FORT WAYNE, Ind.—The University of Saint Francis Department of English and Foreign Languages in the School of Arts and Sciences will host visiting author Matt Hart for a free public poetry reading on Wednesday, Nov. 13 at 7 p.m. in the Student Center.

Hart is poet-in-residence at the Art Academy of Cincinnati, editor of the literary journal, Forklift, Ohio: A Journal of Poetry, Cooking & Light Industrial Safety and author of five collections of poems.

The community is invited to attend. The USF Student Center is behind Trinity Hall on the northwest side of campus. Parking is available in the Trinity Hall parking lot off Spring Street.

The University of Saint Francis, founded in 1890 as a comprehensive university in the Catholic Franciscan tradition, offers more than 80 undergraduate and graduate programs through the School of Health Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, Keith Busse School of Business and Entrepreneurial Leadership, School of Professional Studies and School of Creative Arts. The university’s College of Adult Learning designs focused curriculum for working adults by offering online and accelerated programs, through its Virtual, Fort Wayne and Crown Point campuses. More than 2,4 00 students from a broad geographic region attend USF for its academic excellence.