The dialogue, which is free and open to the public, will run from noon to 1:30 p.m. in Room 108 of Folwell Hall on the east bank of the university\'s Minneapolis campus.

Nowak, an Associate Professor of Humanities at the College of Saint Catherine, is the author of two poetry collections, Revenants and Shut Up Shut Down. The program is part of the Poetix Collaborative, dedicated to the cross-cultural study of poetics and poetry and to performing poetic works for campus and non-campus communities alike.

View a schedule of Poetix Collaborative events for Thursday and Friday at http://www.ias.umn.edu/poetix.php