Natasha Tretheway

Museum to hold Ekphrasic poetry reading Jan. 26

Pulitzer Prize winning poet Natasha Tretheway will host an Ekphrasic poetry reading at The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art Thursday, Jan. 26, at 5 p.m.

Tretheway holds the Phillis Wheatley Distinguished Chair in Poetry at Emory University. This program is in relation to "Promises of Freedom: Selections from the Arthur Primas Collection," an exhibition celebrating 150 years of African American art on display at the museum through March 10. This event also addresses issues that appear in "Mountains Beyond Mountains," Auburn's 2011-2012 Common Book.