Lewis Warsh Reading at Launch Party for Joe Brainard's COLLECTED WRITINGS (LOA)

Lewis Warsh (English Department; Director, Creative Writing MFA) will read at a celebration of the Library of America’s publication of The Collected Writings of Joe Brainard. Its 450 pages present, for the first time, the full range of Brainard’s writing in all its deadpan wit, madcap inventiveness, self-revealing frankness, and generosity of spirit.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

8:00 pm

Poetry Project
St. Mark's Church
10th Street & 2nd Ave., Manhattan

With Anselm Berrigan, Lee Ann Brown, Michael Brownstein, Bill Corbett, Donna Dennis, Larry Fagin, Ed Friedman, Michael Lally, Keith McDermott, Thurston Moore, Charles North, Ron Padgett, David Shapiro, Johnny Stanton, Tony Towle, Anne Waldman, Edmund White. Reading followed by reception. Co-presented with The Library of America and Bomb Magazine.

Jonathan Haynes: Sabbatical Activity

Professor Jonathan Haynes (English) will speak on a panel at the Brown University Africana Film Festival on Friday, April 20, with filmmakers Tunde Kelani and Andy Amadi Okoroafor.

http://brown.edu/Departments/Africana_Studies/events/index.html

In March, Professor Haynes gave a paper called “Kunle Afolayan and the 'New Nollywood': Nationalism, Transnationalism, and Cosmopolitanism” at the Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference in Boston.

Writing Program Conversation: Google Docs in Composition @ LIU

Please join Professor Tom Peele (English) and Norm Sutaria (Information Technology) for this Writing Program Conversation.

9:30 to 10:30 AM
Tuesday, April 17
Spector Lounge
H Building, 4th Floor

RSVP Deborah Mutnick, 718.488.1110, deborah.mutnick@liu.edu

Sigma Tau Delta Event: Induction Ceremony

Please join us for the induction of new members to the Omicron Zeta chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, the International English Honors Society.
In addition to inducting new members, we will honor graduating seniors who are chapter members.


New inductees:

Victoria Abolencia

Samantha D'Acunto

Andrani Foster

Joanna Gonzalez

Jake Matkov

Chase Melvin

Imani Nasir

Sarah Reynolds

Roksolana Sheverack

Michael Sunday

Krystal Walcott

The short induction ceremony will be followed by a reception.

Please bring family and friends.

When & Where

Thursday, April 26, 2012

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Spector Lounge, Humanities Building 4th Floor


RSVP by Friday, April 20 @ 718-780-4323.

Lewis Warsh Featured in PASSING STRANGER, audio walking of East-Village poetry scene

Lewis Warsh (Professor, English Department; Director, Creative Writing MFA) is featured in Passing Stranger, an audio walking tour by Pejk Malinovskiof poets and poetry associated with the East Village. Narrated by filmmaker Jim Jarmusch, the tour contains site-specific poetry, interviews with poets, archival recordings and music by John Zorn. The audio file can be downloaded at eastvillagepoetrywalk.org and allows the user to take the tour using an mp3 player. The tour is about 2 miles and lasts about 95 minutes.

OFFICIAL LAUNCH AT BOWERY POETRY CLUB

April15, 2012
4:00-5:30 PM

308 Bowery, Manhattan

Readings by: Anselm Berrigan, Brenda Coultas, Hettie Jones, Anne Waldman, Lewis Warsh

New Spring 2012 Course: Scientific Literacy and Sustainability

As part of the LIU Brooklyn Sustainability Initiative's observation of Earth Day 2012, Professor Sara Campbell (English Department) will be teaching ENG 210: Scientific Literacy and Sustainability (one credit). 

An interesting (and important) topic and a good way to earn an extra credit before summer session starts!

Students will meet twice with the professor in class, attend an Earth Day Conference at LIU, and write a research paper. Prerequisite: ENG 16 (you may be taking ENG 16 in Spring 2012). See flyer for more details.

For more information, contact Professor Campbell at 718-488-1050 or sara.campbell@liu.edu.

Creative-Writing MFA / LACS Event: The Part About the Translator

The English Department's Creative-Writing MFA Program and the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program (LACS) present a program about literary translation.

The Part About the Translator: Natasha Wimmer (translator of Roberto Bolaño) in conversation with Gary Racz and Jessica Hagedorn.

Wednesday, April 11, 2012 @ 6:30 PM
Humanities Building, Media Arts, Room 222

Reception after the program. Seating limited. RSVP by phone or e-mail if you plan to attend. Contact Jessica Hagedorn at 718-488-1092 or jessica.hagedorn@liu.edu.

A Tribute to Adrienne Rich (1929-2012)

Please join the English Department, the Gender Studies program, and others in celebrating the life and work of one of the greatest essayists / thinkers / activists / poets of the past century. 

Tuesday, April 17, 2012
11:00 AM - 12:00 PMSpector Lounge (4^th floor Humanities Building)

We will be reading aloud from her many works. All are invited to participate. Light refreshments will be served.


For more information, contact Harriet Malinowitz (harriet.malinowitz@liu.edu).

Two MFA Readings for the End of the Semester

EVERYTHING HAPPENS TO ME

We are pleased to announce two upcoming readings by students in the MFA program in creative writing at LIU Brooklyn.

Both events will be held at the Bowery Poetry Club

308 Bowery (between Houston and Bleecker)
Manhattan

Friday, April 13, 5-6:45

Felice Belle

Jacob Matkov

Kyle DeOcera

Patia Braithwaite

Marita Downes

Jon Jenkins

Lisa Rogal

Elspeth Macdonald

Daniel Owen

Shari Seraneau

John Casquarelli

Liz Dalton

Sarah Wallen

Tony Iantosca

Tiani Kennedy

Uche Nduka

Friday, April 20, 5-6:45

Jessica Wedge

Michael Grove

Desiree Rucker

Aimee Herman

Amyre Loomis

Micah Savaglio

Pamela Arnett

Asja Parrish

Tina Barry

Joey Infante

Kaya Arnoux

Gulay Isik

Alicia Berbenick

Wendi Williams

Willie Perdomo

Book Launch Events for Jessica Hagedorn

The paperback edition of Jessica Hagedorn's novel Toxicology is coming out soon from Penguin Books, and two events being held to mark the occasion.

Reading with Lysley Tenorio
April 5, 7:30 PM
Greenlight Bookstore

Renaissance Renegade: Jessica Hagedorn
     & Guest Artists
April 27, 2:00 - 8:30 PM
Casa Italiana NYU

Jessica Hagedorn is the Parsons Family University Professor of Creative Writing and teaches in the LIU Brooklyn English Department's Creative-Writing MFA program.