Writer Darrell Bourque will give a free reading from his work at 8 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 26, in the Stream Alumni Center at McNeese State University.

Bourque, this year’s Leo Marcello Visiting Poet, is Professor Emeritus in English from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and is currently the Louisiana Poet Laureate.

Bourque’s forthcoming books include “Call and Response: A Conversation in Verse” with Jack Bedell (Texas Review Press, 2009) and “In Ordinary Light: New and Selected Poems”(University of Louisiana Press, 2010).

Neil Connelly, director of McNeese’s Master of Fine Arts in creative writing program, said, “Darrell’s poetry is much like Darrell himself:  warm, bright, loaded with wit and wisdom.” The reading is sponsored by the MFA program.

Persons requesting an accommodation to attend this event under the Americans with Disabilities Act should contact the McNeese Department of English and Foreign Languages at 475-5326 at least 72 hours in advance of the event if possible. Additional ADA information is available online at www.mcneese.edu.