Public Readings Series Spring 2003
New York University
Creative Writing Program Reading Series
Presented in Cooperation with the NYU Book Centers
Spring 2003
Stanley Kunitz on Paul Celan and the Poetry of the Holocaust
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Creative Writing Program Alumni Reading
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Agha Shahid Ali Memorial Reading: Michael Collier and Tom SleighTwo distinguished poets will read from their work and the work of Agha Shahid Ali in memory of the late poet. Michael Collier's most recent volume of poems is The Ledge, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Tom Sleigh's new book of poems is Far Side of the Earth. |
Paul AusterThe acclaimed novelist, essayist, poet and translator is the author, most recently, of the novels The Book of Illusions and Timbuktu. |
Goldwater Hospital Writing Project Benefit Reading Honoring Stanley Kunitz and the Writers from Goldwater HospitalStanley Kunitz will receive the 2003 Jean Kennedy Smith NYU Creative Writing Award of Distinction and read with the Goldwater Hospital Golden Writers. Voluntary donation requested at the door. |
Gerald DaweIrish poet Gerald Dawe reads from his new collection Lake Geneva, a "deft and absorbing collection of intensely contemporary poems." |
An evening of poetry and fiction to benefit Washington SquareThe Literary Journal of the NYU Graduate Creative Writing Program Friday, April 25th at 7 pm |
MFA Graduate Student ReadingStudents graduating from the Creative Writing Program in May 2003 will read from their work. |
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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.
