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2.24.2009
Reading at University of Rhode Island
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND
KINGSTON CAMPUS
Spring 2009 Read/Write Series
March 5th, 4:00 PM, in the new Lippit Auditorium 402
Jan Clausen and Jane Lazarre
Feminist activist Jan Clausen’s eleven books include two novels, the memoir Apples and Oranges, and five volumes of poetry. Her two most recent poetry titles, From a Glass House (IKON) and If You Like Difficulty (Harbor Mountain Press), both came out in 2007. Her fiction and poetry have appeared in Another Chicago Magazine, Fence, Kenyon Review, Ploughshares, Tarpaulin Sky, The Village Voice, and elsewhere, and she frequently reviews books and the literary scene for Boston Review, Ms., The Nation, Poets and Writers, and The Women’s Review of Books. She teaches creative writing at the New School and in the Goddard College MFA in Writing Program.
Jane Lazarre is the author of the acclaimed feminist classic, The Mother Knot, Beyond the Whiteness of Whiteness: Memoir of a White Mother of Black Sons, and Wet Earth and Dreams, a Narrative of Grief and Recovery, all published by Duke University Press, and the novels, The Powers of Charlotte (Crossing) and Worlds Beyond My Control (Dutton). Her short fiction and essays have been widely anthologized, and appear internationally and in translation. The recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts grant in fiction, a New York State Foundation for the Arts grant in fiction, and the Myers Center Award for the Study of Human Rights in America, Jane Lazarre will read from her new novel, Some Place Quite Unknown, just out from Hamilton Stone editions.
This event is co-sponsored by the Program in Womens Studies
All events are free and open to the public.
KINGSTON CAMPUS
Spring 2009 Read/Write Series
March 5th, 4:00 PM, in the new Lippit Auditorium 402
Jan Clausen and Jane Lazarre
Feminist activist Jan Clausen’s eleven books include two novels, the memoir Apples and Oranges, and five volumes of poetry. Her two most recent poetry titles, From a Glass House (IKON) and If You Like Difficulty (Harbor Mountain Press), both came out in 2007. Her fiction and poetry have appeared in Another Chicago Magazine, Fence, Kenyon Review, Ploughshares, Tarpaulin Sky, The Village Voice, and elsewhere, and she frequently reviews books and the literary scene for Boston Review, Ms., The Nation, Poets and Writers, and The Women’s Review of Books. She teaches creative writing at the New School and in the Goddard College MFA in Writing Program.
Jane Lazarre is the author of the acclaimed feminist classic, The Mother Knot, Beyond the Whiteness of Whiteness: Memoir of a White Mother of Black Sons, and Wet Earth and Dreams, a Narrative of Grief and Recovery, all published by Duke University Press, and the novels, The Powers of Charlotte (Crossing) and Worlds Beyond My Control (Dutton). Her short fiction and essays have been widely anthologized, and appear internationally and in translation. The recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts grant in fiction, a New York State Foundation for the Arts grant in fiction, and the Myers Center Award for the Study of Human Rights in America, Jane Lazarre will read from her new novel, Some Place Quite Unknown, just out from Hamilton Stone editions.
This event is co-sponsored by the Program in Womens Studies
All events are free and open to the public.
2.04.2009
Benefit Reading for Gaza Relief
Saturday, February 7, 2009, 7:00pm
McNally Jackson Bookstore.
52 Prince Street (between Lafayette & Mulberry)
New York, NY 10012
212.274.1160
With authors Mary Morris, Wesley Brown, Alix Kates Shulman, Elizabeth Strout, Dawn Raffel, Levi Asher, Melody Moezzi, Beverly Gologorsky, Chuck Wachtel, Leora Skolkin-Smith, Robert Reilly, Jan Clausen, Barbara Schneider, Humerea Afridi, and others to be announced.
This evening's special event aims to raise awareness and funds for humanitarian aid to civilian victims in Gaza. Proceeds from this reading will go to the International Red Cross in order to facilitate relief work and aid in their efforts to coordinate safe passage for ambulances and repair technicians from Israel to Gaza.
McNally Jackson Bookstore.
52 Prince Street (between Lafayette & Mulberry)
New York, NY 10012
212.274.1160
With authors Mary Morris, Wesley Brown, Alix Kates Shulman, Elizabeth Strout, Dawn Raffel, Levi Asher, Melody Moezzi, Beverly Gologorsky, Chuck Wachtel, Leora Skolkin-Smith, Robert Reilly, Jan Clausen, Barbara Schneider, Humerea Afridi, and others to be announced.
This evening's special event aims to raise awareness and funds for humanitarian aid to civilian victims in Gaza. Proceeds from this reading will go to the International Red Cross in order to facilitate relief work and aid in their efforts to coordinate safe passage for ambulances and repair technicians from Israel to Gaza.
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