TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Everywoman Book Club, sponsored by the Women’s Resource Center at The University of Alabama, will meet on Thursday, April 24, at noon in The Globe Restaurant with special guest Theresa Pappas, a poet who will read a selection of her work.

In celebration of National Poetry Month, everyone is invited to bring and share one or two of their favorite poems with brief author information and why the poem is meaningful to them.

Pappas was born and raised in Baltimore. In 2005, WordTech Editions published her second collection of poems, “The Desert Art.” Her first book “Flash Paper” won the Minnesota Voices Project Competition and was published by New Rivers Press. Her work has received literary awards from the Iowa Arts Council, Iowa Woman magazine, the Florida Poetry Contest and she has twice received fellowships from the MacDowell Colony.

Her poems have appeared in Carolina Quarterly, Black Warrior Review, Poetry East, The Antioch Review as well as other journals. She has taught at Tufts University and Iowa State University and worked as a visiting writer at schools in Alabama and Iowa. Her articles about local Tuscaloosa artists and arts organizations appear in Jubilation Magazine.

All members of the community and campus are welcome to attend the Everywoman Book Club. The Globe Restaurant is located in downtown historic Northport. For more information, contact the Women’s Resource Center at 205/348-5040 or online at http://wrc.ua.edu.

The University of Alabama, a student-centered research university, is in the midst of a planned, steady enrollment growth with a goal of reaching 28,000 students by 2010. This growth, which is positively impacting the campus and the state's economy, is in keeping with UA's vision to be the university of choice for the best and brightest students. UA, the state's flagship university, is an academic community united in its commitment to enhancing the quality of life for all Alabamians.