2009 FALL Semester
Center for Writers Events
Events are all free and open to all.
SEPTEMBER EVENTS
September 24-26 WRITING BY DEGREES CREATIVE WRITING GRADUATE STUDENT CONFERENCE, Bundy Museum Complex, 129 Main Street, Binghamton. The majority of events at this national conference are free and open to Binghamton University and surrounding community members. Keynotes will be Bonnie Jo Campbell (fiction), Michael Cirelli (poetry), and Benjamin Nugent (creative nonfiction). For a full schedule and further information access the conference website.
OCTOBER EVENTS
Tuesday, October 13 8 pm in Science I Room 149. LINDA PASTAN will read as the Milton Kessler Distinguished Poetry Reader for 2009. Pastan is the author of some nine books of poetry, most recently QUEEN OF A RAINY COUNTRY (WW Norton, 2006); THE LAST UNCLE (2002); and CARNIVAL EVENING: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS 196801998, which was the second of her books to be nominated for the National Book Award.
Wednesday, October 14 1:00-3:00 Cadadesus Recital Hall, FA Bldg.
PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF TIME AND VENUE FOR THIS EVENT!
"Body to Body: The Poetry Reading" This special Writing Life event will feature a workshop on how to read your poetry with JIM HABA , Poetry Director for the Gernaldine R. Dodge Foundation (and director of the Dodge Festival). Bring a short poem or two of your own, and a short piece by a favorite author.
Tuesday, October 27 1:30-3:30 LN1104 (Grad Student Lounge). A conversation with JEREMY SCHRAFFENBERGER of NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW, the nation's oldest literary magazine, publishers of fiction, poetry, and also creative nonfiction with an emphasis on increasing concerns about environmental matters, multiculturalism, and exigent issues of gender and class. An informal Q & A event that is open to all.
NOVEMBER EVENTS
Tuesday, November 17 8 pm in Science I Room 149. BU Faculty members JAIMEE WRISTON COLBERT and JOE WEIL will read from their respective newly-released books. Colbert will read from her novel SHARK GIRL; her other award-winning books include DREAM LIVES OF BUTTERFLIES; CLIMBING THE GOD TREE; and SEX, SALVATION, AND THE AUTOMOBILE. Weil will read from THE PLUMBER'S APPRENTICE; earlier books include two released in 2008: PAINTING THE CHRISTMAS TREE and WHAT REMAINS.
Wednesday, November 18 1:30-3:30 LN1104 (Grad Student Lounge). A conversation with SUSAN BARBA editor at DAVID GODINE, INC, an independent publisher of fiction, poetry, nonfiction, photography, and children's literature. An informal Q & A event that is open to all.
Questions? Call 777-2713 or e-mail at cwpro@binghamton.edu.
The lineup for a SPRING READERS SERIES will be:
February 16 Susann Cokal
March 16 Julia Glass
March 23 Major Jackson
April 14 Marilyn Chin
April 20 Peter Thabit Jones
(Students interested in the class associated with the Readers' Series should access this link for further information.)
