Visiting Writers | A Good MFA Program is Hard to Find
2011-2012 VISITING WRITERS
Department of English and Rhetoric
Contact Information: MFA Program, (478) 445-3509 (mfa@gcsu.edu)
All events are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.
Alice Friman: Georgia College Poet-in-Residence: An Evening of Poetry
Thursday, August 25, 7:30 p.m.
Arts & Sciences Auditorium
Alice Friman is the author of eight collections of poetry, most recently The Book of the Rotten Daughter and Zoo, winner of the Ezra Pound Poetry Award from Truman State University and the Sheila Margaret Motton Prize from the New England Poetry Club.She will read from her new book of poems, Vinculum (LSU Press, 2011). Free and open to the public.
Michael Wright: Reader's Theatre and Talk with the Author
Tuesday, September 27, 8:00 p.m.
Arts & Sciences Auditorium
GCSU Creative Writing and Theatre Scriptwriting students perform a reader's theatre of the playwright's work, followed by a discussion with the author, performers, and professor David Muschell. Free and open to the public.
Neela Vaswani: An Evening of Memoir
Tuesday, October 4, 7:30 p.m.
Max Noah Recital Hall
Neela Vaswani is author of the short story collection Where the Long Grass Bends and a memoir, You Have Given Me a Country. She is the recipient of the American Book Award, an O. Henry Prize, the ForeWord Book of the Year gold medal, and many other honors. Free and open to the public.
David Rocklin: An Evening of Fiction
Tuesday, November 8, 7:30 p.m.
Arts & Sciences Auditorium
David Rocklin is the author of The Luminist, which has been published in the United States, Italy and Israel. He grew up in Chicago and lives in California with his wife and children. He is currently at work on a new novel. Free and open to the public.
AWP Intro Award Nominees: GCSU Creative Writing Students
Thursday, December 1, 7:00 p.m.
Arts & Sciences Auditorium
Creative writing students (graduate MFA and undergraduate senior capstone students) are eligible to submit a poem, short story or creative nonfiction essay. Each year, works are selected for the program's nomination to the national AWP Intro Awards Contest. Free and open to the public.
Juliet Patterson: Creative Nonfiction Reading
Winner of the Arts & Letters/Susan Atefat Prize
Thursday, March 15, 7:30 p.m.
Arts & Sciences Auditorium
Juliet Patterson, winner of 2011 Arts & Letters/Susan Atefat Prize in Creative Nonfiction, receives her $1,000 prize and reads her prize-winning work. Free and open to the public.
Rochelle Hurt: Poetry Reading
Winner of the Arts & Letters/Rumi Prize for Poetry
Friday, March 16, 12:30 p.m.
Arts & Sciences Auditorium
Rochelle Hurt, winner of the 2011 Arts & Letters/Rumi Prize for Poetry, receives her $1,000 prize and reads her prize-winning poem. Free and open to the public.
James McKelly
Winner of the Arts & Letters 2011 Prize for Drama
Friday-Saturday, March 16-17, 8:00 p.m.
Max Noah Recital Hall (production of the prize-winning play Angels in the Froth)
This program is co-sponsored by the GCSU Department of Theatre.
Dwight Holing: Fiction Reading
Winner of the Arts & Letters Prize for Fiction
Saturday, March 17, 12:30 p.m.
Andalusia Farm
Dwight Holing, winner of the 2011 Arts & Letters Prize for Fiction, receives his $1,000 prize and reads his prize-winning story. Free and open to the public.
Albert Goldbarth: An Evening of Poetry
Tuesday, April 3, 7:30 p.m.
Arts & Sciences Auditorium
Albert Goldbarth is known for his prolific production, his gregarious tone, his eclectic interests and his distinctive "talky" style. He has been a Guggenheim fellow and won the National Book Critics Circle award in 1991 and 2001, the only poet to receive the honor two times (for Saving Lives and Heaven and Earth: A Cosmology).
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