UPDATED 9/23/14: Our Condolences to the Family & Friends of Orlando Warren

We are saddened by the news that our dear friend and colleague Orlando Warren passed away on July 17. An alumnus of the Department's graduate program in creative writing (MA, 1997), Orlando taught writing and literature courses in English for many years. He also taught in the Philosophy Department and in the Gender Studies Program. A dedicated teacher, a fine writer, a loving father and husband, a kind friend, and a good man, Orlando will be missed by all who had the great fortune to know him.



Update (July 18): Services for Orlando Warren will be held on Wednesday, July 23, at the Lawrence H. Woodward Funeral Home at 1 Troy Avenue, Brooklyn NY (on the corner of Fulton St.)  The viewing starts at 9AM and the service begins at 10AM.

Update (September 23): There will be a memorial service on campus on Tuesday, September 30, at 11AM, in the Spike Lee Screening Room (first floor of the Library Learning Center). All are welcome. Refreshments will be served. Please join us to pay tribute to Professor Warren.

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Faculty News: French & Spanish Editions of Kenneth Bernard's FROM THE DISTRICT FILE

We hear through the grapevine that there are two new editions of the novel From the District File, by Kenneth Bernard (Professor Emeritus, English).

Originally published in the United States in 1992 by Fiction Collective Two, the book reappeared in 2010 in a French translation, a second edition of which is now available (Extraits des archives du district, Le Tripode, 2014.)

Also available is the (relatively new) Spanish translation (Entre los archivos del distrito, Errata Naturae Editores, 2012).

Professor Bernard retired from LIU a number of years ago but many of you knew him, either as a colleague or professor. You will be pleased to hear that our source (Professor Bernard's son Lucas) reports that his father (and mother Elaine) are both doing well.

Aumni News: New Book by Aimee Herman (MFA, Creative Writing, 2012)

Aimee Herman's new poetry collection...

meant to wake up feeling

...will be published in October by great weather for MEDIA. 

There will be a book release celebration as follows.

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

8PM

Parkside Lounge

317 E. Houston St., Manhattan.

Special guests include the phenomenal poet and mixed-media superstar, Todd Anderson, and Staten Island band, Yeti.

For more info, email Aimee at: aimeeherman@gmail.com.

Faculty News: New Book by Charles Matz

LIU Brooklyn English Professor Charles Matz's new book, The Joyful Sleepwalkers, came out this past spring and was presented at the Mondolibro bookshop in Belluno, Italy, on August 22, 2014. 

Here is video from the event.

The presentation, organized by Valentina Reolon, was sponsored by the Casa dei Beni Comuni and the Mondolibro bookshop. Julia Bisinella (an actor from Belluno but now part of the well-known Kairos Italy Theater in New York City theater scene) and Nanni Dorigo performed scenes from the book. The author, Charles Matz, teacher, poet, and performer, worked with Hallam Tennyson at the BBC London, with Norman Mailer in New York, and with Andrea Zanzotto in Italy, among many others. Matz lived for 20 years in Feltre, a small city near Belluno, where he taught at schools and at the University IULM. Matz defines the area as one in which he grew and matured as a writer and performer.

English Department to Host Literary Scavenger Hunt at LIU Brooklyn as Part of Brooklyn Book Festival

Come and discover the literary luminaries who once read their works on the campus of Long Island University. Test your knowledge of the literary world by finding clues and learn about the amazing poets, playwrights, short story writers, and novelists who have shared their talents. Compete for a range of prizes that include complimentary copies of these author’s works.Wednesday, September 17, 2014
5-6:30 PM = Scavenger Hunt (meet in Main Building Lobby)
6:30-7 PM = Light reception (TBA)Click here for more information.Calling all Volunteers! We could definitely use some help with organizing! We have two events: a scavenger hunt on Wednesday, September 17, from 5-7 and the festival itself on Sunday, September 21st. There are multiple ways to help so we are asking if people might be willing to spare an hour (or more) for what promises to be a very fun event.Contact Professor Srividhya Swaminathan (Chair of English) if you have some time to spare.Add this event to your Google Calendar

Workshop with Barbara Henning at Poets House

LIU Brooklyn English Professor Barbara Henning will be leading a workshop called From Journal to Poem at Poets House. 

Click here for more information about the workshop, including registration information.

Here's Professor Henning's description "In this workshop we’ll develop multiple ways of gathering material through writing and experimenting with journaling, researching and taking notes. We’ll explore walking/writing meditation, layered journaling, collaging from news and other resources, and more. Readings will be from Matsuo Basho, Harry Mathews, Jack Kerouac, Harryette Mullen, William Carlos Williams, Helene Cixous, Bernadette Mayer and Ed Sanders, among others. Students will leave the class with a collection of five poems or short prose pieces."

September 20, 2014 - 11:30AM to 2:00PM

September 27, 2014 - 11:30AM to 2:00PM

October 4, 2014 - 11:30AM to 2:00PM

October 11, 2014 - 11:30AM to 2:00PM

October 18, 2014 - 11:30AM to 2:00PM

October 25, 2014 - 11:30AM to 2:00PM

Barbara Henning is the author of three novels and nine books of poetry, her most recent a collection of poetry and prose, A Swift Passage. Born in Detroit, she has lived in New York City since 1983. A long-time yoga practitioner, she brings this knowledge and discipline to her writing and her teaching at Naropa University and Long Island University in Brooklyn, where she is Professor Emerita. A new book of poems, A Day Like Today, is forthcoming in 2015 from Negative Capability Press.

LIU Brooklyn Office of Career Services & Employer Relations: Part-Time Job Fair (September 18, 2014)

La MaMa presents Catherine Filloux's SELMA '65 (September 26-October 12, 2014)

In remembrance of the 50th anniversary of the Selma Voting March, award-winning playwright Catherine Filloux (formerly an adjunct professor in the LIU Brooklyn English Department) brings to life the interconnected stories of Viola Liuzzo, none civil rights activist, and Tommy Rowe, FBI informant, undercover with the Ku Klux Klan. Marietta Hedges plays both roles.


More info at Filloux's website.

More info at Filloux's blog.

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Reading of Yani Perez's Play GOD DON'T EXIST FOR GIRLS FROM BROOKLYN

Over the summer, "God Don't Exist for Girls in Brooklyn," a new play by Yani Perez (Creative Writing MFA alum) was performed at New Perspectives Theatre Company's Women’s Work Short Play Festival.

Now we are pleased to note that The Naked Expedition Project will present a reading of Yani's play (along with plays by six other playwrights) as part of a reading series at Theaterlab NYC.

When & Where
Monday, September 15, 2014
7:30 PM.
Theaterlab NYC357 West 36th Street (between 8th/9th), 3rd Floor.
Between 8th/9th.
Closest Subway A, C, E to 34th Street (Manhattan).

Seating is limited. RSVP with names & number of seats. People who  RSVP will be given priority and then if there are seats left, they will be assigned on a first come first served basis.

Entry is by cash donation. Audiences can donate whatever they are able. All donations go directly back into the company to continue supporting emerging writers and new voices.

About the play: Global violence against girls is no surprise, but are we capable of confronting it in our own backyard? Two sisters from Brooklyn get a terrible lesson that far too many girls around the world already know.

Patrick Horrigan Reads From His Forthcoming Novel, PORTRAITS AT AN EXHIBITION

John Singer Sargent, "Portrait of a Boy," 1890

Actors with Accents presents Professor Patrick E. Horrigan (English, LIU Brooklyn) reading from his forthcoming novel, Portraits at an Exhibition.

Teatro Circulo

64 East 4th St., 3rd floor, in ManhattanSaturday, September 13, 2014
7-10 PM (performance to start at 8)
FREE! (but donations are welcome).

The hero of Horrigan's novel is a 21st-century Dorian Gray, an alienated young man searching for his life's purpose through a gallery of portrait paintings.  The novel won the 2010 Dana Award for Fiction and will be published next spring by Lethe Press.

"Actors with Accents" is a variety show produced by Patrick E. Horrigan and Eduardo Leanez. This Saturday's installment will feature music, comedy, drama, art, and puppetry, with performances by Inma Heredia, Alex Galper, Patrick E. Horrigan, John Sannuto, Basil Horn, Priyank Rastogi, Eduardo Leanez, Marianne van den Bergh, Gregory Couba, Vivian Varasdi, and T.J. Bohm.

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