March is Women’s History Month, and Rutgers University-Camden has a slew of activities scheduled to celebrate. This year’s theme is “Weaving the Stories of Women’s Lives.” The first event will take place on Wednesday, March 4th, with readings by students in the MFA Creative Writing Program. Cherita Harrell, Micaiah Johnson, Melanie McNair, and Stacey Seidl … Continue reading Women’s History Month Begins Its Month of Celebration on 3/4…
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Professor Brunch Series Scheduled for 3/2
The English Graduate Student Association and the Department of English will host the next installment of the Professor Brunch Series on Monday, March 2nd. Dr. Jim Brown, Assistant Professor of English and the Director of the Digital Studies Center, will discuss ”Writing with Machines.” The event begins at 12:30 p.m. in Fine Arts Building, Room 215. … Continue reading Professor Brunch Series Scheduled for 3/2…
Join the Rutgers Jazz and Literary Salon on 2/23
The Rutgers Jazz and Literary Salon will hold an event on Monday, February 23rd, from 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. in the Campus Center’s Multi-Purpose Room. Poet, publisher, and activist Ewuare Osayande and Dr. Keith Green, Associate Professor of English, are scheduled to present. The W.E.B. DuBois short story The Comet will be read and discussed. … Continue reading Join the Rutgers Jazz and Literary Salon on 2/23…
Writers in Camden Series Continues 2/18
The Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program will continue its Spring 2015 Writers in Camden series on Wednesday, February 11th, with readings by authors Mitchell S. Jackson and Tiphanie Yanique. Mr. Jackson’s debut novel The Residue Years was praised by publications including The New York Times,The Paris Review, The Times of London, and The … Continue reading Writers in Camden Series Continues 2/18…
Professor Brunch Series Returns 2/9
The English Graduate Student Association and the Department of English will host the next installment of the Professor Brunch Series on Monday, February 9th. Dr. Carol Singley, Professor of English and the author of Adopting America: Childhood, Kinship, and National Identity in Literature, will discuss “Adoption and Disability.” The event begins at 12:30 p.m. in … Continue reading Professor Brunch Series Returns 2/9…
“Cooper Street” Launches its Second Issue
The Rutgers University online literary journal, Cooper Street, launched its second issue on Thursday, January 29th. The issue contains six fiction pieces, five poems, four “postcards,” which are non-fiction narratives about locales as diverse as Amsterdam, Montreal, Detroit, and Fairbanks, Alaska; and an interview with the writer Elizabeth Mikesch, author of Niceties: Aural Ardor, Pardon Me. “We’re thrilled to … Continue reading “Cooper Street” Launches its Second Issue…
Writers in Camden Begins Spring 2015 Season on 1/28
The Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program will kick off its Spring 2015 Writers in Camden series on Wednesday, January 28th, with readings by authors Elisa Albert and Leslie Jamison. The event will begin at 7 p.m. in the Stedman Gallery, located in the Fine Arts Building. All readings, which are free and … Continue reading Writers in Camden Begins Spring 2015 Season on 1/28…
Writers in Camden: Linda Perez, Randall Horton, and Reginald Dwayne Betts To Read on 12/3
The Writers in Camden Series will close the Fall 2014 semester with a reading on Wednesday, December 3rd. The event is subtitled “Contemporary Authors and the Prisons,” and features writers Linda Perez, Randall Horton, and Reginald Dwayne Betts. The event will begin at 7 p.m. in the Stedman Gallery, located in the Fine Arts Building. There will be a reading, … Continue reading Writers in Camden: Linda Perez, Randall Horton, and Reginald Dwayne Betts To Read on 12/3…
Writers in Camden: Justin Torres and Gina Apostol To Read on 11/12
The Writers in Camden Series will continue its 2014-2015 season on Wednesday, November 12th, with a reading by Justin Torres and Gina Apostol. The reading, question and answer session, and reception will take place at 7 p.m. in the Stedman Gallery, located in the Fine Arts Building. Justin Torres will offer a fiction workshop from 3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. in … Continue reading Writers in Camden: Justin Torres and Gina Apostol To Read on 11/12…
Marathon Reading of Whitman’s “Song of Myself” Scheduled for 11/13
The Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts (RCCA) and the Department of English have joined together to present the First Annual Marathon Reading of Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself,” on Thursday, November 13th, at 4 p.m. in the Stedman Gallery. The reading, in 52 sections, will run just under two hours. If you would like to lend … Continue reading Marathon Reading of Whitman’s “Song of Myself” Scheduled for 11/13…