February 1, 2012 - March 1, 2012
A Reading by Howard Markel and Amanda Smith
Date: February 1, 2012 6:30 p.m.
Howard Markel and Amanda Smith, the authors of An Anatomy of Addiction: Sigmund Freud, William Halsted and the Miracle Drug, and Newspaper Titan: The Infamous Life and Monumental Times of Cissy Patterson will read from their works.Howard Markel, M.D., Ph.D., is the George E. Wantz Distinguished Professor of the History of Medicine and director of the Center for the History of Medicine at the University of Michigan. His books include Quarantine! and When Germs Travel. His articles have appeared i...
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Riggio Forum: Truth or Consequences - Getting it Right in Long-Form Narrative
Date: February 2, 2012 6:30 p.m.
A discussion with contributors to Second Read: Writers Look Back at Classic Works of Reportage (CJR/Columbia University Press), moderated by James Marcus, deputy editor of Harper’s Magazine and the author of The Epicenter of the Dot-Com Juggernaut includes: Nicholson Baker, author of 13 books, including his most recent novel, House of Holes, and Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization.Gal Beckerman,a reporter at The Forward and the author of When They Come for Us, We...
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Fiction Forum: Ghita Schwarz
Date: February 6, 2012 6:30 p.m.
Ghita Schwarz’s first novel Displaced Persons was published in 2010. She grew up in a family of postwar Jewish refugees and attended Harvard College and Columbia Law School. A former mental health worker and legal services attorney, she is now a civil rights litigator specializing in immigrants' rights. Her fiction and non-fiction have appeared in Ploughshares, The Believer and The San Francisco Bay Guardian. Moderated by Jackson Taylor, associate director of the School of Writing. ...
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Writing for Children Forum: Andrea Davis Pinkney
Date: February 7, 2012 6:30 p.m.
Andrea Davis Pinkney is the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of 30 books for children and young adults. As Vice President, and Executive Editor for Scholastic, Andrea has acquired and edited a robust mix of titles, including Newbery and Coretta Scott King Award winners. One of the “25 Most Influential Black Women in Business,” she was also named one of the “25 Most Influential People in Our Children’s Lives” by Children’s Health Magazine. Moderated by Deborah Brodie, who after...
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New Location - Nonfiction Forum: George Scialabba
Date: February 9, 2012 6:30 p.m.
George Scialabba is a book critic whose reviews have appeared in the Boston Globe, Dissent, the Virginia Quarterly Review, The Nation, and The American Prospect. His most recent book is the collection of essays The Modern Predicament. His other books are Divided Mind and What Are Intellectuals Good For? Scialabba received the first Nona Balakian Excellence in Reviewing Award from the 2010 National Book Critics Circle. Moderated by James Miller, professor of Political Science and Liberal Studies,...
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CANCELLED: Riggio Forum: Cathy N. Davidson
Date: February 13, 2012 6:30 p.m.
This event has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience.Cathy N. Davidson is the author, most recently, of Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn. Her other books include Revolution and the Word: The Rise of the Novel in America, Reading in America: Literature and Social History, The Book of Love: Writers and Their Love Letters, and 36 Views of Mount Fuji: On Finding Myself in Japan. Davidson also collaborated with photographe...
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New Date - Fiction Forum: Marlon James
Date: February 14, 2012 6:30 p.m.
This event has been rescheduled from February 8 to February 14.Marlon James’ first novel, John Crow’s Devil, was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. His second novel, The Book of Night Women, was published in 2009. He is a professor of Literature and Creative Writing at Macalester College, St. Paul. Moderated by Jeffery Renard Allen, faculty member of the School of Writing. ...
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Cave Canem Presents: Toi Derricotte
Date: February 15, 2012 6:30 p.m.
Toi Derricotte has written many books of poems, including, most recently, The Undertaker’s Daughter. She is also the author of Tender, The Black Notebook, and Captivity. Derricotte has received the Lucille Medwick Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America, two Pushcart Prizes, and the Elizabeth Kray Award for Service to Poetry from Poets House. In 1996, she and Cornelius Eady founded Cave Canem Foundation, North America’s premier “home for black poetry.” Derricotte is a professor of Engl...
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Poetry Forum: Martha Rhodes
Date: February 21, 2012 6:30 p.m.
Martha Rhodes is the author of four collections of poetry: The Beds, At the Gate, Perfect Disappearance (winner of the Green Rose Prize), and Mother Quiet. In 1993, Rhodes co-founded Four Way Books, where she continues to serve as director. She teaches at Sarah Lawrence College and the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College. Moderated by Mark Bibbins, faculty member of the School of Writing. ...
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An Evening with William H. Gass
Date: February 22, 2012 6:30 p.m.
Wiliam H. Gass, the distinguished American novelist, short story writer, and essayist will read from his new book of essays Life Sentences just out by Knopf. “No essayist alive makes one hungrier to read than will William H. Gass.” - John Freeman, editor, GrantaModerated by Robert Polito, director, the School of Writing. ...
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A Reading by Robert Antoni
Date: February 27, 2012 6:30 p.m.
Robert Antoni is the author of Carnival: A Novel, My Grandmother’s Erotic Folktales, Blessed is the Fruit, and Divina Trace. He is the recipient of many awards, including an NEA, the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, and James Michener and Orowitz Fellowships. He is a contributing editor at the Paris Review and senior editor at Conjunctions. He is a faculty member at The New School Graduate Writing Program. Moderated by Tiphanie Yanique, associate professor of the School of Writing. ...
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Poetry Forum: Jason Schneiderman
Date: February 28, 2012 6:30 p.m.
Jason Schneiderman is the author of Striking Surface, winner of the Richard Snyder prize from Ashland Poetry Press, and Sublimation Point, a Stahlecker Selection from Four Way Books. His poetry and essays have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, including American Poetry Review, Harvard Review, The Best American Poetry, Grand Street, The Penguin Book of the Sonnet, Story Quarterly, and Tin House. He was the recipient of the Emily Dickinson Award from the Poetry Society of America in 2...
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