DePaul MAWP professor Kathleen Rooney will be reading for the Poetry Foundation’s Open Door Reading Series this October.

The reading is Tuesday, October 20th at 7:00 pm at the Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street.

The Open Door series presents work from Chicago’s new and emerging poets and highlights the area’s outstanding writing programs. Each hour-long event features readings by two Chicagoland college and graduate writing program instructors and one of their current or recent students.

October’s reading features DePaul’s very own Kathleen Rooney and her student Jessica Anne along with the University of Illinois’ Adam Clay and his student Bobby Bolt.

Admission is free.