English Department Events
Spring 2003
Laura Mullen Lecture
Laura Mullen Poetry Reading
Gwen Ebert Poetry Reading
Fourth Annual Undergraduate Poetry Festival
Maureen Owen Poetry Reading
South Loop Review Publication Reading
Hoang Hung Poetry Reading
Columbia Poetry Review Publication Reading
Quincy Troupe Poetry Reading
Laura Mullen Lecture
Tuesday,
March 11, 5:30 p.m.
Columbia College Concert Hall
1014 South Michigan Avenue
Visiting Poet
in the English Department's Poetry Program for Spring, 2003, Laura
Mullen will give a lecture, "The Yau Identity," on issues
of identity politics in the poetry of John Yau. Contact person in English
Department: Paul Hoover, (415)
389-1877
Laura
Mullen Poetry Reading
Thursday, March 13, 5:30 p.m.
Columbia College Concert Hall
1014 South Michigan Avenue
Laura Mullen's collections of poetry include The Surface (University of Illinois Press, 1991, winner of the National Poetry Series competition), The Tales of Horror (Kelsey Street Press, 1999), and After I Was Dead (University of Georgia Press, 1999). Her work has also appeared in numerous periodicals including Antaeus, The Colorado Review, New American Writing, Ploughshares, The Chicago Review, and The Paris Review, as well as the anthologies The Best American Poetry and On the Edge: Experimental Fiction by Women. Contact person in English Department: Paul Hoover, (415) 389-1877.
Gwen Ebert Poetry
Reading
Thursday,
March 20, 5:30 p.m.
Columbia
College Concert Hall
1014
South Michigan Avenue
Gwen
Ebert is the winner of the 2000 Four Way Books Introductory Prize
in Poetry for her book, The Little Bat Trainer. She is also
the author of the chapbook, The Twig Songs (Parallel Press,
2000), and has received the Southern Poetry Review's Guy Owen
Prize, Heart Quarterly's first poetry award, and a 49th Parallel
Prize from The Bellingham Review. Contact
person in the English Department: Tony
Trigilio, x. 8138.
The Fourth Annual
Undergraduate
Poetry Festival
Thursday,
April 10, 5:30 p.m.
Columbia
College Concert Hall
1014
South Michigan Avenue
Sponsored by the English Department of Columbia College Chicago, this event features outstanding student poets from School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago State University, DePaul University, Loyola University, National Louis University, Northeastern Illinois University, Northwestern University, Roosevelt University, University of Illinois Chicago, University of Chicago, and Columbia College Chicago. Contact person in the English Department: Tony Trigilio, x. 8138.
Maureen
Owen Poetry Reading
Thursday, April 24, 5:30 p.m.
Columbia College
Concert Hall
1014 South Michigan
Avenue
Maureen Owen has published nine poetry collections including Hearts in Space (Kulchur Press), Zombie Notes (Sun Press), Amelia Earhart (Vortex Editions), and Imaginary Income (Hanging Loose Press). Her book American Rush: Selected Poems, was published by Talisman House Publishers. Editor of the magazine Telephone and publisher of Telephone Editions, which prints poetry books, she has received an NEA Fellowship in poetry and a grant from the Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts. Her collection Amelia Earhart won the Before Columbus American Book Award for Poetry. Contact person in the English Department: David Trinidad, x. 8139.
South Loop Review Publication Party and Reading
Monday, April 28, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Hokin Annex, 623 So. Wabash
Hoang Hung
Poetry Reading
Thursday, May 22, 5:30 p.m.
Ferguson Theater
600 South Michigan Avenue
A leading Vietnamese poet and translator of Allen Ginsberg, Robert Creeley, and Charles Simic, among others, Mr. Hung is being allowed to publish his own poetry and travel outside of Vietnam after years of repression on political grounds. He has received awards from the French Ministry of Culture and the Vietnam Writers Union for his translation of the poems of Guillaume Apollinaire. This is his first visit to the United States. Contact person in English Department: Paul Hoover, (415) 389-1877.
Columbia Poetry Review
Publication Reading
Wednesday, May 28, 5:30 p.m.
Hokin Hall
623 South Wabash, First Floor Rear
Contributors to this year's issue of Columbia Poetry Review, the English Department's nationally distributed poetry magazine, will read their work. The winners of the 2003 Eileen Lannan Poetry Prize sponsored by the Academy of American Poets will also be announced. Contact person in English Department: Paul Hoover (415) 389-1877.
Quincy Troupe
Poetry Reading
Thursday, May 29, 5:30 p.m.
Ferguson Theater
600 South Michigan Avenue
Poet, performer, and editor Quincy Troupe is author of the poetry collections Choruses: Poems (Coffee House Press, 1999), Avalanche (1996), Weather Reports: New and Selected Poems (1991), Skulls along the River (1984), Snake-Back Solos: Selected Poems 1969-1977, which received the American Book Award, and Embryo Poems: 1967-1971. He is also the author of Miles: The Autobiography (1989), James Baldwin: The Legacy (1989), and Miles and Me: A Memoir of Miles Davis (2000). Born in New York City, he lives in San Diego. Contact person in English Department: Paul Hoover (415) 389-1877.
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.
