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…
Tag: Creative Writing
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…
Writers in Camden: Brenda Shaughnessy and Steve Scafidi To Read on 10/15
The Writers in Camden Series will continue its 2014-2015 season on Wednesday, October 15th, with a reading by poets Brenda Shaughnessy and Steve Scafidi. 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. Brenda Shaughnessy will offer a poetry workshop from 3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. … Continue reading Writers in Camden: Brenda Shaughnessy and Steve Scafidi To Read on 10/15…
MFA Students Launch New Literary Journal, “Cooper Street”
To be a good writer, you must be a good reader. Students in the graduate creative writing program (MFA) are putting that theory to the test with their new online literary magazine, Cooper Street, which launched its inaugural issue in May 2014. This student-run journal began its development last fall, after the decision to shutter … Continue reading MFA Students Launch New Literary Journal, “Cooper Street”…