True Crime Writer HAROLD SCHECHTER

... reads at noon at the QUEENS COLLEGE BOOKSTORE from his latest book, *KILLER COLT: murder, disgrace, and the making of an American legend* (Random House). Prof. Schechter teaches American literature and culture at QC. Renowned for his true-crime writing, he is the author of the nonfiction books Fatal, Fiend, Bestial, Deviant, Deranged, Depraved, and, The Serial Killer Files. He is also the author of Nevermore and The Hum Bug, the acclaimed historical mysteries featuring Edgar Allan Poe.

Several Opportunities/Deadlines at CBA

THE CENTER FOR BOOK ARTS ...
*2010 Letterpress Printing & Fine Press Publishing Seminar for Emerging Writers*
Deadline October 1, 2010
The Center for Book Arts invites applications for our Letterpress Printing & Fine Press Publishing Seminar for Emerging Writers. The next section of this seminar is scheduled for Wednesday through Sunday, November 10-14. The seminar is tuition-free for participants and includes the cost of materials. Those selected must attend the entire five-day workshop.
Participants will hear lectures from various professionals in the field--printers, fine press publishers, book artists, and dealers, to get a practical overview of letterpress printing and fine press publishing. They will learn the basics of letterpress printing, both traditional typesetting and options with new technology, by collaboratively printing a small edition of broadsides or other projects. This workshop is most suitable for those with little to no previous letterpress experience.
Each seminar will be offered to a maximum of eight students. Writers from culturally diverse backgrounds are especially encouraged to apply. Applicants mus be 18 or older, and may not be enrolled in a degree program during September 2010 - May 2011.

*2011 Poetry Chapbook Competition*
Deadline December 1, 2010
The Center for Book Arts invites submissions to its annual Poetry Chapbook Competition by December 1, 2010. The winning manuscript will be chosen in April 2011 and will be awarded with the publication of a beautifully designed, letterpress-printed, limited-edition chapbook printed and bound by artists at the Center for Book Arts. The edition is limited to one hundred signed and numbered copies, ten of which are reserved for the author and the remained of which will be offered for sale through the Center. The winning poet will also receive a cash award of $500, and a $500 honorarium for a reading, to be held at the Center in the fall of 2011, as well as an exclusive opportunity to stay at the Millay Colony for the Arts in Austerlitz, New York as one of their Winter Shakers. This year's judges will be Kimiko Hahn and Sharon Dolin.

*Professional Development Workshop: Find a Collaborator!"
An Artists and Writers Mixer With Wennie Huang and Ed Go
Wednesday, October 6, 6:30pm
Have you ever wanted to work collaboratively? Are you looking for a new collaborator? Bring a piece of your visual or written work to this Professional Development Workshop to learn more about the collaborative process and meet other emerging artists and writers. Wennie Huang and Ed Go will discuss their collaboration, and we will experiment with short hands-on exercises.
Where:
Center for Book Arts
28 West 27th Street, Third Floor
New York, New York 10001
Suggested Admission:
$5 members/$10 non-members

While You're At It...

Read then submit to *Storyscape*--an online literary journal that is story-centered:
www.storyscapejournal.com
The editors want your:
True story, invented story, overheard story, visual story, poetic story, audio story, found story, given story.
*Just captivate us with the strength of the story. The premise of the journal is to expand the notion of what stories are while shaking up the labels we use to define them. To this end, we've come up with 3 sections of the journal: Truth, Untruth, and We Don't Know and They Won't Tell Us. You label your piece, which means you decide what "the truth" means to you. We are actively looking for unique modes of storytelling that fall outside conventional boundaries while still maintaining the core essence of “story.” Past contributors include: Shelley Jackson, Nelly Reifler, David Hollander, Kimiko Hahn, David Shapiro, Kate Johnson, and many more.*
The next issue comes out in January of 2011.
To check out the site: www.storyscapejournal.com
Our mission statement: www.storyscapejournal.com/mission.html
Our submission guidelines: www.storyscapejournal.com/submit.html

On the Same Page, Too: Living a Lie?

Important NYT 'Week in Review' article this morning on art and representation and the artist her/himself. "When Life Gets in the Way of Art": does the revelation that Withers betrayed his community and viewers by spying while on the job--does that new knowledge change your preception?
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/26/week...inreview/26kennedy.html?ref=weekinreview

On the Same Page, Too

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/09/19/opinion/20100919_opart_lorenz.html

"Op-Art"
"Inaccessible New York" photo essay and essay:
"...Abandoned ships, forbidden islands, derelict creeks — this is a part of New York that few people see."

HURRICANE KATRINA, FIVE YEARS LATER...

...TWO DAUGHTERS OF NEW ORLEANS—BOTH QUEENS COLLEGE PROFESSORS—REVISIT KATRINA IN POEMS, READINGS AND DISCUSSION ON SEPT. 27
--English Professor & Poet Nicole Cooley and Media Studies Professor Joy V. Fuqua Share Their Perspectives on the 2005 Tragedy and Life Now on the Gulf Coast--
WHAT:
In commemoration of the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, two Queens College professors will look at the storm’s aftermath in a President’s Roundtable presentation of Reflections on the Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Gulf Coast, 5 Years Later.
English professor Nicole Cooley, who grew up in New Orleans, and media studies professor Joy V. Fuqua, a decade-long New Orleans resident, have both written about Hurricane Katrina and its consequences. Cooley will read from her new book, Breach, a collection of poems about Hurricane Katrina and the Gulf Coast and discuss her recent visits to New Orleans. Fuqua will discuss the tensions between vulnerability and resilience in Spike Lee's If God is Willing and the Creek Don't Rise (2010), his recent documentary about the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
WHEN:
Monday, September 27, 2010 from 12:15 -1 :30pm
WHERE:
Queens College, Dining Hall, Q Side Lounge
65-30 Kissena Boulevard, Flushng, Queens
Directions: http://www.qc.cuny.edu/welcome/directions/Pages/default.aspx
Campus Map: http://www.qc.cuny.edu/welcome/directions/3d/Pages/Home.aspx
RSVP by Sept. 22 at (718) 997-3600 or email PresEvents.RSVP@qc.cuny.edu
For space reasons, seating priority will be given to those who respond.
*
Background:
Following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005, the nation witnessed images of a drowned city and its citizens dying in the oppressive heat; today, the Gulf Coast, surrounded by oil flows and suffocating wildlife, is once more in the news. Some of the questions the Reflections on the Water Presidential Roundtable participants will consider are, “In what ways do these two events complicate the ways of understanding what it means for a disaster to end?” “When do we know if a crisis is over?” “What are our indicators that suggest resilience or vulnerability?” Representing different disciplines and interests, the roundtable hopes to bring a renewed sense of critical examination to the function of such “anniversaries.”
“Hurricane Katrina devastated so much of the Gulf Coast and left 80% of the city of New Orleans underwater. It is crucial to remember what happened there,” says Cooley, who also directs the college’s MFA Program in Creative Writing and Literary Translation.
Fuqua’s current research examines the idea of home and belonging in relation to disaster. Her first book, Ill Effects: Prescribing Television in the Hospital and at Home, is forthcoming from Duke University Press.

A Constellation of Campuses

A wealth of events take place all over the boroughs and many are sponsored by CUNY. To keep up with many of these presentations, check out:
"this week at cuny" and visit www.cuny.edu
then click 'subscribe to newswire'
What sorts of events? Here are a number of upcoming events:
*Photographing Woodlawn Cemetery*
... features the work of twenty-six artists whose photographs explore the sylvan landscapes and Gilded Age mausoleums of Woodlawn, one of America’s most important cemeteries. Located on 400 acres in the northern Bronx, Woodlawn incorporates the work of some of the country’s most accomplished architects, landscape designers and artists. In this exhibition the photographers record the grounds and monuments using a range of techniques and styles, offering panoramic views, high definition close-ups, sepia-toned imagery, and performance-based photography.
Location Information: Lehman College Art Gallery
250 Bedford Park Blvd. West, NY 10468 -- The Bronx
Phone: 718-960-8731
Lehman College Art Gallery

*The e-Publishing Debate: What Is the Future of the Book?*
Kindles, iPads, Nooks, and Google books -- the average reader is often bewildered by the rapidly developing world of ebooks and has plenty of questions: will paper books and book stores continue to exist? What do ebooks mean for authors and their publishers? Is piracy a concern? Is reader privacy a concern? Moderated by agent Eric Simonoff, this panel will explore some of the thorny issues raised by this ongoing digital revolution and its impact on the publishing world. Featuring Simon Lipskar from Writers House representing the perspective of agents; Jon Sargent, CEO of Macmillan, speaking for publishers: David Naggar of Amazon; and Roland Lange from new book e-tailer Google. Click the e-VENTS online reservation icon; for more information call 212-817-8215. Unclaimed reservations will be released to a standby line at the event on a first-come, first-served basis.
September 20, 2010, 7:00 PM
CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan
Elebash Recital Hall
212-817-8215
http://www.gc.cuny.edu/events/public_programs.htm
Free , Registrations Required

Student Employment Opportunites--CUNY 311
The CUNY/311 Project, a collaboration between the NYC Department of Education Technology and Telecommunications (DoITT) and the City University of New York, provides qualified CUNY students with the opportunity to work as part-time Call Center Representatives within New York City's Customer Service Center. 311 provides New Yorkers with one easy-to-remember number to access all City agencies and services.Students can pick up an application in advance at the Center for Career Development, Monday-Thursday, 9:00AM-5:00PM. Please be sure to complete all information listed and neatly on the application. Submit completed applications to Shemeka Peters, Employer Relations Specialist at the Center. Back
September 23, 2010, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
College: Borough of Manhattan Community College
199 Chambers Street, Manhattan
Building: Main, Room S-370
212-220-8170
Email:
speters@bmcc.cuny.edu
Free

* The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao*
Author Junot Diaz will give a reading on Monday, September 20, 2010 in Gould Memorial Library Auditorium from 10AM - 12PM. Junot Diaz is the author of Drown and The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao which won the John Sargent Sr. First Nobel Prize, The National Book Critics Award, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, the Dayton Literacy Peace Prize and the 2008 Pulitzer Prize. Sponsored by the Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE), the Office of Student Life, and the BCC Latino Faculty & Staff Association.
September 20, 2010, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
College: Bronx Community College
2155 University Avenue--The Bronx
Building: Gould Memorial Library, Auditorium
Phone: 718.289.5075
Website:
http://www.bcc.cuny.edu
Admission: Free

EARSHOT!

EARSHOT is a reading series that combines MFA grad students and published writers in an ever-so-cool-venue. See what's out there--
Friday, September 24 @ 7:30 PM
@ Rose Live Music
Hosted by Gregory Crosby
$5 + one free drink
Featuring:
Peter Davis (Poetry! Poetry! Poetry!)
Eileen Malone (i should have given them water)
Mark Gurarie (The New School)
Lia Ottaviano (Hunter College/CUNY)
Sarah Heffner (New York University)
Rose Live Music is located at 345 Grand Street in Brooklyn, between Havemeyer and Marcy. Visit their website for directions: http://roselivemusic.com/.
EARSHOT is a bi-monthly reading series, dedicated to featuring new and emerging literary talent in the NYC area. Visit http://www.earshotnyc.com/ for more information or e-mail Nicole Steinberg at earshotnyc@gmail.com.
Follow the EARSHOT twitter feed at http://twitter.com/earshotnyc
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EARSHOT!
http://www.earshotnyc.com
http://twitter.com/earshotnyc

MFA Program Orientation ... Continues with

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QC Women's Studies Colloquia

Wednesday, September 22, 2010
CAROL GIARDINA
Forging the Women's Liberation Movement, 1953-1970
Carol Giardina teaches Women's Studies and United States History at Queens College. She is a pioneer of the 1960's
Women's Liberation Movement and a feminist scholar activist who continues to fight for Women's Liberation in the
uncompromising spirit of the Sixties. Her book *Freedom for Women: Forging the Women's Liberation Movement,
1953-1970* was published this spring.
[1 CLIQ Point for undergraduates]
Complimentary lunch will be served

On the Same Page

This Wednesday night, Sept. 15, at 6:30 is our *On the Same Page* Community discussion in Klapper 710. If you need a hard copy of the packet, Brian has some at his desk in the English Dept. office. Beverages provided; brown-bag dinners encouraged. Nicole reminder: "Everyone in the MFA Program should be there, unless you have a literature class meeting at that time." This is a great opportunity for our community to meet in a cross-genre setting and to begin a spirited discussion about thought-provoking texts. Who else but John Weir could lead us into these realms--

QC Art Opening: Nature and Cosmos, work by Marlene Tseng Yu

Recent retrospectives in Beijing and Shanghai, and major exhibitions in Paris, Prague, Taipei and New York, have put her on the map as a contemporary artist of no-little-significance. To date, she has had 63 solo exhibitions in the United States, Europe, and the Far East, which have been reviewed in nine languages in over 170 publications. Her works are included in more than 1000 public and private collections. Paintings on paper and canvas selected from her long and prolific career show the artist's development from figuration to abstraction, culminating in the colossal murals for which she is renowned. Nature and Cosmos is a primary, ongoing theme that reveals Tseng Yu's inspiration in the forms and energies of natural and cosmic phenomena. Overwhelming in their radiance and outsize proportions, these works mirror the staggering beauty and power of nature abstractly capturing its intensity and diversity, from cascading avalanches to melting glaciers; from the intimate structure of cellular systems to crystals of minerals and ice. Related public programs include an opening reception, a lecture, and a film series related to current cultural and environmental issues in the newly-industrialized China. For information about the exhibition and programs call (718) 997-4747 or go to www.qc.cuny.edu/godwin_ternbach.
September 13, 2010 - November 24, 2010
QC: Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Klapper Hall

The Center for Book Arts

Take a look at CBA's really splendid new fall line up: readings, making chapbooks and broadsides, exhibits, and on and on. Here is an example of one event not to miss:
Book Arts Lounge
Zinemaking Party
Friday, October 8th , 6-9pm
With Sarah McCarry. Whether you’ve been making zines since the dawn of Riot Grrl or have always wanted to but never gotten around to it, tonight’s the night for you. We’ll look at examples of different kinds of zines, talk about what goes into writing, editing, layout, and production, and cover some basic methods of binding that work well for large editions. Participants will leave with binding samples and the beginnings of their own zine. Bring bits of your writing, images to cut up, and any other paper ephemera that strikes your fancy.
$10/$5 CBA Members Suggested Donation
28 West 27th Street, third floor, NY 10001
http://www.centerforbookarts.org/

Our Own Emerging Writers Read with Lan Samantha Chang...

Friday, September 10, 2010 @ 7PM
All for Art: Lan Samantha Chang's All Is Forgotten, Nothing is Lost and Emerging Writers
Lan Samantha Chang's new novel, All is Forgotten, Nothing is Lost, follows the trials of a class of emerging writers, their love/intimidation relationship with their brilliant poet professor, and the different ways they sacrifice their lives for writing. As Booklist praises, "it is [Chang's] indelible portrait of the loneliness of artistic endeavor that will haunt readers the most in this exquisitely written novel about the poet's lot." In honor of the book's portrait of emerging writers, young writers from New York City, included Queens College's Sunu Chandy and Dana Collins, will read, and possibly read works that would horrify their workshop peers.

@The Asian American Writers' Workshop
110-112 West 27th Street, 6th Floor
Between 6th and 7th Avenues
Buzzer 600

Open to the public

***A Rare Gathering***

100 YEARS OF AMERICAN POETRY, 1910-2010
with U.S. Poets Laureate Billy Collins, Rita Dove, Louise Glück, Donald Hall, Daniel Hoffman, Robert Pinsky, Kay Ryan, and Charles Simic
Our U.S. Poets Laureate read their own poems and poems by their predecessors at the famous hall, in honor of the anniversary of the first meeting of the Poetry Society of America in October, 1910, and the publication of The Poets Laureate Anthology.
Co-sponsored by the Library of Congress Poetry and Literature Center.
Tuesday, Oct 12, 7:00 pm
Admission is free.
at
The Great Hall, Cooper Union,
7 East 7th Street at 3rd Avenue, Manhattan