UPDATE 1/27: Room Numbers Added
Michael Thomas
Thursday, February 11, 12 noon
Health Sciences Room 119
Michael Thomas is the author of Man Gone Down, winner of the prestigious IMPAC Dublin Award. Co-sponsored with Africana Studies.
Merle Collins & Sandra Maria Esteves
Monday, February 22, 11 AM
Health Sciences Room 121
Merle Collins, born in Grenada, is a poet and fiction writer. Her works include the novel Angel and the poetry collection, Lady in a Boat.
Sandra Maria Esteves, known as the "Godmother of Nuyorican Poetry," is a celebrated poet and visual artist who has published several collections of verse. Co-sponsored with Gender Studies and Latin American and Caribbean Studies.
Lynn Nottage
Wednesday, February 24, 6:30 PM
Kumble Theater
Lynn Nottage is a playwright from Brooklyn. Her plays include Intimate Apparel, Fabulation, and Ruined, for which she received the Pulitzer Prize. This program is part of the English Department's annual Paumanok Lecture series.
Colum McCann
Tuesday, March 2, 6:30 PM
Health Sciences Room 121
Colum McCann, born in Ireland, is the author of two short-story collections and five novels. His latest, Let the Great World Spin, won the National Book Award.
Susan Choi & Patrick Rosal
Monday, April 19, 12 noon
Humanities Room 2LG
Susan Choi is the author of the novels The Foreign Student, American Woman (a Pulitzer finalist), and, most recently, the suspenseful A Person of Interest.
Patrick Rosal, of Filipino heritage, is the author of the award-winning poetry collections Uprock Headspin Scramble and Dive and My American Kundsman.
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