Three nationally recognized poets will appear at the Hobart and William Smith college campus in Geneva this fall as part of the Trias series, beginning Thursday, Sept. 17, with writer-in-residence Dan Beachy-Quick.
Ann Lauterbach will follow on Thursday, Oct. 8, and Peter Gizzi will close the fall series on Thursday, Nov. 5. Each free public event begins at 7 p.m. in the Blackwell Room of Demarest Hall in Geneva.
Beachy-Quick is serving as the 2026-27 Trias Writer-in-Residence. In that role, he teaches a creative writing workshop, gives a public poetry presentation and curates the series while living in the Trias House.
The poet, essayist and translator has written 15 books of poetry and essays and translated three books from Greek. His most recent book, “Elements & Offerings,” was published last year, and his work has received support from the Monfort, Lannan and Guggenheim foundations.
Beachy-Quick has also been longlisted for the National Book Award in Poetry. Outside the residency, he teaches in the MFA program at Colorado State University.
Lauterbach will read from “Door,” her latest collection, on Oct. 8. The book uses the recurring image of a door to explore boundaries among memory, imagination and the external world.
She has published 11 poetry books and three essay collections. Her 2009 collection, “Or To Begin Again,” was a finalist for the National Book Award, and she has received Guggenheim and MacArthur fellowships. Lauterbach is the Ruth and David Schwab II Professor of Languages and Literatures at Bard College.
Gizzi will read Nov. 5 from “Fierce Elegy,” which received the T.S. Eliot Prize and the Massachusetts Book Award. The collection examines grief, resistance and pain through a meditative poetic voice.
Gizzi has written 11 poetry books and received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Foundation for Contemporary Arts and the Fund for Poetry. He also received the Lavan Younger Poets Award from the Academy of American Poets.
The Peter Trias Endowed Fund for Poetry and Creative Writing supports the residency and series. Created through a bequest from Peter J. Trias, a 1970 Hobart graduate, the program brings a writer to campus each year to teach students and lead a spring intensive tutorial.
Past visiting readers have included recipients of the Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award, Booker Prize and MacArthur Fellowship.
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