English Department Events
Fall 2002
C.D. Wright and Forrest Gander Poetry Reading
Fanny Howe Poetry Reading
Wanda Coleman Poetry Reading
John Koethe and Karen Volkman
Poetry Reading
 Forrest Gander |
 C. D. Wright |
C.D. WRIGHT & FORREST
GANDER
Poetry Reading
Thursday, Oct.
10, 5:30-7:00 p.m.
Columbia College Concert Hall
1014 South Michigan Avenue
C. D. Wright has published many notable collections of poetry including String Light, Tremble, the book-length poem Deepstep Come Shining (1998) and Steal Away: Selected and New Poems (2002). Born in Mountain Home, Arkansas, she is Professor of English at Brown University and has received the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Foundation Fellowship, and the Lannan Foundation Literary Award. With Forrest Gander, she edits Lost Roads Publishers.
Forrest Gander has published five poetry collections including Torn Awake and Science & Steepleflower, both from New Directions. The recipient of an NEA Fellowship in poetry and The Whiting Award for Writers, he is also editor of Mouth to Mouth, a bilingual anthology of contemporary Mexican poets and published a book of translations, No Shelter: Selected Poems of Pura Lopez Colome. He is Director of the Graduate Program in Creative Writing at Brown University.
FANNY HOWE
Poetry Reading
Wed. Oct. 30, 5:30
p.m.
Columbia
College Concert Hall
1014
South Michigan Avenue
Fanny Howe won the Lenore Marshall Award from the Academy of American Poets, the Commonwealth Award of California, and the National Poetry Foundation Award for Selected Poems (University of California Press, 2001). Her other recent poetry publications include One Crossed Out (Greywolf Press, 1997) and O'Clock (Reality Street, 1995). A new poetry collection, Ghost Writing, will be published by University of California Press in 2003. Professor Emeritus in Writing and American Literature at University of California at San Diego, she is also the author of the novels Nod (Sun & Moon Press, 1998), Indivisible (Semiotexte/MIT Press, 2001), andthe recently published work of fiction Economics (Flood Editions).
WANDA COLEMAN
Poetry Reading
Thurs.
Nov. 21, 5:30 p.m.
Columbia College
Concert Hall
1014 South Michigan
Avenue
Wanda Coleman is the author of numerous books published by Black Sparrow Press including Bathwater Wine, winner of the 1999 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize, Mambo Hips & Make Believe (a novel), and Mercurochrome: New Poems, a bronze-medal finalist in the National Book Awards for 2001. Other awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship and an NEA Fellowship in poetry. An electrifying presenter of her work, she is famed for her readings at such venues as Seattle's Bumbershoot Festival, The Manhattan Theatre Club, The Knitting Factory, and the Nuyorican Cafe. She has also been featured on Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home Companion radio show. Born in Watts and raised in South Central Los Angeles, she is a former columnist for the Los Angeles Times Magazine.
 John Koethe |
 Karen Volkman |
JOHN KOETHE
& KAREN VOLKMAN
Poetry Reading
Columbia College Concert Hall
1014 South Michigan Avenue
John Koethe is the author of the poetry collections Blue Vents, Domes, The Late Wisconsin Spring, Falling Water, The Constructor, and North Point North: New and Selected Poems, the last three of which were published by Harper Collins. He has also published a book of literary essays, Poetry at One Remove (University of Michigan Press) and a work of philosophy, The Continuity of Wittgenstein's Thought. Professor of Philosophy at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, he has won the Frank O'Hara Award for Poetry, a Guggenheim Fellowship, an NEA Award in poetry, and the Kingsley Tufts Award.
Karen Volkman is currently poet-in-residence at the University of Chicago. Her first book, Crash's Law, was chosen for the National Poetry Series. Her second, Spar, won the 2001 Iowa Poetry Prize. Her poems have appeared in The Paris Review, New American Writing, The New Republic, Colorado Review, and Fence, among other literary magazines.
All readings are free and open to the public. Call (312) 344-8100
or 312-344-8101
for more information.
Please also check the college events calendar for up-to-date details on times and locations.
