Malibu's Poet Laureate Presents The Work of a Genius (Albert Einstein)

The March 31st noon Zoom meeting of the Malibu Rotary Club will feature Malibu POET Laureate John Struloeff as he reads excerpts from his latestest book, The Work of a Genius, a poetic journey through the life of Albert Einstein. Dr. John Struloeff has been director of creative writing since arriving at Pepperdine in 2007 and is an associate professor of English and creative writing. He grew up in the mountainous rainforest of northwestern Oregon, the setting of his debut poetry collection, The Man I Was Supposed to Be. He has published individual poems in The Atlantic Monthly, The Southern Review, Prairie Schooner, PN Review (UK), and elsewhere. He also has widely published fiction in magazines, anthologies, and literary journals. His awards include a Stegner Fellowship from Stanford University, an NEA Literature Fellowship, a Sozopol Fiction Fellowship from the Elizabeth Kostova Foundation (Bulgaria), and the Tennessee Williams Scholarship from the Sewanee Writers' Conference. Prior to Pepperdine, he taught at Stanford University and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where he received both his MA and PhD in English. Since 2009 he has served as the Section Leader for Creative Writing at the Christian Scholars' Conference.

Dr. John Struloeff was appointed the Malibu Poet Laureate by the Malibu City Council on October 12, 2020.