Steve Benson, EMU’s own Carla Harryman, Lyn Hejinian, Tom Mandel, Ted Pearson, Kit Robinson, and Barrett Watten perform an ensemble reading from The Grand Piano: An Experiment in Collective Autobiography – San Francisco, 1975–1980. Free and open to the public. Saturday, October 4, 3 PM The Wendell W. Anderson, Jr., Auditorium Walter B. Ford II…
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Summer Literary Seminars and Fiction/Poetry Contest
Summer Literary Seminars (SLS) SLS is an innovative and dynamic international literary organization holding its annual writers conferences and cultural programs in St. Petersburg (Russia) and Nairobi-Lamu (Kenya) – and as of 2009, also in other locations – and premised in its activities on the basic notion of the universal commonality of the essential writerly…
George Legrady, Cell Tango at Ford Gallery
What: BathHouse journal is sponsoring the exhibition: George Legrady, Cell Tango, in Ford Gallery. George Legrady is an internationally exhibited installation artist who is currently Professor of Interactive Media at UC Santa Barbara. Cell Tango is a dynamically evolving archive of cellphone-transmitted images contributed by participants from anywhere within the reach of cellular transmission and…
Internships at Dzanc Books
Dzanc Books is looking for interns. Read about the variety of opportunities they offer and how to apply at: http://www.dzancbooks.org/internships.html. Independent study credit is available.
BathHouse Reading: Rebecca Brown – Sept 29, 4 PM, Sponberg Theater
Rebecca Brown Sept. 29, 4 pm Sponberg Theater, Eastern Michigan University Rebecca Brown is the author of a dozen books of prose including The Last Time I Saw You, The End Of Youth, The Dogs, The Terrible Girls (CityLights) and The Gifts Of The Body (HarperCollins). A frequent collaborator, she has written numerous texts for…
Patricia Smith Reading & Signing, Oct 1, 7:00 PM
Patricia Smith – Blood Dazzler Author Reading & Signing – Wednesday, October 1st at 7:00 PM Event Takes Place at the Neutral Zone – 310 E. Washington In minute-by-minute detail, Patricia Smith tracks Hurricane Katrina as it transforms into a full-blown mistress of destruction. From August 23, 2005, the day Tropical Depression Twelve developed, through…
Applying To Graduate School Workshop – 9/26, 5pm
Applying to Graduate School Workshop Friday Sept 26, 5 pm Pray Harrold 417 This workshop will teach you: How and when to apply to MA or PhD programs in English What to consider when selecting a graduate program What documents are included in a graduate school application How to write a strong “statement of purpose”…
Writers With Cameras – Saturday, Sept 13, 11:00 am
Don’t miss the chance to see “Writers With Cameras” at the Livonia Civic Center Library, Saturday, Sept 13, at 11:00 am. EMU Creative Writing grad students Jamie Jones, Brandon Potter, and Jack Visnaw will discuss their experiences this past Winter while taking a photography course as one of their cognate credits for the MA program. They will…
BathHouse Reading Series – Fall ’08
The new season of the BathHouse Reading series kicks off on September 29, 4 pm, at EMU’s Sponberg Theater featuring Rebecca Brown. Additional readings will take place throughout the semester. In addition to providing the chance to hear some great work, these events also give CW students some special opportunities: Introduce a reader: contact Christine…
2009 Call for Papers – Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture since 1900
The thirty-seventh annual Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture since 1900 will be held at the University of Louisville, February 19-21. Critical papers may be submitted on any topic that addresses literary works published since 1900, and/or their relationship with other arts and disciplines (film, journalism, opera, music, pop culture, painting, architecture, law, etc). Work…