Wednesday, June 3rd at 6:30 pm
Matthew Hittinger is the author of Pear Slip, winner of the Spire Press 2006 Chapbook Award, Narcissus Resists (GOSS 183, 2009) and Platos de Sal (Editor's Series #2, Seven Kitchens Press, 2009).
Patricia Smith is the author of five books of poetry: Blood Dazzler (Coffee House), finalist for the 2008 National Book Award; Teahouse of the Almighty (Coffee House), a 2005 National Poetry Series selection; Close to Death (Zoland); Big Towns, Big Talk (Zoland) and Life According to Motown (Tia Chucha). She has won a Pushcart and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award. Smith is an assistant professor of creative writing at the City University of NY and teaches in the Stonecoast MFA program.
The Center for Book Arts, 28 West 27th Street, Third Floor (Between Broadway and Sixth Avenue)
Subway: N, R, W to 28th Street; F, V to 23rd Street; 1 to 28th Street
Suggested Admission: $10/$5 members
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Monday, May 25, 2009
UNDER ONE ROOF:
CUNY QUEENS COLLEGE ARTS COLLABORATION
FRIDAY, MAY 29th 2009, 6-9pm
PLEASE JOIN US FOR A SPECIAL EVENING OF POETRY, JAZZ & VISUAL ART
MADE POSSIBLE BY THE GENEROUS SUPPORT
OF THE QUEENS COLLEGE FOUNDATION
6:30 - 8:00pm POETRY READING, current MFA students from the CUNY Queens College Creative Writing department
8:00 - 9:00pm JAZZ PERFORMANCE, current students from the CUNY Queens College Music department
EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE @
TOPSHOW, a group exhibition featuring current MFA students and recent grads from the CUNY Queens College Art department
The Puffin Room
435 Broome Street (between Broadway & Crosby)
Exhibition will run from May 26 - June 10
Curated by Glenn Goldberg, artist & Queens College faculty member
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Saturday, May 16, 2009
OZONE PARK like you've never seen ...
The MFA Program in Creative Writing and Literary Translation
Queens College, CUNY
invites you to a celebration
of *Ozone Park, a journal of new writing*
... Wednesday, May 20, 2009
6-8 pm at the Godwin-Ternbach Museum
The evening will include readings from the spring issue of *Ozone Park* and a chance to meet the staff of the journal.
@ The Godwin-Ternbach Museum
on the campus of Queens College:
65-30 Kissena Blvd. 405 Klapper Hall, Flushing, NY 11367.
For directions visit www.qc.cuny.edu/directions
For information on the MFA program visit www.qc.cuny.edu/Creative_Writing
or call 718-997-4600
Thursday, May 7, 2009
JOHN CURRIE & TURNSTYLE
In case you didn't notice, our very own John Currie has been the conductor for the TURNSTYLE reading series. And now he will take his turnstyle at the mic. Join the CUNY MFA series in celebrating our four programs, our individuals writers, and congratulating John for a job well done. The whole deal:
MARILYN HACKER AND TOM SLEIGH
with John Reid Currie, Jackie Pervizi, Christina Hauser, Neal Gartland, Nancy Haiduck, Justin Earle Turner, Nicole Bufanio, Tina Satter, Jess Barbagallo
IT'S THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK and, TRUTHFULLY, IT DOES NOT GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS
Details:
Tuesday, May 12th, 6:30 pm
CUNY Grad. Ctr.
365 Fifth Ave (corner 34th St.)
free and reception to follow, not to mention extravagent cavorting off site
MARILYN HACKER AND TOM SLEIGH
with John Reid Currie, Jackie Pervizi, Christina Hauser, Neal Gartland, Nancy Haiduck, Justin Earle Turner, Nicole Bufanio, Tina Satter, Jess Barbagallo
IT'S THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK and, TRUTHFULLY, IT DOES NOT GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS
Details:
Tuesday, May 12th, 6:30 pm
CUNY Grad. Ctr.
365 Fifth Ave (corner 34th St.)
free and reception to follow, not to mention extravagent cavorting off site
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Hettie Jones reads her poetry and chats with Alice Quinn
Monday, May 4, 6:30pm, Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Klapper Hall
Queens College Campus
HETTIE JONES is the author of various books, including her first collection of poems, Drive (Hanging Loose Press, 1997), which received the Norma Farber First Book Award from the Poetry Society of America. She is also the author of How I Became Hettie Jones (Dutton,1990), a memoir of the beat scene of the fifties and sixties, and her latest books of poems, Doing 70 (Hanging Loose Press, 2007).
ALICE QUINN is the Executive Director of Poetry Society of America; for twenty years she was the Poetry Editor at The New Yorker.
free and open to the public
Queens College Campus
HETTIE JONES is the author of various books, including her first collection of poems, Drive (Hanging Loose Press, 1997), which received the Norma Farber First Book Award from the Poetry Society of America. She is also the author of How I Became Hettie Jones (Dutton,1990), a memoir of the beat scene of the fifties and sixties, and her latest books of poems, Doing 70 (Hanging Loose Press, 2007).
ALICE QUINN is the Executive Director of Poetry Society of America; for twenty years she was the Poetry Editor at The New Yorker.
free and open to the public
Louis Armstrong and ...
Michael Alpiner, John Currie, and Tyler Rivenbark
Louis Armstrong Residency Reading, Thurs, April 30, 6:30, in the Art Museum, Klapper Hall
Louis Armstrong Residency Reading, Thurs, April 30, 6:30, in the Art Museum, Klapper Hall
Penthouse Cocktails and Nonfiction Reading ...
A Night with Award-Winning Author Ha Jin
Reading and Cocktail Reception
in support of the Asian American
Writers' Workshop
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
6:30 PM to 9:00 PM
Home of Virginia Davies and Willard Taylor
299 West 12th Street #PHA
New York, New York 10014
off 8th Ave
Please join us for an intimate evening with writer Ha Jin, winner of
the National Book Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. The
Workshop is proud to welcome Jin and to present the public with a rare
opportunity to meet the author at a classic West Village penthouse.
This special event focuses on Jin's newest book, Writer as Migrant,
published by the University of Chicago Press. In his first work of
nonfiction, Jin writes three interconnected essays and tackles issues
relating to being a migrant writer.
Ha Jin is the critically renowned author of five novels, including,
Waiting and War Trash, as well as three collections of short stories
and three books of poetry. His short story collection, The Bridegroom,
won the Asian American Literary Award. He currently teaches literature
at Boston University.
INFORMATION: http://www.aaww.org/hajin
Reading and Cocktail Reception
in support of the Asian American
Writers' Workshop
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
6:30 PM to 9:00 PM
Home of Virginia Davies and Willard Taylor
299 West 12th Street #PHA
New York, New York 10014
off 8th Ave
Please join us for an intimate evening with writer Ha Jin, winner of
the National Book Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. The
Workshop is proud to welcome Jin and to present the public with a rare
opportunity to meet the author at a classic West Village penthouse.
This special event focuses on Jin's newest book, Writer as Migrant,
published by the University of Chicago Press. In his first work of
nonfiction, Jin writes three interconnected essays and tackles issues
relating to being a migrant writer.
Ha Jin is the critically renowned author of five novels, including,
Waiting and War Trash, as well as three collections of short stories
and three books of poetry. His short story collection, The Bridegroom,
won the Asian American Literary Award. He currently teaches literature
at Boston University.
INFORMATION: http://www.aaww.org/hajin
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Last Flurry of Spring Activities:
Here are our last events of the season, or pretty much the last ones
(details to follow!):
TACT Session 2, Wednesday April 22, 6:30, at TACT studios in NYC (see below)
Celebration of the Chapbook, April 23-25, at The Grad Center and Other NYC venues (see below)
Louis Armstrong Residency Reading, Thurs April 30 in the Art Museum, Klapper Hall
Hettie Jones/Alice Quinn (New Salon in Queens) Monday May 4 in the Art Museum, Klapper Hall
Last Turnstyle Reading, Tuesday May 12 at the Grad Center in NYC
Ozone Park Launch Party, Wednesday May 20, in the Art Museum, Klapper Hall
(details to follow!):
TACT Session 2, Wednesday April 22, 6:30, at TACT studios in NYC (see below)
Celebration of the Chapbook, April 23-25, at The Grad Center and Other NYC venues (see below)
Louis Armstrong Residency Reading, Thurs April 30 in the Art Museum, Klapper Hall
Hettie Jones/Alice Quinn (New Salon in Queens) Monday May 4 in the Art Museum, Klapper Hall
Last Turnstyle Reading, Tuesday May 12 at the Grad Center in NYC
Ozone Park Launch Party, Wednesday May 20, in the Art Museum, Klapper Hall
The Actors' Company Theatre final QC reading of the season:
Spring TACT Session 2
Wed April 22, 6:30, at TACT studios in NYC
900 Broadway, Suite 905 (Off 20 St.)
Wed April 22, 6:30, at TACT studios in NYC
900 Broadway, Suite 905 (Off 20 St.)
Thursday, April 16, 2009
A CELEBRATION OF THE CHAPBOOK
Thursday April 23rd, 2009 - Saturday April 25th, 2009
The four CUNY MFA Programs, CUNY Center for the Humanities, Poetry Society of America, Center for Book Arts, Asian American Writers Workshop present...
A Celebration of the Chapbook festival calls attention to the rich history of the chapbook and highlights its essential place in poetry publishing today as a vehicle for alternative poetry projects and for emerging authors and editors to gain entry into the literary marketplace. The festival will forge a new platform for the study of the chapbook inside and outside the academy and celebrate the importance of chapbooks to America’s cultural heritage and future. From a book fair to panels on this renegade form to hands-on chapbook making!
Information:
centerforthehumanities.org
The four CUNY MFA Programs, CUNY Center for the Humanities, Poetry Society of America, Center for Book Arts, Asian American Writers Workshop present...
A Celebration of the Chapbook festival calls attention to the rich history of the chapbook and highlights its essential place in poetry publishing today as a vehicle for alternative poetry projects and for emerging authors and editors to gain entry into the literary marketplace. The festival will forge a new platform for the study of the chapbook inside and outside the academy and celebrate the importance of chapbooks to America’s cultural heritage and future. From a book fair to panels on this renegade form to hands-on chapbook making!
Information:
centerforthehumanities.org
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