2012 SPRING SEMESTER
CENTER FOR WRITERS EVENTS

Events are free and open to all.

 

FEBRUARY EVENTS

Tuesday, February 21,  8 p.m. in Science I Room 149, Reading by MINROSE GWIN.  Author of the novel, THE QUEEN OF PALMYRA (a Barnes and Noble Discover New Writers pick) and the memoir, WISHING FOR SNOW (both from HarperCollins).

MARCH EVENTS

WEDNESDAY, March 7  (time and location to be announced)   NY Times Best-selling author JONATHAN FRANZEN.   National Book Award winner and named by Time Magazine as the "Great American Novelist," Franzen won the John Gardner Binghamton Fiction Book Award for his latest book,  FREEDOM.  

Tuesday, March 20  8 p.m. in Science I Room 149, Reading by C.K. WILLIAMS.  Winner of the National Book Award, the Pulizer Prize, and the National Book Critics Circle Award, Williams received the Milt Kessler Binghamton Poetry Book Award for his latest collection, WAIT. 

APRIL EVENTS

Tuesday, April 17  8 p.m. in Science I Room 149, Reading by BU Alum KATHERINE ARNOLDI, the author of the Juniper Award winning short story collection, ALL THINGS ARE LABOR, as well as the multiple award-winning graphic novel, THE AMAZING TRUE STORY OF A TEENAGE SINGLE MOM,

Tuesday, April 24 e8 p.m. in Science I Room 149, Reading by MARILYN NELSON, who has just been named recipient of The Poetry Society of America's highest award, the Frost Medal, presented annually for "distinguished lifetime achievement in poetry." Nelson is the author or translator of fourteen books.  

Wednesday, April 25 1:30 - 3:30 UU-252 (in the old Union, up the short flight of stairs by the BUC$ window outside of the Susquehanna Room; turn left at the top of the stairs).  A conversation on publishing, craft, and the writing life with JIM REESE editor of PADDLEFISH, publishers of poetry, short/short fiction or non-fiction (1,500 words or less), graphic fiction, nonfiction, illustrated essays, graphic memoir and narrative documentary photography in all genres and styles.  An informal Q & A event that is open to all.

Questions? Call 777-2713 or e-mail at cwpro@binghamton.edu.