Public Readings Series Fall 2002
Creative Writing Program Reading Series
Presented in Cooperation with the NYU Book Centers
Fall 2002
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2002 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Awards Winners Eula Biss, Adrian Blevins, Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Ladette Randolph, L.B. Thompson, Kellie WellsThe Rona Jaffe Foundation provides support to women writers in the early stages of their writing careers. |
Cornelius Eady and Kimiko HahnEady, nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for The Gathering of My Name, is the author most recently of Brutal Imagination. Kimiko Hahn is the recipient of an American Book Award. Her new volume of poetry is The Artist’s Daughter. |
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Writers Harvest Reading with Breyten Breytenbach, Eamon Grennan, Galway Kinnell, Philip Levine, Paule Marshall, Sharon Olds, Chuck WachtelMembers of the Writing Program faculty read in support of Share Our Strength’s programs to fight hunger and poverty in the U.S. A voluntary donation is requested for this event. |
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Paule Marshall and The New Generation Series David Anthony Durham, Tayari Jones, and Martha Southgate.Paule Marshall introduces three emerging African-American writers. |
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For more information call the Creative Writing Program at 212-998-8816. |
This year’s reading series is made possible by generous support from the Lila Acheson Wallace Theater Fund, established in The New York Community Trust by the founders of the Reader’s Digest Association. We are also grateful to the Fales Library for additional support.
The NYU Creative Writing Program, with permanent faculty members E. L. Doctorow, Galway Kinnell, Paule Marshall and Sharon Olds, has distinguished itself for two decades as a leading national center for the study of literature and writing. The Reading Series is a vital component of the Writing Program, bringing both established and new writers to NYU. For more information contact the Creative Writing Program Director, Melissa Hammerle, at 212-998-8816, or creative.writing@nyu.edu.
