Pearl Andelson Sherry Memorial
The Pearl Andelson Sherry Memorial Poetry Reading and Lecture honor the life and work of former University of Chicago student, Pearl Andelson Sherry.
The 2019-20 Sherry Poet is Anne Carson.
Past Sherry Poets
2017 Ishion Hutchinson, Ed Roberson, Patricia Smith
2016 Fred Moten
2015 Lisa Robertson
2014 Susan Wheeler
2013 Ann Lauterbach
2012 Rosmarie and Keith Waldrop
2011 Lyn Hejinian
2010 Mark Strand
2009 Carl Phillips
2008 Susan Howe
2007 Michael Palmer
2006 Jim Powell
2005 Allen Grossman
2004 Mark Doty
2003 Campbell McGrath
2002 Kenneth Field
2001 Alane Rollings
2000 Eleanor Wilner
1999 David Wojahn
1998 Anne Winters