Events

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Words on Fire

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The hottest literary reading series on campus.

10/1 — Peg Alford Pursell (Fiction)
10/21 — Bertha Rogers (Poet)
10/28 — Mark Statman (Poet)

Sponsored by the English Department and Feinberg Library

 

Eating Our Words (Brown Bag Lunch Series)

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Join us as we chat about the art, craft (and business!) of writing with our Words on Fire writers.

10/2 — Hybrid Forms with Peg Alford Pursell (Fiction): how to navigate hybrid forms of writing?
10/22 — Building a Community with Bertha Rogers (Poet): how to foster a literary community?
10/29 — Ex-Pat Writer's Life with Mark Statman (Poet): how to travel and write?

Sponsored by the English Department and Feinberg Library

 

Black Poetry Day: Kwame Dawes

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We celebrate the work of Kwame Dawes, a Ghanaian poet, actor, editor, critic, and musician. He is Professor of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and author of more than twenty books.

Sponsored by the English Department, the Honors Program, and the Plattsburgh College Foundation

 

Art (in) Justice: Brian Gilmore

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More than a poet. More than a lawyer. Brian Gilmore is a celebrated poet whose most recent book is an homage to Marvin Gaye. He’s also a public interest attorney and law professor at Michigan State. Events at the HUB and elsewhere on campus will explore the work and advocacy of this remarkable writer, a nominee for a NAACP Image Award and an influence on the writing of Ta-Nehisi Coates.

Sponsored by the Campus Committee on Environmental Responsibility

 

Celebrating 200 Years of Whitman

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Join the English department for a group reading and an evening celebrating the work and life of American poet Walt Whitman.

Sponsored by the English Department and Feinberg Library