Voices of the Rainbow Reading Series, Spring 2008The following are the readings scheduled for this semester. More detailed announcements will appear right before each event, but mark your calendars now!
Elizabeth NunezMonday, February 4, 12 noon
Humanities Building, Room 206
Elizabeth Nunez, a native of Trinidad, is a CUNY Distinguished Professor. She is author of six novels, including
Prospero's Daughter, a
New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice, and
Bruised Hibiscus, and American Book Award winner.
This reading is co-sponsored by the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program.
Sandra Maria Esteves & Cheryl Boyce TaylorWednesday, February 20, 6pm
Humanities Building, Fourth Floor Lounge
Sandra Maria Esteves, of Dominican and Puerto Rican heritage, is one of the founders of the Nuyorican poetry movement. She is the author of several volumes of poetry including Bluestone Mockingbird Mambo.
Cheryl Boyce Talor, a native of Trinidad, has performed in Europe, Arica, and the Caribbean as well as throughout the U.S. She has written three collections of poetry, most recently Convincing the Body.
This reading is co-sponsored by the African Studies Program and the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program.
Gregory Pardlo & Jennifer KnoxTuesday, March 4, 10am
Health Sciences Building, Room 119
Greg Pardlo is a graduate fellow of the Cave Canem poets workshop. His work has been published in
Callaloo and
Ploughshares.
Jennifer Knox has been published in
The Iowa Review and the
American Poetry Review. She has taught poetry writing at Hunter and NYU.
Major Jackson & Kwame DawesMonday, March 24, 11am
Health Sciences Building, Room 119
Major Jackson is the author of two poetry collections,
Hoops and
Leaving Saturn. He is the 2000 winner of the Cave Canem Poetry Prize.
Kwame Dawes was born in Ghana and grew up in Jamaica. He is the author of numerous collections of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction, including
A Far Cry from Plymouth Rock,
Impossible Flying, and
Bob Marley: Lyrical Genius.
This reading is co-sponsored by the Africana Studies Program.
Ishle Yi ParkTuesday, April 1, 12 noon
Library Learning Center, Room 124
Ishle Yi Park, former Poet Laureate of Queens, is the author of the poetry collection The Temperature of This Water. She is a regular on Def Poetry Jam.
This reading is co-sponsored by the Asian Studies Program.
The Annual Adjuncts & Graduate Students Reading: Pamela Sneed, Lara Stapleton & Margot Marie NastiWednesday, April 9, 1:00 PM
Humanities Building, 4th Floor Lounge
Pamela Sneed, who teaches in the Speech and Theatre Department, has been featured in many venues, including the
New York Times Magazine, the
New Yorker, the
Source, and
Time Out. She has performed her work internationally and is the author of
Imagine Being More Afraid of Freedom Than Slavery.
Lara Stapleton, who teaches in the English Department, is the author of
The Lowest Blue Flame Before Nothing (a PEN Open Book Award winner),
Juncture, and recently
The Thirdest World: Stories and Essays by Three Filipino Writers (with Gina Apostol and Eric Gamalinda).
Margot Marie Nasti is a graduate student in the English Department's MFA program in creative writing. She has read her poetry in various locations and has published in the chapbook
Buttons -n- Boots. She is the editor of Blue Leaf Press.
Please come and support your teachers, students, and colleagues. Light refreshments will be served.
Funding provided by the Provost's Office; the English Department; and the Department of Communication Studies, Performance Studies and Theatre.
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