This growing-then-melting syllable-snowball poem is offered in recognition of mathematician-and-poet Sarah Glaz and as a reminder of the poetry reading Glaz is organizing -- to be held at the 2012 BRIDGES Math-Art conference at Towson University, July 25-29.
Her
research
is in rings--
coherent rings,
flat ideals, and on.
But Sarah Glaz goes far
past mathematics, into
poetry -- writes of calculus
and e and lots of other things. She's
organizing a poetry
Conference at Towson
University
on Saturday,
on July
twenty-
eight.
The poetry reading is a FREE conference event (no registration required) and will be held 5:30 - 7:30 PM on Saturday, July 28 at Kaplan Concert Hall Auditorium.
All interested persons are cordially invited.
Featured poets include Glaz and me (JoAnne Growney),
and these others: Tatiana Bonch-Osmolovskaya, Marion Deutsche Cohen,
Emily Grosholz, Philip Holmes, Geof Huth, Alice Major,
Kaz Maslanka, and Stephanie Strickland.
and these others: Tatiana Bonch-Osmolovskaya, Marion Deutsche Cohen,
Emily Grosholz, Philip Holmes, Geof Huth, Alice Major,
Kaz Maslanka, and Stephanie Strickland.
An open reading will follow the presentations by the featured readers; during that time other poets in attendance will be invited to read.
A recent e-mail alerted me to a review in Literary Review by Alexander Masters of Unknown Quantity: A Real and Imaginary History of Algebra by John Derbyshire (available from various presses). It is said to be "filled with Lewis Carroll-ishness and poetry" -- we should check it out.
A recent e-mail alerted me to a review in Literary Review by Alexander Masters of Unknown Quantity: A Real and Imaginary History of Algebra by John Derbyshire (available from various presses). It is said to be "filled with Lewis Carroll-ishness and poetry" -- we should check it out.
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