THE NEW SCHOOL PRESENTS leading literary voices
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NEW YORK, October 20, 2011 - The New School completes the fall semester with a rich array of public programming focusing on writing and literature. The New School, which in 2011-12 celebrates its 80th year of Creative Writing education, has for decades offered renowned public readings, lectures, and panel discussions featuring literature's most influential authors. EDITOR'S NOTE: CLICK FOR A FULL CALENDAR OF EVENTS. All public programs are subject to change. On Monday, October 24, Villa Gillet's Walls and Bridges Series will bring to The New School "Affinities," an exploration of creative partnerships. The event will open with a discussion on "disruptive kinship," featuring leading philosophers Judith Butler and Avital Ronell and noted literary critic Hélène Cixous. The panel discussion will be followed by performance by internationally renowned pianist Jay Gottlieb. In keeping with annual tradition, the most influential writers of the year will come to The New School for the National Book Awards Finalists Reading (Nov. 15). Finalists reading from their nominated works will include historian Stephen Greenblatt (The Swerve), poet Adrienne Rich (Tonight No Poetry Will Serve: Poems 2007-2010), novelist Tea Obreht (The Tiger's Wife), and graphic novelist and New School professor Laura Redniss (Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie, A Tale of Love and Fallout). Two New School series featuring new voices in African-American literature continue in November and December. The Women Writers of the Diaspora Series welcomes novelist, historian and filmmaker Jacqueline Bishop (Oct. 27), author of My Mother Who Is Me: Life Stories from Jamaican Women in New York. The ongoing partnership between African-American poets' collective Cave Canem and The New School's Creative Writing program brings a reading by Camille Dungy, Marcus Jackson, and Nagueyalti Warren on Nov. 1. Along with this semester's Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Poetry forums, which bring to campus recently published authors for readings and discussion, the Writing for Children Forums will present two rising stars of children's literature. Matt de la Peña, whose novel Ball Don't Lie, has been adapted into an upcoming film starring Ludacris, will discuss his work on November 8. Mark Alan Stamaty will read from his books Who Needs Donuts? and Shake, Rattle and Turn That Noise Down! on December 13. EDITOR'S NOTE: CLICK FOR A FULL CALENDAR OF EVENTS. All public programs are subject to change. |
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