UM’s Goran Reading Series: Writing Workshop with Paul Perry. Perry (UM MFA '97), a critically acclaimed author and editor, presents a workshop, the theme of which is “Not I”, writing poems that are not autobiographical. He’ll bring some poems to talk about and will give exercises. The books he recommends are his The Last Falcon and Small Ordinance (Dedalus, $15.50) and The Orchid Keeper (Dedalus, $14.95). Perry’s appearance at Books & Books is part of the Goran Reading Series, as the University of Miami’s Creative Writing Program honors Professor Lester Goran’s 50th teaching anniversary by bringing in several of Goran’s former students for this series. Perry is the author and editor of a number of critically acclaimed books including The Drowning of the Saints, Goldsmith’s Ghost, and The Orchid Keeper. A winner of the New Irish Writer of the Year Award, he most recently published a book of poetry, The Last Falcon and Small Ordinance, which was described by Dermot Bolger in The Sunday Business Post as “the work of a singular imagination,” and 108 Moons, the selected poems of Jurga Ivanauskaite, which Paul translated into English with Ruta Suchodolskyte. He teaches creative writing for Kingston University, London, and University College Dublin. RSVP: jalison@miami.ed. 7pm