UPDATED 21 SEPTEMBER 2009: BOOK TITLES ITALICIZED!
UPDATED 14 SEPTEMBER 2009: ROOM NUMBERS ADDED!
Thomas Sayers Ellis & Jacqueline Bishop
Wednesday, October 7, noon
Health Sciences Building, Room 121
Thomas Sayers Ellis is a poet and photographer from Washington, DC. He co-founded the Dark Room Collective and teaches creative writing at Sarah Lawrence College. He has been published in Grand Street, Ploughshares, and The Best American Poetry (1997, 2001) and is the author of the highly praised collection, The Maverick Room.
Jacqueline Bishop is a Jamaican-born poet, fiction writer, painter, and filmmaker. She is the founding editor of Calabash: A journal of Caribbean Arts & Letters. She is author of The River’s Song (novel) and Fauna (poetry). Her latest collection of poetry is Snapshots from Istanbul.
Kevin Baker
Monday, October 26, 6 PM
Health Sciences Building, Room 121
Kevin Baker has been published in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, the LA Times, and Harper’s magazine. He is the author of the historical novels Sometimes You See It, Paradise Alley, Strivers Row, and Dreamland, set largely in Coney Island.
Roger Sedarat & Tiphanie Yanique
Tuesday, Nov. 10, noon
Health Sciences Building, Room 121
Roger Sedarat teaches in the MFA Program at Queens College. He is author of the poetry collection, Dear Regime: Letters to the Islamic Republic.
Tiphanie Yanique, a native of the Virgin Islands, teaches at Drew University. She is an award-winning author of fiction, poetry, and essays. Her story collection How to Escape from a Leper Colony will be published in 2010.
All events are free and open to the public.
Funding provided by the Provost’s Office.
Watch this blog for further announcements (to include room information).
Contact Professor Maria McGarrity or Professor Louis Parascandola for further information.
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