Poet Daniel Blasi will present a Writers-at-Work session at Bucknell University's Writing Center (200G Roberts Hall), from noon to 1 PM on Friday, November 17.
Daniel Blasi received a BA in English from Boston University and an MFA from the University of Maryland, College Park. While at the University of Maryland, he was a finalist in the Ruth Lilly Student Fellowship administered by Poetry. After graduating, Daniel was a waiter fellow at the Breadloaf Writers' Conference, a finalist for the Beatrice Hawley Award, a finalist for the Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize, and a semi-finalist for the Tupelo Press first book prize. He has been a five-time semi-finalist for a Discovery/The Nation Prize. His poems have appeared in numerous journals, including Quarterly West, Passages North, Another Chicago Magazine, and Nimrod. Daniel lives in Boston, Massachusetts, and works at the strategic innovation consulting firm, Product Genesis, in Cambridge.
Sponsored by the Writing Center, the Writers at Work series encourages informal conversation between writers and interested members of the campus community. Bring a bag lunch; beverages and cookies will be provided.
For more information, please call the Writing Center at 577-3141.
11/1/06
C. K. Williams: Williamsport: 11/16/06
Poet C.K. Williams is scheduled to read at Lycoming College in Williamsport on Thursday, November 16, at 7:30 PM. The reading will take place in Shangraw Performance Hall in the Mary Lindsay Welch Honors Hall.
This reading is free and open to the public. Call call the College Relations Office at 570-321-4037 for more information. Click here for a campus map.
This reading is free and open to the public. Call call the College Relations Office at 570-321-4037 for more information. Click here for a campus map.
Junot Diaz: Bloomsburg: 11/15/06
[not poetry, but . . .]
Bloomsburg University's Big Dog Reading Series concludes this fall with author Junot Díaz on Wednesday, November 15, at 7 PM in Carver Hall’s Gross Auditorium.
Junot Díaz is the author of Drown. His short fiction has appeared in, among other places, The New Yorker, African Voices, Best American Short Stories, and Pushcart Prize XXII. The recipient of numerous awards, including the 2002 Pen/Malamud Award and a fellowship at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard, Díaz is now an associate professor at MIT. He was born in the Dominican Republic and spent most of his youth in New Jersey.
This reading is free and open to the public.
Bloomsburg University's Big Dog Reading Series concludes this fall with author Junot Díaz on Wednesday, November 15, at 7 PM in Carver Hall’s Gross Auditorium.
Junot Díaz is the author of Drown. His short fiction has appeared in, among other places, The New Yorker, African Voices, Best American Short Stories, and Pushcart Prize XXII. The recipient of numerous awards, including the 2002 Pen/Malamud Award and a fellowship at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard, Díaz is now an associate professor at MIT. He was born in the Dominican Republic and spent most of his youth in New Jersey.
This reading is free and open to the public.
10/1/06
Cornelius Eady: Bucknell: 10/10 & 10/11/06
2006-07 Sandra & Gary Sojka Visiting Poet Cornelius Eady will be on the Bucknell campus Tuesday, October 10 and Wednesday, October 11. He will offer a reading at 7 p.m. in Bucknell Hall on Tuesday, October 10th and a Question and Answer session at noon on Wednesday, October 11th in the Smith Library of the Vaughan Literature Building. Both events are free and open to the public.
Cornelius Eady is the author of several poetry collections, including Victims of the Latest Dance Craze (1985, Lamont Poetry Selection), The Gathering of My Name (1991), You Don't Miss Your Water (1995), and the acclaimed Brutal Imagination (2001).
Cornelius Eady is the author of several poetry collections, including Victims of the Latest Dance Craze (1985, Lamont Poetry Selection), The Gathering of My Name (1991), You Don't Miss Your Water (1995), and the acclaimed Brutal Imagination (2001).
JoAnne Growney: Bloomsburg: 10/10/06
Poet JoAnne Growney will be the featured River Poets reader on Tuesday, October 10, 7:30 PM at the Phillips Emporium in Bloomsburg. Copies of Growney's most recent book, My Dance Is Mathematics (Paper Kite Press), will be available.
There is an open reading during the second half of this event; MC is Susan Brook.
This event is free and open to the public.
There is an open reading during the second half of this event; MC is Susan Brook.
This event is free and open to the public.
John Hoppenthaler: Bloomsburg: 10/5/06
Bloomsburg University's Big Dog Reading Series will lead off this fall with poet John Hoppenthaler on Thursday, October 5, at 7 PM in the Kehr Union Multicultural Center.
John Hoppenthaler's poetry has appeared in many literary journals and anthologies, including Ploughshares, The Southern Review, New Letters, The Bloomsbury Review, Tar River Poetry, Chelsea, Poet Lore, Connecticut Review, and September 11, 2001: American Writers Respond. His first poetry collection, Lives of Water, is available from Carnegie Mellon University Press. The poetry editor of Kestrel, he is currently editing a collection of essays and interviews on the poetry of Jean Valentine. This reading is free and open to the public.
John Hoppenthaler's poetry has appeared in many literary journals and anthologies, including Ploughshares, The Southern Review, New Letters, The Bloomsbury Review, Tar River Poetry, Chelsea, Poet Lore, Connecticut Review, and September 11, 2001: American Writers Respond. His first poetry collection, Lives of Water, is available from Carnegie Mellon University Press. The poetry editor of Kestrel, he is currently editing a collection of essays and interviews on the poetry of Jean Valentine. This reading is free and open to the public.
9/1/06
Benjamin Grossberg: Bucknell: 9/27/06
Poet Benjamin Scott Grossberg will present an informal talk on Wednesday, September 27, at noon in Roberts Hall on the Bucknell campus, as part of the Writing Center’s Writers at Work series.
Benjamin Scott Grossberg is an Associate Professor of Literature and Creative Writing at Antioch College, where he teaches poetry writing, English Renaissance Literature, and English poetry. He is the author of the chapbook The Auctioneer Bangs His Gavel (Kent State University Press, 2006), and of the forthcoming Underwater Lengths in a Single Breath (Ashland Poetry Press, 2007) winner of the Richard Snyder Award. His poems have appeared in journals such as Pleiades, Mid-American Review, Paris Review, and twice in West Branch. He has received several awards for his writing, including an Individual Artist Fellowship from the Ohio Arts Council and a Pushcart Prize. He lives on a small farm near Yellow Springs, Ohio.
This event is free and open to the campus and community. For more information, please call the Writing Center at 570-577-3141.
Benjamin Scott Grossberg is an Associate Professor of Literature and Creative Writing at Antioch College, where he teaches poetry writing, English Renaissance Literature, and English poetry. He is the author of the chapbook The Auctioneer Bangs His Gavel (Kent State University Press, 2006), and of the forthcoming Underwater Lengths in a Single Breath (Ashland Poetry Press, 2007) winner of the Richard Snyder Award. His poems have appeared in journals such as Pleiades, Mid-American Review, Paris Review, and twice in West Branch. He has received several awards for his writing, including an Individual Artist Fellowship from the Ohio Arts Council and a Pushcart Prize. He lives on a small farm near Yellow Springs, Ohio.
This event is free and open to the campus and community. For more information, please call the Writing Center at 570-577-3141.
COMMON WEALTH Poets at Susquehanna River Conference: Bucknell: 9/23/06
On Saturday, September 23, the Upper Susquehanna River Basin Conference at Bucknell University will conclude with a reading by poets appearing in Common Wealth: Contemporary poets on Pennsylvania. The conference will be held in the Langone Center on the Bucknell campus, and the reading will commence at 5:30 PM. Poets who are scheduled to read include Marjorie Maddox, Deirdre O’Connor, Ron Mohring, Karl Patten, Charlie Rice, and Jerry Wemple. For more information, please contact Bucknell University at 570-577-2000.
Matthew Zapruder: Bucknell University: 9/22/06
Poet Matthew Zapruder will present an informal talk on Friday, September 22, at noon in Roberts Hall on the Bucknell campus, as part of the Writing Center’s Writers at Work series. This talk will follow up on Thursday evening’s WAVE BOOKS Bus Tour Reading in Bucknell Hall [see previous announcement].
Matthew Zapruder is the author of American Linden (Tupelo Press 2002), and of The Pajamaist (Copper Canyon, forthcoming 2006). His poems have appeared or are upcoming in The Boston Review, Fence, Alaska Quarterly Review, Open City, Painted Bride Quarterly, Bomb, Jubilat, Harvard Review, The New Republic and The New Yorker. He teaches poetry in the MFA Program in Creative Writing at the New School, works as an Editor with Wave Books, and is co-curator of the KGB Monday Night Poetry Reading Series. He lives in New York City.
This event is free and open to the campus and community. For more information, please call the Writing Center at 570-577-3141.
Matthew Zapruder is the author of American Linden (Tupelo Press 2002), and of The Pajamaist (Copper Canyon, forthcoming 2006). His poems have appeared or are upcoming in The Boston Review, Fence, Alaska Quarterly Review, Open City, Painted Bride Quarterly, Bomb, Jubilat, Harvard Review, The New Republic and The New Yorker. He teaches poetry in the MFA Program in Creative Writing at the New School, works as an Editor with Wave Books, and is co-curator of the KGB Monday Night Poetry Reading Series. He lives in New York City.
This event is free and open to the campus and community. For more information, please call the Writing Center at 570-577-3141.
WAVE BOOKS Bus Tour: Bucknell University: 9/21/06
On Thursday, September 21, don’t miss the WAVE BOOKS Bus Tour Reading. This is one of only two Pennsylvania stops on the reading schedule; the other is Pittsburgh on Sept 20. The event will begin at 6:00 PM in Bucknell Hall on the Bucknell University campus.
Stopping at 50 cities in 50 days, the Wave Books Poetry Bus Tour is the biggest literary event of 2006. Throughout September and October, over one hundred poets, along with musicians, filmmakers and journalists, will participate as the bus traverses North America, bringing innovative poetry to big cities and small towns across the U.S. and Canada. Sponsored by Wave Books, the poetry bus will go more places with more poets reading more poems than was ever previously believed possible.
Beginning September 4 and ending October 27, the bus tour will visit a variety of venues, including the Space Needle in Seattle, the Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD, the Museum of Natural History in LA, the Green Mill in Chicago, the DiA Arts Center in New York, and a number of bookstores, galleries, bars, prisons and schools all across the US and Canada.
Participating poets include Eileen Myles, James Tate, Cole Swensen, Dean Young, John Yau, Vijay Seshadri, Lewis Warsh, Joshua Beckman, Dara Wier, Juliana Spahr, John Godfrey, Joshua Clover, David Rivard, Noelle Kocot, Matthew Zapruder, Ann Lauterbach, Tyehimba Jess, Dana Levin, Hoa Nguyen, Jeff Clark, Richard Siken, Bob Hicok, Katy Lederer, Kim Addonizio, Arthur Sze, Catherine Wagner, Srikanth Reddy, Matthew Rohrer, Thomas Sayers Ellis, Bhanu Kapil and over 100 more.
This event is free and open to the campus and community. For more information on this event, please call the Stadler Center for Poetry at 570-577-1853, or see their website.
Stopping at 50 cities in 50 days, the Wave Books Poetry Bus Tour is the biggest literary event of 2006. Throughout September and October, over one hundred poets, along with musicians, filmmakers and journalists, will participate as the bus traverses North America, bringing innovative poetry to big cities and small towns across the U.S. and Canada. Sponsored by Wave Books, the poetry bus will go more places with more poets reading more poems than was ever previously believed possible.
Beginning September 4 and ending October 27, the bus tour will visit a variety of venues, including the Space Needle in Seattle, the Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD, the Museum of Natural History in LA, the Green Mill in Chicago, the DiA Arts Center in New York, and a number of bookstores, galleries, bars, prisons and schools all across the US and Canada.
Participating poets include Eileen Myles, James Tate, Cole Swensen, Dean Young, John Yau, Vijay Seshadri, Lewis Warsh, Joshua Beckman, Dara Wier, Juliana Spahr, John Godfrey, Joshua Clover, David Rivard, Noelle Kocot, Matthew Zapruder, Ann Lauterbach, Tyehimba Jess, Dana Levin, Hoa Nguyen, Jeff Clark, Richard Siken, Bob Hicok, Katy Lederer, Kim Addonizio, Arthur Sze, Catherine Wagner, Srikanth Reddy, Matthew Rohrer, Thomas Sayers Ellis, Bhanu Kapil and over 100 more.
This event is free and open to the campus and community. For more information on this event, please call the Stadler Center for Poetry at 570-577-1853, or see their website.
Three Cave Canem Poets: Bucknell: 9/5/06
Poets Erica Doyle, Yona Harvey and Tyehimba Jess will read on Tuesday, September 5, at 7 PM in Bucknell Hall. This reading is a celebration of the tenth anniversary of Cave Canem.
Cave Canem is an organization devoted to the discovery and cultivation of new voices in African American poetry. Best known for its celebrated summer workshop, Cave Canem has grown to include regional workshops, a first book prize, annual anthologies, and events in major cities around the United States. Poets Doyle, Harvey, and Jess have served as Cave Canem fellows and appear in the recently published 10th anniversary anthology Gathering Ground (University of Michigan Press).
This event is free and open to the public. For more information, please call the Stadler Center for Poetry at 570-577-1853, or see their website.
Cave Canem is an organization devoted to the discovery and cultivation of new voices in African American poetry. Best known for its celebrated summer workshop, Cave Canem has grown to include regional workshops, a first book prize, annual anthologies, and events in major cities around the United States. Poets Doyle, Harvey, and Jess have served as Cave Canem fellows and appear in the recently published 10th anniversary anthology Gathering Ground (University of Michigan Press).
This event is free and open to the public. For more information, please call the Stadler Center for Poetry at 570-577-1853, or see their website.
8/1/06
Claude Lewis: Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg: 8/24/06
[from the Almost Uptown Poetry Cartel site:]
August 24, 2006:
Poetry Reading by Claude Lewis.
Claude Lewis, Esq. is currently a partner with Michak Teeter & Lewis LLC, and his practice includes real estate, commercial transactions, non-profit corporations and business related matters and, in addition, business consulting. He is engaged in several activities including membership in the Pennsylvania Bar Association and Nathanial Gadsden’s Writer’s Wordshop. Currently he is a member of the Board of Directors of Zion Academy.
Lewis has been involved in poetry presentations at the Whitaker Center, East Shore Library and Black history programs for various State Agencies including the Departments of Community and Economic Development, Environmental Protection, Education, Revenue the Office of the Auditor General and the Public Utility Commission. Claude Lewis is our current Poet Laureate of Harrisburg!
Poetry Thursdays are held at the Susquehanna Art Museum, 301 Market Street, downtown Harrisburg, 7- 8:45 pm, presented by the Almost Uptown Poetry Cartel and hosted by Marty Esworthy.
August 24, 2006:
Poetry Reading by Claude Lewis.
Claude Lewis, Esq. is currently a partner with Michak Teeter & Lewis LLC, and his practice includes real estate, commercial transactions, non-profit corporations and business related matters and, in addition, business consulting. He is engaged in several activities including membership in the Pennsylvania Bar Association and Nathanial Gadsden’s Writer’s Wordshop. Currently he is a member of the Board of Directors of Zion Academy.
Lewis has been involved in poetry presentations at the Whitaker Center, East Shore Library and Black history programs for various State Agencies including the Departments of Community and Economic Development, Environmental Protection, Education, Revenue the Office of the Auditor General and the Public Utility Commission. Claude Lewis is our current Poet Laureate of Harrisburg!
Poetry Thursdays are held at the Susquehanna Art Museum, 301 Market Street, downtown Harrisburg, 7- 8:45 pm, presented by the Almost Uptown Poetry Cartel and hosted by Marty Esworthy.
Friday Poetry Reading: Wilkes-Barre: 8/21/06
[Source: Paper Kite Press Announce]
Friday Open Mic @ Paper Kite Press Studio
This month's "Third Friday" open mic is set for August 21st at 7 PM.
Location: 156 S. Franklin Street, 2nd floor studio, in Wilkes-Barre.
Information: (570) 328-8658
Join us on August 21st for two fabulous spoken word artists from the Almost Uptown Poetry Cartel: Julia Tilley and Maria C. James!
Friday Open Mic @ Paper Kite Press Studio
This month's "Third Friday" open mic is set for August 21st at 7 PM.
Location: 156 S. Franklin Street, 2nd floor studio, in Wilkes-Barre.
Information: (570) 328-8658
Join us on August 21st for two fabulous spoken word artists from the Almost Uptown Poetry Cartel: Julia Tilley and Maria C. James!
Butterfly Poetry Festival: Penn State-Hazleton: 8/20/06
[passing this along:]
This year's Butterfly Poetry Festival, which will be held at the Hazleton Campus of Penn State, will feature a gathering of Pennsylvania Poets Laureate. There is a luncheon for all attending poets at 1:00 PM, followed by [one presumes] a reading at 2:00 PM. This event is expected to run until 3:30 or 4 PM.
Contact: Salvadore DeFazio, 570-455-3963.
This year's Butterfly Poetry Festival, which will be held at the Hazleton Campus of Penn State, will feature a gathering of Pennsylvania Poets Laureate. There is a luncheon for all attending poets at 1:00 PM, followed by [one presumes] a reading at 2:00 PM. This event is expected to run until 3:30 or 4 PM.
Contact: Salvadore DeFazio, 570-455-3963.
Open reading: Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg: 8/17/06
[from the Almost Uptown Poetry Cartel site:]
August 17, 2006: Open Poetry Reading
Poetry Thursdays are held at the Susquehanna Art Museum, 301 Market Street, downtown Harrisburg, 7- 8:45 pm, presented by the Almost Uptown Poetry Cartel and hosted by Marty Esworthy.
August 17, 2006: Open Poetry Reading
Poetry Thursdays are held at the Susquehanna Art Museum, 301 Market Street, downtown Harrisburg, 7- 8:45 pm, presented by the Almost Uptown Poetry Cartel and hosted by Marty Esworthy.
Wes Ward & Elizabeth Morris: Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg: 8/10/06
[from the Almost Uptown Poetry Cartel site:]
August 10, 2006: Poetry Reading by Wes Ward and Elizabeth Morris
Wes Ward grew up in Alaska and moved to York, PA when he was in junior high school. He earned a BA in Secondary Education-English from York College. He currently teaches English at Cedar Cliff High School in Camp Hill. Brand New Fence is his first collection of poetry.
Elizabeth Morris has been writing poetry for a long time, during most of which the poetry was not good. In the '05-'06 school year, she won two gold awards on the national level of the Scholastic Writing Competition. She then performed at Slam 7 this summer and won tenth place. She was the youngest person there. Elizabeth hopes to keep writing for the rest of her life and eventually make a living from it.
Poetry Thursdays are held at the Susquehanna Art Museum, 301 Market Street, downtown Harrisburg, 7- 8:45 pm, presented by the Almost Uptown Poetry Cartel and hosted by Marty Esworthy.
August 10, 2006: Poetry Reading by Wes Ward and Elizabeth Morris
Wes Ward grew up in Alaska and moved to York, PA when he was in junior high school. He earned a BA in Secondary Education-English from York College. He currently teaches English at Cedar Cliff High School in Camp Hill. Brand New Fence is his first collection of poetry.
Elizabeth Morris has been writing poetry for a long time, during most of which the poetry was not good. In the '05-'06 school year, she won two gold awards on the national level of the Scholastic Writing Competition. She then performed at Slam 7 this summer and won tenth place. She was the youngest person there. Elizabeth hopes to keep writing for the rest of her life and eventually make a living from it.
Poetry Thursdays are held at the Susquehanna Art Museum, 301 Market Street, downtown Harrisburg, 7- 8:45 pm, presented by the Almost Uptown Poetry Cartel and hosted by Marty Esworthy.
7/1/06
Friday Open Mic: Wilkes-Barre: 7/21/06
[Source: Paper Kite Press Announce]
Friday Open Mic @ Paper Kite Press Studio
This month's "Third Friday" open mic is set for July 21st at 7 PM.
Location: 156 S. Franklin Street, 2nd floor studio, in Wilkes-Barre.
All open mic - 12 slots available. Arrive early to sign up.
Click here for information on August's Third Friday feature.
Friday Open Mic @ Paper Kite Press Studio
This month's "Third Friday" open mic is set for July 21st at 7 PM.
Location: 156 S. Franklin Street, 2nd floor studio, in Wilkes-Barre.
All open mic - 12 slots available. Arrive early to sign up.
Click here for information on August's Third Friday feature.
6/1/06
Betsy Wheeler: Susquehanna Univ: 6/26/06
Betsy Wheeler, who currently holds the position of Stadler Fellow at Bucknell Univeristy, will read at Susquehanna University tonight at 7:30. Wheeler is a guest writer in Susquehanna's Advanced Writer's Workshop, an annual program for high school creative writers now in its 18th year. The program runs from June 25 - July 1 at Susquehanna. Follow this link for a detailed article at the university's web site.
For more information on The Advanced Writers Workshop, click here or contact Gary Fincke by phone (570-372-4164) or e-mail.
For more information on The Advanced Writers Workshop, click here or contact Gary Fincke by phone (570-372-4164) or e-mail.
5/1/06
Poetry CD Recording: Scranton: 5/26 & 5/27/06
passing this along from an e-mail I received:
A compilation CD of poets will be recorded [in May] and the professional look will be attributed to a group of talented local artists. It will be recorded by a sound engineer from NYC (Joe Grocki), while the artwork will be done by comic book artist (Frank Czuba), colorist and graphic artist (Valerie Horchos), and Graphic Artist (Eric Miller), all originally from Wyoming Valley in PA. The writing inside the jacket will be done by me. Also, Jim Warner and myself will be working on the PR and other tasks.
[This] month at the Test Pattern Gallery at 334 Adams Avenue in downtown Scranton, PA, Friday May 26th (at 8:30pm-the regularly scheduled time), we will record the live reading for everyone who wants to participate with an audience. Everyone will get a chance to be recorded so keep it to one work no more than five minutes. On Saturday May 27th, there will be a second recording for those who prefer to read (and be recorded) without an audience (time tba).
Also, there will be a limited amount of slots for poets on the CD itself. So, in choosing those who will be on the finished product, we will be looking for the best readings and sound quality overall, as well as the poets personal grasp of the genre on the CD.
The proceeds from the sales of this project will benefit Test Pattern in Scranton, PA. We are also hoping to take the CD on the road and get some of the poets exposed to the poetry scene in other places outside the local area, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, NYC, etc. There are also plans for possible future compilations.
Please contact me for more info...and tell your friends!
Thanks, Erin
delaneye03@lycos.com
A compilation CD of poets will be recorded [in May] and the professional look will be attributed to a group of talented local artists. It will be recorded by a sound engineer from NYC (Joe Grocki), while the artwork will be done by comic book artist (Frank Czuba), colorist and graphic artist (Valerie Horchos), and Graphic Artist (Eric Miller), all originally from Wyoming Valley in PA. The writing inside the jacket will be done by me. Also, Jim Warner and myself will be working on the PR and other tasks.
[This] month at the Test Pattern Gallery at 334 Adams Avenue in downtown Scranton, PA, Friday May 26th (at 8:30pm-the regularly scheduled time), we will record the live reading for everyone who wants to participate with an audience. Everyone will get a chance to be recorded so keep it to one work no more than five minutes. On Saturday May 27th, there will be a second recording for those who prefer to read (and be recorded) without an audience (time tba).
Also, there will be a limited amount of slots for poets on the CD itself. So, in choosing those who will be on the finished product, we will be looking for the best readings and sound quality overall, as well as the poets personal grasp of the genre on the CD.
The proceeds from the sales of this project will benefit Test Pattern in Scranton, PA. We are also hoping to take the CD on the road and get some of the poets exposed to the poetry scene in other places outside the local area, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, NYC, etc. There are also plans for possible future compilations.
Please contact me for more info...and tell your friends!
Thanks, Erin
delaneye03@lycos.com
River Poets: Bloomsburg: 5/9/06
The May 9th River Poets reading will feature junior and senior high school students: students may bring and share their own creative work, interpret other poets, sing, rap, sign, or mime. An open reading follows for those who are beyond school age, but never too young to learn. River poet Tara Holdren is MC.
7:30 PM at Phillips Emporium in Bloomsburg.
7:30 PM at Phillips Emporium in Bloomsburg.
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