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 6:15 pm in the Mandela Room NY Times Best-selling author JONATHAN FRANZEN. National Book Award winner, Oprah's Book Club pick twice, and featured on the cover of Time Magazine as the "Great American Novelist," Franzen won the John Gardner Binghamton Fiction Book Award for his latest book, FREEDOM. Also the author of THE CORRECTIONS, THE TWENTY-SEVENTH CITY, and STRONG MOTION.
Tuesday, March 13 8 pm in Science I Room 149. A reading from Dorothea Smartt, a British-Barbadian poet, playwright, performer and community activist based in London. Smartt has published two poetry collections, CONNECTING MEDIUM and SHIP SHAPE. She is an editor at Sable magazine and co-director of Inscribe, Peepal Tree Press's Black and Asian writer development program. Sponsored by the Department of English, the Multicultural Resource Center, SHADES, Africana Studies, the Caribbean Students Association, Women's Studies, the Institute for Global Cultural Studies, and Latin American and Caribbean Area Studies.
Tuesday, March 20 8 p.m. in Science I Room 149, Reading by C.K. WILLIAMS. Winner of the National Book Award (for THE SINGING, 2003), the Pulitzer Prize (for REPAIR, 1999), and the National Book Critics Circle Award (for FLESH AND BLOOD, 1987), Williams received the 2011 Milt Kessler Binghamton Poetry Book Award for his latest collection, WAIT. His numerous other books include COLLECTED POEMS (2007) and five books of translations.
APRIL EVENTS
SUNDAY, April 15 3 pm in the IASH Conference Room (LN-1106) at the base of the Library Tower. BU alum JEFFREY FORD reads as the John Gardner Reader, sponsored by the Dean of Harper College. Ford has published more than eight novels and dozens of short stories, blending genres of sci-fi, fantasy, philosophy. Winner of The Nebula Award, Edgar Allen Poe and World Fantasy Award, he will be reading from new work as well as talking about his experience as a student of John Gardner The reading will be followed by a reception featuring food from the fabulous Lost Dog Cafe! The event is free and open to all. Direct questions about this event to Liz Rosenberg lrosenb@binghamton.edu.
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, including THE CACHOEIRA TALES, AND OTHER POEMS (2005); THE FIELDS OF PRAISE (1997), which was a finalist for the 1998 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize, the 1997 National Book Award, and the PEN Winship Award; and THE HOMEPLACE (1990), which won the 1992 Annisfield-Wolf Award and was a finalist for the 1991 National Book Award. Her biography in verse CARVER, includes poems about her own father's experience as a Tuskegee Airman.
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 VIVIAN SHIPLEY editor of CONNECTICUT REVIEW, publishers of poetry, short fiction, and essays, and 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.
Finding the rooms: Science 1 Room 149 is the auditorium of the Science 1 Building, located near the construction for the new Chenango Room. The Mandela Room is in the old Union section of the Union, just off the main lobby. The IASH Conference Room is at the base of the Library Tower, to the left as one faces the elevators.
