2009 SPRING Semester
Center for Writers Events
Events are all free and open to all.
FEBRUARY EVENTS
February 17 8 pm in Engineering B110. JOHN VERNON will read from LUCKY BILLY, his newly-released historical novel based on the life of Billy the Kid. Vernon is a Distinguished Professor here at Binghamton; among his other acclaimed novels are ALL FOR LOVE: BABY DOE AND SILVER DOLLAR; THE LAST CANYON; LA SALLE; LINDBERGH'S SON; PETER DOYLE; and the memoir, A BOOK OF REASONS.
February24 8 pm in Engineering B110. JAN BEATTY will read from her newest poetry collection RED SUGAR. Her other books include BONESHAKER and MAD RIVER, winner of the Agnes Lynch Starrett Prize from University of Pittsburgh Press. Beatty has hosted and produced PROSODY, a Public Radio show featuring the work of nationally-known writers.
MARCH EVENTS
March 10 8 pm in Engineering B110. SYLVIA WATANABE will read from her work. Watanabe is a BU alum whose novel TALKING TO THE DEAD was a finalist for the PEN Faulkner Award and named one of the ten best books of 1993 by People Magazine. She's co-editor of two anthologies of Asian-American fiction.
March 15 (Note SUNDAY reading, 7p.m. start time, Anderson Center Chamber Hall). RON HANSEN reads as the JOHN GARDNER READER. Hansen is the author of THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD; also, ATTICUS, a finalist for both the National Book Award and the PEN Faulkner Award; DESPERADOES; HITLER'S NIECE; ISN'T IT ROMANTIC?; MARIETTE IN ECSTASY; and his latest, EXILES.
March 24 8 pm in Engineering B110. LAURA BOSS is an award-winning poet and the founder and editor of the literary magazine, Lips. Her books include Arms: New and Selected Poems; Stripping ; On the Edge of the Hudson; and Reports from the Front. HAL SIROWITZ is the former Poet Laureate of Queens, New York and the author of four books of poetry: Mother Said; My Therapist Said; Before, During & After; and Father Said. Many of his poems have been read by Garrison Keillor on The Writers Almanac and Sirowitz once was the opening act for the rock band, They Might Be Giants at the Mercury Lounge in New York City. (Note: Albert Goldbarth, the winner of the Binghamton University Milt Kessler Poetry Book Award, originally scheduled to read on this date is unable to come to Binghamton this year.)
March 25 1:30 - 3:30 pm in the Reinhardt Room A Writing Life: Conversations with Writer/Editors Event with RAYMOND HAMMOND, editor of THE NEW YORK QUARTERLY, a literary journal "devoted to excellence in the publication of a unique and fervent cross-section of contemporary American poetry." An informal conversation on publishing, craft, and the writing life.
APRIL EVENTS
April 14 8 pm in Engineering B110. JONIS AGEE will read from her work. Agee is the winner of the Binghamton University John Gardner Fiction Book Award for THE RIVER WIFE and the author of thirteen books, three of which earned Notable Book of the Year recognition from the New York Times.
April 21 8 pm in Engineering B110. ALICIA ERIAN will read from her work. Erian is a BU alum whose novel TOWELHEAD has been made into a movie by Alan Ball (American Beauty, Six Feet Under). Also the author of a well-received collection of short stories, THE BRUTAL LANGUAGE OF LOVE.
April 22 1:30 - 3:30 pm in the Reinhardt Room A Writing Life: Conversations with Writer/Editors Event with GINA FRANGELLO, editor of OV BOOKS , the fiction imprint of the literary journal Other Voices. An informal conversation on publishing, craft, and the writing life.
Questions? Call 777-2713 or e-mail at cwpro@binghamton.edu.
To find Engineering Room 110, please note that there are excellent, illustrated directions that will have you entering the building right by the proper room at this URL http://www.wtsn.binghamton.edu/coned/DirectionsEngineeringBldg.htm. IMPORTANT: this directions page is located on the Watson School of Engineering portion of the university website. This page assures you that parking passes will be provided at your event to take care of your parking in the visitor lot. Be advised that information is not correct for the Center for Writers events. If you park in the visitor lot, you'll need to pay your own parking. But the event is FREE once you get there.
