394045693-rimg-w1200-h675-dc37445c-gmir?v=1772386500
- **Alt text**: thumbnail
  - **Image URL**: https://dyn-image.allevents.in/generate-image?v=4&title=Philip+Metres+Reading+&date=03+Mar

## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Tue, 03 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Lewis J. Ort Library at  Frostburg State University, 1 Stadium Dr, Frostburg, MD 21532-2342, United States
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** Art, literary-art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Philip Metres Reading  ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

## Structured Data (JSON-LD)

```json
[
    {
        "@context": "https://schema.org",
        "@type": "Event",
        "name": "Philip Metres Reading",
        "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/906991f17a52cab09713f8d91c3d158c8c4b1900ed71c12ff49284e394045693-rimg-w1200-h675-dc37445c-gmir?v=1772386500",
        "startDate": "2026-03-03",
        "url": "https://allevents.in/frostburg/philip-metres-reading/200029756697400",
        "location": {
            "@type": "Place",
            "name": "Lewis J. Ort Library at  Frostburg State University",
            "address": {
                "@type": "PostalAddress",
                "streetAddress": "1 Stadium Dr, Frostburg, MD 21532-2342, United States",
                "addressLocality": "Frostburg",
                "addressRegion": "MD",
                "addressCountry": "US"
            },
            "geo": {
                "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
                "latitude": "39.65128",
                "longitude": "-78.93502"
            }
        },
        "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode",
        "description": "Join the Lewis J. Ort Library and the Center for Literary Arts for a reading by Philip Metres.\n\nMetres is a poet and the author of thirteen books, most recently the essay collection Dispatches from the Land of Erasure (University of Michigan Press, 2025). His books of poetry include Fugitive/Refuge"
    }
]
```