The Hemingway Center Reading Series and Creative Writing MFA Program present poet Oli Hazzard. Hazzard, whose work John Ashbery called “exciting, necessary, and new," will give a reading of his work on Friday, October 23, 2026 at 7:30 PM. This event is free and open to the public. Event Details 7:30 PM Friday, October 23, 2026 Reading to be followed by a Q and A and book signing. Free and open to the public About Oli Hazzard Oli Hazzard is the author of three books of poems, including most recently Sleepers Awake (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2025). He teaches poetry at the University of St Andrews, and is currently Elizabeth S. and Richard M. Cashin Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studes at Harvard University. Praise for Oli Hazzard "Hazzard's gift lies in making the unusual seem aphoristic, turning words on their heads to shock an unsuspecting reader." —The Economist “Both funny and touching. It is his flair for phrases that catch one’s breath that has stood Oli Hazzard in good stead.” —Literateur "One of the most exciting developments in British poetry in years." —The Boston Review