A book published by Wesleyan University Press is a 2009 finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Versed, by Rae Armantrout, was honored in the poetry category. The finalist reading will be held at 7 p.m. March 10 at The New School in New York, N.Y. The reading is free and open to the pubic. Rae Armantrout is a professor of writing and literature at the University of California, San Diego. Her book also is a National Book Award Finalist. For more information on the book click here.