Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, veteran journalists Helen Thomas and Roger Mudd, and professional wrestler Bret Hart will join 90 other authors at the 31st Annual National Press Club Book Fair on Nov. 18.
The fair, which is open to the public, will also feature Senator Mel Martinez, Kerry Kennedy, youngest daughter of Robert Kennedy, sports author William Nack, Russell Baker and Jim Wooten, (featuring the work of their friend and colleague, the late David Halberstam) James Reston, Jr., former "Dukes of Hazzard" star, former Rep. Ben Jones, adventure author Stephen Coonts and historian Eleanor Herman.
Renowned artist, Wendell Minor, whose illustrations have graced over 2000 books, including the covers of bestsellers for David McCullough, has designed and commemorative poster for this year's event. Mr. Minor will be in attendance along with Loretta and Linda Sanchez (the first-ever sisters in the House of Representatives), Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Senator Jim DeMint, celebrity chefs including Bon Appetit editor-in-chief Barbara Fairchild, Kennedy family chef Neil Connolly, and "Made in Spain" star Jose Andres.
All authors will be in present to sign their books. However, no outside books are permitted. Admission is $5 for non-members. Club members are admitted at no charge.
For more than three decades, Washington-area residents have stocked up on holiday gifts at this prestigious event. Guests will find everything from historical authors dressed in period costume to cookbook authors with samples of their favorite recipes. The National Press Club Book Fair offers something for everyone.
A portion of the proceeds from the event benefit the Eric Friedheim National Journalism Library, the Club's 501(c) 3 organization, which runs a world-class research facility for journalists and provides extensive training to journalists to prepare them to meet the challenges of a changing profession.
The National Press Club is located at the corner or 14th and F and two blocks from Metro Center. The event is open from 5:30 p.m. -8:30 p.m. For a complete list of authors, to register, and for more information, go to www.press.org.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Oct 29 2008 - Author Russell Banks to Deliver Literary Reading at Pitt
Author Russell Banks will give a literary reading at 8:30 p.m. Oct. 29 in the University of Pittsburgh's David Lawrence Hall, 3942 Forbes Ave., Oakland. This event is part of the Pittsburgh Contemporary Writers Series 2008-09 season.
A writer of both fiction and poetry, Banks is the author of the novels "The Reserve" (Harper Collins, 2008), "Cloudsplitter" (Harper Collins, 1999), "Rule of the Bone" (Harper Collins, 1996), "The Sweet Hereafter" (Harper Collins, 1991), and "Continental Drift" (Harper Collins, 1985). He also has contributed poems, short stories, and essays to such publications as "The Boston Globe Magazine," "Vanity Fair," "The New York Times Book Review," "Esquire," and "Harper's".
The eldest of four children, Banks grew up in a working-class neighborhood in Newton, Mass., a fact that has played a major role in the subject matter of his writing. His stories often depict characters facing tragedy and downturns in everyday life while showing resilience and strength in the face of such adversity.
His works have been translated into more than 20 languages and have earned numerous literary awards, including the Ingram Merrill Award, the John Dos Passos Award, and the Literature Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His novels also have been Pulitzer Prize and PEN/Faulkner finalists.
Banks also is one of the founders of Cities of Refuge North America, a nonprofit network of sanctuaries for writers exiled under threat of death, imprisonment, or persecution in their native countries. He is president of the International Parliament of Writers and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As a professor of literature, he has taught at the University of New Hampshire, Columbia University, Sarah Lawrence College, New England College, New York University, and Princeton University. He is currently an artist-in-residence at the University of Maryland.
The 2008-09 Pittsburgh Contemporary Writers Series season is cosponsored by Pitt's Department of English in the School of Arts and Sciences, University Center for International Studies, Asian Studies Center, China Council Confucious Institute, Cultural Studies Program, Women's Studies Program, and Book Center and by the Carnegie Mellon University Creative Writing Program.
All events in the Writers Series are free and open to the public. For more information, contact Jeff Oaks at oaks@pitt.edu, or visit www.umc.pitt.edu/news/documents/morningreport/2008/08/wsschedule.pdf
A writer of both fiction and poetry, Banks is the author of the novels "The Reserve" (Harper Collins, 2008), "Cloudsplitter" (Harper Collins, 1999), "Rule of the Bone" (Harper Collins, 1996), "The Sweet Hereafter" (Harper Collins, 1991), and "Continental Drift" (Harper Collins, 1985). He also has contributed poems, short stories, and essays to such publications as "The Boston Globe Magazine," "Vanity Fair," "The New York Times Book Review," "Esquire," and "Harper's".
The eldest of four children, Banks grew up in a working-class neighborhood in Newton, Mass., a fact that has played a major role in the subject matter of his writing. His stories often depict characters facing tragedy and downturns in everyday life while showing resilience and strength in the face of such adversity.
His works have been translated into more than 20 languages and have earned numerous literary awards, including the Ingram Merrill Award, the John Dos Passos Award, and the Literature Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His novels also have been Pulitzer Prize and PEN/Faulkner finalists.
Banks also is one of the founders of Cities of Refuge North America, a nonprofit network of sanctuaries for writers exiled under threat of death, imprisonment, or persecution in their native countries. He is president of the International Parliament of Writers and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As a professor of literature, he has taught at the University of New Hampshire, Columbia University, Sarah Lawrence College, New England College, New York University, and Princeton University. He is currently an artist-in-residence at the University of Maryland.
The 2008-09 Pittsburgh Contemporary Writers Series season is cosponsored by Pitt's Department of English in the School of Arts and Sciences, University Center for International Studies, Asian Studies Center, China Council Confucious Institute, Cultural Studies Program, Women's Studies Program, and Book Center and by the Carnegie Mellon University Creative Writing Program.
All events in the Writers Series are free and open to the public. For more information, contact Jeff Oaks at oaks@pitt.edu, or visit www.umc.pitt.edu/news/documents/morningreport/2008/08/wsschedule.pdf
Nov 1 2008 - UC Authors Featured at Cincinnati Book Festival
University of Cincinnati authors representing the McMicken College of Arts and Sciences, Clermont College and Raymond Walters College will be among the local and regional writing talent celebrated at the second-annual "Books by the Banks: Cincinnati USA Book Festival," which takes place from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 1, at the Duke Energy Convention Center downtown. The festival, which promises activities for the entire family, is free and open to the public.
Books by the Banks is organized by Borders Books, CET, Cincinnati Magazine, The Mercantile Library, the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County and University of Cincinnati Libraries. Visitors can meet more than 90 authors, buy signed books, take in author readings and panel discussions or visit the Target Kids' Corner that promises family fun for all ages.
The UC authors to be featured at Books by the Banks are
James Braziel, adjunct assistant professor of English & Comparative Literature for the McMicken College of Arts and Sciences ( A&S )
In the fiction category, Braziel will feature his debut novel, "Birmingham, 35 Miles" ( Bantam ). The novel portrays a dark, futuristic account of the life of a young migrant laborer in the south, which has become a desert due to an environmental disaster. Just north of Birmingham, a better life awaits him and his wife, if only they can get there.
James C. Wilson, professor of English & Comparative Literature, A&S
Wilson's memoir, "Weather Reports from the Autism Front: A Father's Memoir of His Autistic Son" ( McFarland & Company, Inc. ), is described as follows by Amazon.com: "Based on detailed research and a lifetime of personal experience, James Wilson recounts his personal journey as the primary companion of his now twenty-six-year-old autistic son, Sam. This realistic, irreverent account of an autistic young man and his misadventures while transitioning to adulthood provides enlightening truths as well as sardonic humor. Formally seen as a neurological disorder, autism is increasingly being looked upon as simply a form of neurodiversity. Rejecting mainstream attitudes, Wilson explores this modern view of autism through his own experience as well as quotes from autistic people and bloggers, some of whom are the most vocal proponents of this viewpoint. A detailed bibliography accompanies this engaging memoir of a father and son's experience negotiating the slippery slopes of normality."
Cynthia Crane, associate professor of English and Communication, Raymond Walters College
Crane's non-fiction book, "Divided Lives: The Untold Stories of Jewish-Christian Women in Nazi Germany" ( Macmillan ), reveals the stories of 10 women who were children of Jewish-Christian marriages in Nazi Germany, illuminating their physical and emotional trials, traumas and triumphs under the anti-Jewish laws of the Third Reich and post-World War II.
Gary Knepp, adjunct assistant professor of history and political science, Clermont College
Knepp's history, "Freedom's Struggle: A Response to Slavery from the Ohio Borderlands" ( Little Miami Publishing Company ), explores the role of Clermont County in the abolitionist movement and the Underground Railroad.
The festival features writing talent in 15 categories
Adult Fiction
Romance
Graphic Novels
Science Fiction
Adult Non-Fiction
Business/Career
Cooking
Local History
Local Travel
Spirituality
Sports
Memoir
Wellness
Children
Teen
The Books by the Banks Web site has information on all of the authors scheduled to appear at the event, as well as directions and parking information. For more information, call 513-369-6947.
Books by the Banks is organized by Borders Books, CET, Cincinnati Magazine, The Mercantile Library, the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County and University of Cincinnati Libraries. Visitors can meet more than 90 authors, buy signed books, take in author readings and panel discussions or visit the Target Kids' Corner that promises family fun for all ages.
The UC authors to be featured at Books by the Banks are
James Braziel, adjunct assistant professor of English & Comparative Literature for the McMicken College of Arts and Sciences ( A&S )
In the fiction category, Braziel will feature his debut novel, "Birmingham, 35 Miles" ( Bantam ). The novel portrays a dark, futuristic account of the life of a young migrant laborer in the south, which has become a desert due to an environmental disaster. Just north of Birmingham, a better life awaits him and his wife, if only they can get there.
James C. Wilson, professor of English & Comparative Literature, A&S
Wilson's memoir, "Weather Reports from the Autism Front: A Father's Memoir of His Autistic Son" ( McFarland & Company, Inc. ), is described as follows by Amazon.com: "Based on detailed research and a lifetime of personal experience, James Wilson recounts his personal journey as the primary companion of his now twenty-six-year-old autistic son, Sam. This realistic, irreverent account of an autistic young man and his misadventures while transitioning to adulthood provides enlightening truths as well as sardonic humor. Formally seen as a neurological disorder, autism is increasingly being looked upon as simply a form of neurodiversity. Rejecting mainstream attitudes, Wilson explores this modern view of autism through his own experience as well as quotes from autistic people and bloggers, some of whom are the most vocal proponents of this viewpoint. A detailed bibliography accompanies this engaging memoir of a father and son's experience negotiating the slippery slopes of normality."
Cynthia Crane, associate professor of English and Communication, Raymond Walters College
Crane's non-fiction book, "Divided Lives: The Untold Stories of Jewish-Christian Women in Nazi Germany" ( Macmillan ), reveals the stories of 10 women who were children of Jewish-Christian marriages in Nazi Germany, illuminating their physical and emotional trials, traumas and triumphs under the anti-Jewish laws of the Third Reich and post-World War II.
Gary Knepp, adjunct assistant professor of history and political science, Clermont College
Knepp's history, "Freedom's Struggle: A Response to Slavery from the Ohio Borderlands" ( Little Miami Publishing Company ), explores the role of Clermont County in the abolitionist movement and the Underground Railroad.
The festival features writing talent in 15 categories
Adult Fiction
Romance
Graphic Novels
Science Fiction
Adult Non-Fiction
Business/Career
Cooking
Local History
Local Travel
Spirituality
Sports
Memoir
Wellness
Children
Teen
The Books by the Banks Web site has information on all of the authors scheduled to appear at the event, as well as directions and parking information. For more information, call 513-369-6947.
Nov 6 2008 - Writers' Workshop alumna Katy Lederer reads her poetry
Poet Katy Lederer, an alumna of the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop, will be joined by poet Kazim Ali in a free reading at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, in the Prairie Lights bookstore at 15 S. Dubuque St. in downtown Iowa City. Listen live via the University of Iowa Writing University Web site writinguniversity.uiowa.edu.
The poets will read from their new books from the American Poets Continuum: Ali's "The Fortieth Day" and Lederer's "The Heaven-Sent Leaf."
Lederer is author of the poetry collection "Winter Sex" and the memoir "Poker Face: A Girlhood Among Gamblers," which Publishers Weekly included as Best Nonfiction Books of 2003 and Esquire Magazine named one of its eight Best Books of the Year 2003.
Ali is also the author of the poetry collection "The Far Mosque," winner of Alice James Books' New England/New York Award, and the novel "Quinn's Passage," named one of "The Best Books of 2005" by Chronogram magazine. He is a faculty member in creative writing at Oberlin College and teaches in the low-residency Master of Fine Arts program of the University of Southern Maine.
The Writers' Workshop is a graduate program in the UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
For UI arts information and calendar updates, visit http://www.uiowa.edu/artsiowa. To receive UI arts news by e-mail, go to http://list.uiowa.edu/archives/acr-news.html and click the link "Join or Leave ACR News," then follow the instructions.
The poets will read from their new books from the American Poets Continuum: Ali's "The Fortieth Day" and Lederer's "The Heaven-Sent Leaf."
Lederer is author of the poetry collection "Winter Sex" and the memoir "Poker Face: A Girlhood Among Gamblers," which Publishers Weekly included as Best Nonfiction Books of 2003 and Esquire Magazine named one of its eight Best Books of the Year 2003.
Ali is also the author of the poetry collection "The Far Mosque," winner of Alice James Books' New England/New York Award, and the novel "Quinn's Passage," named one of "The Best Books of 2005" by Chronogram magazine. He is a faculty member in creative writing at Oberlin College and teaches in the low-residency Master of Fine Arts program of the University of Southern Maine.
The Writers' Workshop is a graduate program in the UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
For UI arts information and calendar updates, visit http://www.uiowa.edu/artsiowa. To receive UI arts news by e-mail, go to http://list.uiowa.edu/archives/acr-news.html and click the link "Join or Leave ACR News," then follow the instructions.
Nov 12-15 2008 - 14th Annual Cucalorus Film Festival
A celebration of independent filmmaking returns to Wilmington, North Carolina on November 12 through November 15 during the 14th Annual Cucalorus Film Festival.
From its humble beginnings in 1994 as a one-night screening of Carolina-made independent films, the Cucalorus Film Festival (www.cucalorus.org) now spans four days with screenings of films from around the globe, workshops, panel discussions, and Q&A sessions. Featured among MovieMaker's "25 Festivals Worth the Entry Fee" (Spring 2008), the magazine hails Cucalorus for its supportive, laid back atmosphere, making it a true celebration of film.
Cucalorus 2008 will screen more than 150 films, including 50 full-length documentary and narrative feature films, and over 100 shorts. More than 70 filmmakers will attend this year's festival, traveling from Italy, Spain, Scotland, and Canada, and from cities across the United States. Guest filmmakers will share insights into their films during Q&A sessions that follow their screenings. Venues include Thalian Hall (310 Chestnut St.), Jengo's Playhouse (815 Princess Street), UNCW's Lumina Theatre (601 S. College Rd.), The Soapbox (255 N. Front Street), and Cameron Art Museum (3201 S. 17th Street).
Cucalorus 2008 gets underway on Wednesday night during the Kickoff Carnival at The Soapbox Laundro Lounge in Downtown Wilmington. The opening night event features innovative music videos and performances by the North Carolina bands The Invisibles and North Elementary. Also scheduled for opening night, "Dance-a-lorus" returns with its communion of dance and film whereby filmmakers pair with choreographers and dancers for a one-of-a-kind event.
New to Cucalorus is the Works-in-Progress program, offering filmmakers in the final stages of editing an opportunity to showcase their films in a workshop-style setting. Another new addition is a Vanguard program, featuring works by notable emerging filmmakers. For the youngsters, there's Kids! Fest, a family-friendly program of shorts made by-and for-kids, along with film-related workshops and activities. Other programs include: Racial Rewind (social awareness screenings); World Film (international films); Fragments (experimental works); UNCW Visions (shorts by UNCW film students); and Midnight Madness (experimental, horror, late-night material).
With a distinctly southern flair and non-competitive vibe, the Cucalorus Film Festival focuses on innovation, collaboration, and socializing among filmmakers and film lovers. Cucalorus 14 spotlight screenings include: "Intimidad," "Good Dick," "Crawford," "The 27 Club," "Explicit Ills," "Leroy," "Under the Sun," and "The Toe Tactic."
In addition to politically charged and technically groundbreaking works, the festival also focuses on Southern storytellers and their visions. Films with strong Carolina ties include: "Bending Space: Georges Rousse and The Durham" (Kenny Dalsheimer, Durham); "The Siamese Connection" (Joshua Gibson, Durham); "Bars + Tone Experiment" (Nicole Triche, Raleigh); and "The Skooks" by former NC resident Norwood Cheek (now working in L.A.). Wilmington filmmaker Erica Dunton's feature "The 27 Club" is among this year's spotlight screenings. Other Wilmington-made films include: "Pickin' & Trimmin'" by Matt Morris; "Troll Story" by Terry Linehan; and "Ichthyopolis" by Andre Silva.
For Cucalorus passes/ticket info, schedules, press kits, photos, and film descriptions, please call 910-343-5995 or visit www.Cucalorus.org.
From its humble beginnings in 1994 as a one-night screening of Carolina-made independent films, the Cucalorus Film Festival (www.cucalorus.org) now spans four days with screenings of films from around the globe, workshops, panel discussions, and Q&A sessions. Featured among MovieMaker's "25 Festivals Worth the Entry Fee" (Spring 2008), the magazine hails Cucalorus for its supportive, laid back atmosphere, making it a true celebration of film.
Cucalorus 2008 will screen more than 150 films, including 50 full-length documentary and narrative feature films, and over 100 shorts. More than 70 filmmakers will attend this year's festival, traveling from Italy, Spain, Scotland, and Canada, and from cities across the United States. Guest filmmakers will share insights into their films during Q&A sessions that follow their screenings. Venues include Thalian Hall (310 Chestnut St.), Jengo's Playhouse (815 Princess Street), UNCW's Lumina Theatre (601 S. College Rd.), The Soapbox (255 N. Front Street), and Cameron Art Museum (3201 S. 17th Street).
Cucalorus 2008 gets underway on Wednesday night during the Kickoff Carnival at The Soapbox Laundro Lounge in Downtown Wilmington. The opening night event features innovative music videos and performances by the North Carolina bands The Invisibles and North Elementary. Also scheduled for opening night, "Dance-a-lorus" returns with its communion of dance and film whereby filmmakers pair with choreographers and dancers for a one-of-a-kind event.
New to Cucalorus is the Works-in-Progress program, offering filmmakers in the final stages of editing an opportunity to showcase their films in a workshop-style setting. Another new addition is a Vanguard program, featuring works by notable emerging filmmakers. For the youngsters, there's Kids! Fest, a family-friendly program of shorts made by-and for-kids, along with film-related workshops and activities. Other programs include: Racial Rewind (social awareness screenings); World Film (international films); Fragments (experimental works); UNCW Visions (shorts by UNCW film students); and Midnight Madness (experimental, horror, late-night material).
With a distinctly southern flair and non-competitive vibe, the Cucalorus Film Festival focuses on innovation, collaboration, and socializing among filmmakers and film lovers. Cucalorus 14 spotlight screenings include: "Intimidad," "Good Dick," "Crawford," "The 27 Club," "Explicit Ills," "Leroy," "Under the Sun," and "The Toe Tactic."
In addition to politically charged and technically groundbreaking works, the festival also focuses on Southern storytellers and their visions. Films with strong Carolina ties include: "Bending Space: Georges Rousse and The Durham" (Kenny Dalsheimer, Durham); "The Siamese Connection" (Joshua Gibson, Durham); "Bars + Tone Experiment" (Nicole Triche, Raleigh); and "The Skooks" by former NC resident Norwood Cheek (now working in L.A.). Wilmington filmmaker Erica Dunton's feature "The 27 Club" is among this year's spotlight screenings. Other Wilmington-made films include: "Pickin' & Trimmin'" by Matt Morris; "Troll Story" by Terry Linehan; and "Ichthyopolis" by Andre Silva.
For Cucalorus passes/ticket info, schedules, press kits, photos, and film descriptions, please call 910-343-5995 or visit www.Cucalorus.org.
Nov 6-7 2008 - The 2008 Media Matters Writing Conference
The Boston Globe Foundation and The University of Massachusetts Boston announce the expansion of the annual Media Matters Writing Conference to include a second day devoted to middle school teachers and their students. The first day of the conference will be devoted to high school students and teachers, as in years past.
For the fourth year the Media Matters Writing Conference will be held at the UMass Boston's Campus Center. The program on Thursday, November 6 is for high school students and teachers. New this year, teachers and students in grades seven and eight are invited to attend the Media Matters Writing Conference on Friday, November 7.
Both days will focus on enhancing students' writing skills, and will include workshops on an array of topics including photojournalism, creative writing, investigative reporting, sportscasting, political cartooning, radio broadcasting and much more.
Workshops will be led by seasoned and expert reporters, newspaper editors, photographers, novelists, career coaches and other professionals with experience in the fields of journalism and writing.
The Media Matters Writing Conference is free and open to students and teachers from any senior and/or junior high school in New England. Advance registration is required. Registration is limited and spots fill quickly, so please visit www.umb.edu/mediamatters today for complete workshop and registration information.
For the fourth year the Media Matters Writing Conference will be held at the UMass Boston's Campus Center. The program on Thursday, November 6 is for high school students and teachers. New this year, teachers and students in grades seven and eight are invited to attend the Media Matters Writing Conference on Friday, November 7.
Both days will focus on enhancing students' writing skills, and will include workshops on an array of topics including photojournalism, creative writing, investigative reporting, sportscasting, political cartooning, radio broadcasting and much more.
Workshops will be led by seasoned and expert reporters, newspaper editors, photographers, novelists, career coaches and other professionals with experience in the fields of journalism and writing.
The Media Matters Writing Conference is free and open to students and teachers from any senior and/or junior high school in New England. Advance registration is required. Registration is limited and spots fill quickly, so please visit www.umb.edu/mediamatters today for complete workshop and registration information.
Nov 18 2008 - Renowned poet Molly Peacock to Speak
Renowned poet Molly Peacock will be the featured speaker in the next installment of Hofstra University's "Great Writers, Great Readings" series. Her reading will take place on Tuesday, November 18, at 7 p.m. at the Monroe Lecture Center Theater, located off of California Avenue on Hofstra's South Campus.
This event is free and open to the public. For information, please call ( 516 ) 463-5410.
"Great Writers, Great Readings" was launched by Hofstra University in recognition of the importance of writing and literature in a liberal arts education. In addition to a baccalaureate degree in English, Hofstra offers a Master of Arts in English and Creative Writing. The program's faculty include eminent essayist Philip Lopate, writers Erik Brogger and Julia Markus and two Guggenheim Fellows: novelist Martha McPhee and poet Phillis Levin.
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Molly Peacock is the author of six volumes of poetry, including The Second Blush and Cornucopia: New & Selected Poems, both published by W.W. Norton and Company. Her poems have appeared in The New Yorker, The Nation, The New Republic, The Paris Review, as well as other leading literary journals. Widely anthologized, her poems appear in The Best of the Best American Poetry and The Oxford Book of American Poetry.
This event is free and open to the public. For information, please call ( 516 ) 463-5410.
"Great Writers, Great Readings" was launched by Hofstra University in recognition of the importance of writing and literature in a liberal arts education. In addition to a baccalaureate degree in English, Hofstra offers a Master of Arts in English and Creative Writing. The program's faculty include eminent essayist Philip Lopate, writers Erik Brogger and Julia Markus and two Guggenheim Fellows: novelist Martha McPhee and poet Phillis Levin.
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Molly Peacock is the author of six volumes of poetry, including The Second Blush and Cornucopia: New & Selected Poems, both published by W.W. Norton and Company. Her poems have appeared in The New Yorker, The Nation, The New Republic, The Paris Review, as well as other leading literary journals. Widely anthologized, her poems appear in The Best of the Best American Poetry and The Oxford Book of American Poetry.
Oct 27 2008 - The Essential Internship: Snaring One in the Media, Public Relations, and Publishing
The University of Pittsburgh's Department of English in the School of Arts and Sciences and "The Pitt News," Pitt's student newspaper, will host a panel discussion titled "The Essential Internship: Snaring One in the Media, Public Relations, and Publishing," at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 27, William Pitt Union Lower Lounge, 3959 Fifth Ave., Oakland.
In addition to the panel discussion, the annual Al McDowell Memorial Scholarship, named in memory of the Pittsburgh broadcasting pioneer and 1952 School of Arts and Sciences graduate, will be presented to a Pitt undergraduate student in the English department's nonfiction writing program.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Writing Internship Coordinator Caren Marcus at 412-624-1737 or caren@pitt.edu.
In addition to the panel discussion, the annual Al McDowell Memorial Scholarship, named in memory of the Pittsburgh broadcasting pioneer and 1952 School of Arts and Sciences graduate, will be presented to a Pitt undergraduate student in the English department's nonfiction writing program.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Writing Internship Coordinator Caren Marcus at 412-624-1737 or caren@pitt.edu.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Nov 19 2008 - How To Profit From Social Media Marketing
What's Working NOW!, Conference Call University and DM2-DecisionMaker are presenting a 90-minute educational webinar with author and consultant Shel Holtz. The program will take place on Wednesday, November 19 from 11:30 AM until 1:00 PM EST (11:30 - 13:00 GMT). For complete information and registration please visit http://www.whatsworkingnow.net/.
Holtz, the author of seven highly regarded books, is one of the country's top social media experts. His eighth book, "Tactical Transparency: How Leaders Can Leverage Social Media to Maximize Value and Build their Brand," will be released in November. The title of his What's Working NOW presentation is "How To Profit From Social Media Marketing."
Cost for the live, interactive session is $119.
A principal with Holtz Communication Technology, Mr. Holtz, ABC (Accredited Business Communicator), has nearly 30 years of marketing and public relations experience, both as a consultant for such organizations as Aetna, Intel, Disney and FedEx and on the client side for Allergan, Mattel and others. In the webinar Holtz will share results from a host of recent case studies and offer numerous best practices examples.
Both B-to-B and B-to-C examples and case studies will be presented. Specific companies whose social media marketing successes will be profiled include Southwest Airlines and Sun Microsystems along with others.
Attendees will get tactical and strategic recommendations for maximizing results from well-known social media marketing tools such as Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, Twitter and YouTube. In addition, Holtz will profile offerings from such fast-emerging social media players as Seesmic, uStream, Jaiku, Pownce and There.com...and discuss how these tools can also be used to achieve marketing and sales objectives. Plus, blogging tips and tactics.
Specific tips, pointers, tactics, strategies and challenges discussed include -
-- How social media can be applied strategically in your organization to support both communication efforts and the bottom line
-- 3 social media marketing must do's and three must don'ts
-- Which social media marketing tools to use under which circumstances
Profitable ways to use multimedia as a form of conversation.
Holtz, the author of seven highly regarded books, is one of the country's top social media experts. His eighth book, "Tactical Transparency: How Leaders Can Leverage Social Media to Maximize Value and Build their Brand," will be released in November. The title of his What's Working NOW presentation is "How To Profit From Social Media Marketing."
Cost for the live, interactive session is $119.
A principal with Holtz Communication Technology, Mr. Holtz, ABC (Accredited Business Communicator), has nearly 30 years of marketing and public relations experience, both as a consultant for such organizations as Aetna, Intel, Disney and FedEx and on the client side for Allergan, Mattel and others. In the webinar Holtz will share results from a host of recent case studies and offer numerous best practices examples.
Both B-to-B and B-to-C examples and case studies will be presented. Specific companies whose social media marketing successes will be profiled include Southwest Airlines and Sun Microsystems along with others.
Attendees will get tactical and strategic recommendations for maximizing results from well-known social media marketing tools such as Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, Twitter and YouTube. In addition, Holtz will profile offerings from such fast-emerging social media players as Seesmic, uStream, Jaiku, Pownce and There.com...and discuss how these tools can also be used to achieve marketing and sales objectives. Plus, blogging tips and tactics.
Specific tips, pointers, tactics, strategies and challenges discussed include -
-- How social media can be applied strategically in your organization to support both communication efforts and the bottom line
-- 3 social media marketing must do's and three must don'ts
-- Which social media marketing tools to use under which circumstances
Profitable ways to use multimedia as a form of conversation.
Oct 21 2008 - Building Relationships with Reporters - Philadelphia, PA
The Board of Directors of IABC Philadelphia, the local chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators, announced Tony DeFazio will lead its October seminar "Building Relationships with Reporters" October 21, 2008 from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. at the PECO Building, 2301 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA. DeFazio, president of DeFazio Communications, a Conshohocken-based public relations firm, will lead an informative session discussing best practices for working with leading print, broadcast and Internet journalists.
More than any other interest group, the media can influence how a company is perceived by its constituencies. Their knowledge-and keen sense of what determines the news- presents an opportunity for companies to harness their objectivity to gain valuable exposure for key business initiatives. Corporate communicator's success lies in nurturing relationships with reporters, producers and Internet bloggers.
This presentation should not be missed by corporate communicators and public relations executives who are responsible for their company's media relations programs,” said Lauren Conway president of IABC Philadelphia. “Tony DeFazio is one of the leading publicists in the Philadelphia region. As an entrepreneur, agency executive and accomplished corporate communicator, he brings 20 years of experience working on the front lines with the world's top media.
DeFazio is president of DeFazio Communications, LLC, a Conshohocken, PA-based public relations firm. He also served as director of public relations for American Financial Realty Trust. Prior to that, he was executive vice president of Gregory FCA Communications.
For more information or to register, visit http://philadelphia.iabc.com/. This seminar is $30 for IABC Members; $45 for Non-Members.
More than any other interest group, the media can influence how a company is perceived by its constituencies. Their knowledge-and keen sense of what determines the news- presents an opportunity for companies to harness their objectivity to gain valuable exposure for key business initiatives. Corporate communicator's success lies in nurturing relationships with reporters, producers and Internet bloggers.
This presentation should not be missed by corporate communicators and public relations executives who are responsible for their company's media relations programs,” said Lauren Conway president of IABC Philadelphia. “Tony DeFazio is one of the leading publicists in the Philadelphia region. As an entrepreneur, agency executive and accomplished corporate communicator, he brings 20 years of experience working on the front lines with the world's top media.
DeFazio is president of DeFazio Communications, LLC, a Conshohocken, PA-based public relations firm. He also served as director of public relations for American Financial Realty Trust. Prior to that, he was executive vice president of Gregory FCA Communications.
For more information or to register, visit http://philadelphia.iabc.com/. This seminar is $30 for IABC Members; $45 for Non-Members.
The 2009 San Francisco Writers Conference
If writing is your passion, why not leave your heart in San Francisco this Valentine's Day and bring home a book contract? The 2009 San Francisco Writers Conference will offer its extraordinary 3-day program featuring best-selling authors, literary agents and editors from the West Coast and New York. The event will be held at the InterContinental Mark Hopkins Hotel over President's Day Weekend (also Valentine's Day) February 13th -15th, 2009.
This event is invaluable for writers who are ready to connect with the publishing industry. The San Francisco Writers Conference is known for attracting top literary agents looking for talented new clients. "We are especially pleased to have so many editors from the major publishing houses coming to the event this year," says SFWC director and literary agent Elizabeth Pomada. The editors will be featured in the "Ask-A-Pro" breakout sessions included for all attendees.
Attendees can attend any of the 50+ information-packed sessions covering all writing genres and practical topics including book marketing and state-of-the-art author promotion techniques. Full details and on-line registration are available at the website: www.SFWriters.org
The San Francisco Writers Conference presenters will include Pulitzer Prize winning author Jane Smiley (A Thousand Acres), and bestselling authors Richard North Patterson and Lolly Winston (Good Grief) as keynoters; as well as Christine Feehan, Carolyn See, Georgeanne Brennan, Cara Black, Ellen Hopkins, Irvin & Marilyn Yalom, Victoria Zackheim, Cristina Garcia, Brenda Novak, Shawna Yang Ryan, Carol Goman, and Aileen Bridgewater. Returning presenters include Sheldon Siegel, Herbert Gold, Jan Wahl, Mary Mackey, Philippa Burgess, Barnaby Conrad, Penny Warner, D.P. Lyle, Kathleen Antrim, Kathi Kamen Goldmark, Joyce Turley, Barbara Santos, Elisa Southard and Teresa LeYung Ryan. A presenters list is posted on the event website at www.SFWriters.org
The San Francisco Writers Conference offers both writing sessions and insider publishing information. Major publishing houses will be at the San Francisco Writers Conference including St. Martin's Press, HarperCollins, Bantam/Dell, Walker Books, Jossey-Bass/Wiley, and more.
The San Francisco Writers Conference registration fee includes writing workshops, panel discussions, keynote speakers, and information on traditional publishing and self-publishing.
The optional 'Speed Dating for Agents' session is valuable for writers looking for an agent. Attendees get to 'pitch' their books to as many agents as they can see, face-to-face in three-minute consultations during the session! The session is open only to SFWC attendees for $50. Get all the details at http://www.sfwriters.org/
This event is invaluable for writers who are ready to connect with the publishing industry. The San Francisco Writers Conference is known for attracting top literary agents looking for talented new clients. "We are especially pleased to have so many editors from the major publishing houses coming to the event this year," says SFWC director and literary agent Elizabeth Pomada. The editors will be featured in the "Ask-A-Pro" breakout sessions included for all attendees.
Attendees can attend any of the 50+ information-packed sessions covering all writing genres and practical topics including book marketing and state-of-the-art author promotion techniques. Full details and on-line registration are available at the website: www.SFWriters.org
The San Francisco Writers Conference presenters will include Pulitzer Prize winning author Jane Smiley (A Thousand Acres), and bestselling authors Richard North Patterson and Lolly Winston (Good Grief) as keynoters; as well as Christine Feehan, Carolyn See, Georgeanne Brennan, Cara Black, Ellen Hopkins, Irvin & Marilyn Yalom, Victoria Zackheim, Cristina Garcia, Brenda Novak, Shawna Yang Ryan, Carol Goman, and Aileen Bridgewater. Returning presenters include Sheldon Siegel, Herbert Gold, Jan Wahl, Mary Mackey, Philippa Burgess, Barnaby Conrad, Penny Warner, D.P. Lyle, Kathleen Antrim, Kathi Kamen Goldmark, Joyce Turley, Barbara Santos, Elisa Southard and Teresa LeYung Ryan. A presenters list is posted on the event website at www.SFWriters.org
The San Francisco Writers Conference offers both writing sessions and insider publishing information. Major publishing houses will be at the San Francisco Writers Conference including St. Martin's Press, HarperCollins, Bantam/Dell, Walker Books, Jossey-Bass/Wiley, and more.
The San Francisco Writers Conference registration fee includes writing workshops, panel discussions, keynote speakers, and information on traditional publishing and self-publishing.
The optional 'Speed Dating for Agents' session is valuable for writers looking for an agent. Attendees get to 'pitch' their books to as many agents as they can see, face-to-face in three-minute consultations during the session! The session is open only to SFWC attendees for $50. Get all the details at http://www.sfwriters.org/
UC Irvine Extension Offers New Course on Fiction Writing
The University of California, Irvine Extension announced plans to offer a new course designed for creative writers interested in penning novels for young adults. The course, "Fiction Writing for Young Adults" is available in an online format, allowing writers from all over the world to gain knowledge on how to produce successful novels for publication.
"Today's writing market reflects a rise in popularity and an increase in audience for young adult novels," said Kirwan Rockefeller, Ph.D., director of UC Irvine Extension's Arts and Humanities Programs. "With so many novels focusing on adolescent experiences, the ability to create a piece of work that holds the attention of readers of all ages will definitely lend authors a greater chance of getting novels published."
Students will learn to think as aspiring authors, identifying elements within fiction novels that have successfully captured the attention and interest of the young adult target audience. While course work will help strengthen writing skills, it will also help participants develop the ability to create realistic young adult characters and produce effective plots, scenes and dialogues.
Course instructor, Erin Leigh Brescia, Master of Liberal Arts, has written eight young adult novels, with her latest, "One Wish," set for publication in early 2009. Her interests include 19th century female authors, Jane Austen, and celebrated young adult authors such as Sarah Dessen, Meg Cabot and Stephanie Meyer. Brescia currently teaches for Davenport University in Michigan and for the American Military University.
"This course will focus on character development, plot, conflict, dialogue, scene and revision as they relate to the emerging young adult novel," said Brescia. "Writers will come together in an online workshop setting to share creative ideas to help each other formulate imaginative, original stories."
For more information on the course or about UC Irvine Extension, please contact the Arts and Humanities Programs Department at unexarts@uci.edu or call 949-824-5414 to enroll. The course runs from Jan. 12 to March 8, 2009.
"Today's writing market reflects a rise in popularity and an increase in audience for young adult novels," said Kirwan Rockefeller, Ph.D., director of UC Irvine Extension's Arts and Humanities Programs. "With so many novels focusing on adolescent experiences, the ability to create a piece of work that holds the attention of readers of all ages will definitely lend authors a greater chance of getting novels published."
Students will learn to think as aspiring authors, identifying elements within fiction novels that have successfully captured the attention and interest of the young adult target audience. While course work will help strengthen writing skills, it will also help participants develop the ability to create realistic young adult characters and produce effective plots, scenes and dialogues.
Course instructor, Erin Leigh Brescia, Master of Liberal Arts, has written eight young adult novels, with her latest, "One Wish," set for publication in early 2009. Her interests include 19th century female authors, Jane Austen, and celebrated young adult authors such as Sarah Dessen, Meg Cabot and Stephanie Meyer. Brescia currently teaches for Davenport University in Michigan and for the American Military University.
"This course will focus on character development, plot, conflict, dialogue, scene and revision as they relate to the emerging young adult novel," said Brescia. "Writers will come together in an online workshop setting to share creative ideas to help each other formulate imaginative, original stories."
For more information on the course or about UC Irvine Extension, please contact the Arts and Humanities Programs Department at unexarts@uci.edu or call 949-824-5414 to enroll. The course runs from Jan. 12 to March 8, 2009.
Oct 23 2008 - UA Award-Winning Poets to Share Their Work
Luci Tapahonso and Ofelia Zepeda, two well-known University of Arizona authors and poets, will celebrate the release of their new works this month.
The UA Poetry Center and the UA Press are teaming up to host a book release party for the authors: Tapahonso's "A Radiant Curve" and Zepeda's "Where Clouds Are Formed."
The Oct. 23 event will begin at 8 p.m. in the Dorothy Rubel Room at the UA Poetry Center, 1508 E. Helen St.
Tapahonso – an award-winning Navajo poet and professor – will read from her new book, which is her sixth collection of stories and verse.
A UA American Indian Studies and English professor, Tapahonso finds sacredness in everyday life. Whether viewing a sunset in a desert sky, listening to her granddaughter recount how she spent her day or visiting her mother after her father has died, Tapahonso said she finds traces of her own memories along with echoes of the voices of her Navajo ancestors.
She weaves the Navajo language into her work like she weaves "the first four rows of black yarn" into a rug she is making "for my little grandson, who inherited my father's name: Hastiin Tsรฉtah Naaki Bรญsรณรญ."
Tapahonso is the author of three children's books and six books of poetry, including "Blue Horses Rush In," which was awarded the Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association's 1998 Regional Book Award in Poetry. In 2006 she received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native Writers Circle of the Americas.
Zepeda – an award-winning Tohono O'odham poet and professor– will also read from her new book during the Oct. 23 event.
A recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship for her work in American Indian language education, Zepeda has devoted her life to the preservation of her native language and customs and is a poet who possesses a kind of double vision, seeing the contemporary world through her own highly observant eyes and, at the same time, through the eyes of her ancestors.
Zepeda, a Regents' Professor in the UA linguistics department, is as clear-eyed about the past as she is about the present and recalls waiting for the school bus on a cold morning inside her father's truck, listening to the sounds of the engine, the windshield wipers, and the "soft rain on the hood."
In the present, she sees both the frustration and the humor in a woman she observes trying to eat pancakes with one hand while her other resides in a cast. She said: "Watching her, I realize eating pancakes is a two-handed job." Whatever Zepeda sees, she filters through her second set of eyes, which keep the past always present.
Zepeda is the author of two previous books of poetry, including "Ocean Power: Poems from the Desert" and also the first grammar textbook of the Tohono O'odham language, "A Tohono O'odham Grammar."
The UA Poetry Center and the UA Press are teaming up to host a book release party for the authors: Tapahonso's "A Radiant Curve" and Zepeda's "Where Clouds Are Formed."
The Oct. 23 event will begin at 8 p.m. in the Dorothy Rubel Room at the UA Poetry Center, 1508 E. Helen St.
Tapahonso – an award-winning Navajo poet and professor – will read from her new book, which is her sixth collection of stories and verse.
A UA American Indian Studies and English professor, Tapahonso finds sacredness in everyday life. Whether viewing a sunset in a desert sky, listening to her granddaughter recount how she spent her day or visiting her mother after her father has died, Tapahonso said she finds traces of her own memories along with echoes of the voices of her Navajo ancestors.
She weaves the Navajo language into her work like she weaves "the first four rows of black yarn" into a rug she is making "for my little grandson, who inherited my father's name: Hastiin Tsรฉtah Naaki Bรญsรณรญ."
Tapahonso is the author of three children's books and six books of poetry, including "Blue Horses Rush In," which was awarded the Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association's 1998 Regional Book Award in Poetry. In 2006 she received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native Writers Circle of the Americas.
Zepeda – an award-winning Tohono O'odham poet and professor– will also read from her new book during the Oct. 23 event.
A recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship for her work in American Indian language education, Zepeda has devoted her life to the preservation of her native language and customs and is a poet who possesses a kind of double vision, seeing the contemporary world through her own highly observant eyes and, at the same time, through the eyes of her ancestors.
Zepeda, a Regents' Professor in the UA linguistics department, is as clear-eyed about the past as she is about the present and recalls waiting for the school bus on a cold morning inside her father's truck, listening to the sounds of the engine, the windshield wipers, and the "soft rain on the hood."
In the present, she sees both the frustration and the humor in a woman she observes trying to eat pancakes with one hand while her other resides in a cast. She said: "Watching her, I realize eating pancakes is a two-handed job." Whatever Zepeda sees, she filters through her second set of eyes, which keep the past always present.
Zepeda is the author of two previous books of poetry, including "Ocean Power: Poems from the Desert" and also the first grammar textbook of the Tohono O'odham language, "A Tohono O'odham Grammar."
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Oct 14 2008 - PR Newswire Brings Popular 'PR in a Web 2.0 World' Seminar to Nashville
PR Newswire's Director of Emerging Media, Michael Pranikoff, will present "PR in a Web 2.0 World," an interactive discussion on the how Web 2.0 can bring an organization's communications program to the next level, on Oct. 14 at the Sheraton Nashville Downtown Hotel.
The face of PR is changing as the tools of PR evolve. In order to stay ahead of the innovations, communications professionals need to know how to use new media techniques and also stay apprised of what the next big thing will be.
Pranikoff will lead an interactive discussion on how communicators can utilize the new technology that is driving emerging media. He will provide a real world case study utilizing those tools and give communications professionals the information they need to incorporate those tools into their program. This program is both for the novice and those that have been working in social media for a few years.
Some of the topics that will be covered include:
* RSS (Real Simple Syndication)
* Social Media (Blogs, Podcasting, SMS, Vlog, Vodcasting)
* SEO (Search Engine Optimization) - What you need to know to write for search
* Web Analytics
* Using Multimedia Online
Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Place: Sheraton Nashville Downtown Hotel Suite 6 623 Union Street Nashville, TN 37219
Time: Breakfast and Registration: 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Presentation: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Continental breakfast will be served.
Cost: Complimentary
To register: http://tinyurl.com/4xqcdz
The face of PR is changing as the tools of PR evolve. In order to stay ahead of the innovations, communications professionals need to know how to use new media techniques and also stay apprised of what the next big thing will be.
Pranikoff will lead an interactive discussion on how communicators can utilize the new technology that is driving emerging media. He will provide a real world case study utilizing those tools and give communications professionals the information they need to incorporate those tools into their program. This program is both for the novice and those that have been working in social media for a few years.
Some of the topics that will be covered include:
* RSS (Real Simple Syndication)
* Social Media (Blogs, Podcasting, SMS, Vlog, Vodcasting)
* SEO (Search Engine Optimization) - What you need to know to write for search
* Web Analytics
* Using Multimedia Online
Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Place: Sheraton Nashville Downtown Hotel Suite 6 623 Union Street Nashville, TN 37219
Time: Breakfast and Registration: 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Presentation: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Continental breakfast will be served.
Cost: Complimentary
To register: http://tinyurl.com/4xqcdz
Oct 18 2008 - Renowned Language Expert to Address English-Only Issues
Noted language-policy expert James Crawford will speak at Oregon State University on Saturday, Oct. 18, as part of the three-day annual meeting of the Linguistic Association of the Southwest.
Crawford will speak on the subject, "English Plus or English Only: Which Way for Language Policy in the United States?"
Crawford is president of the Institute for Language and Education Policy, a nonprofit organization that promotes research-based advocacy for English and heritage-language learners. Over the past 20 years, he has specialized in these issues as an independent writer, lecturer and consultant.
His lecture begins at 7:30 p.m. at the Austin Auditorium of LaSells Stewart Center, 875 S.W. 26th St., Corvallis. The event is free and open to the public.
According to Crawford, his talk will touch on broad issues surrounding bilingualism in the U.S. – "restrictionist" versus "inclusionist" responses – as well as specific issues raised by Oregon's Measure 58 and impacts of English-only laws in states like California and Arizona.
Measure 58 would create a new Oregon state statute to require "English immersion" in Oregon's public schools. The ballot measure would require, for instance, that non-English speaking students entering kindergarten through the fourth grade could not take English immersion classes for more than a year and a half. After that, they would take exclusively English-only classes.
Crawford will speak on the subject, "English Plus or English Only: Which Way for Language Policy in the United States?"
Crawford is president of the Institute for Language and Education Policy, a nonprofit organization that promotes research-based advocacy for English and heritage-language learners. Over the past 20 years, he has specialized in these issues as an independent writer, lecturer and consultant.
His lecture begins at 7:30 p.m. at the Austin Auditorium of LaSells Stewart Center, 875 S.W. 26th St., Corvallis. The event is free and open to the public.
According to Crawford, his talk will touch on broad issues surrounding bilingualism in the U.S. – "restrictionist" versus "inclusionist" responses – as well as specific issues raised by Oregon's Measure 58 and impacts of English-only laws in states like California and Arizona.
Measure 58 would create a new Oregon state statute to require "English immersion" in Oregon's public schools. The ballot measure would require, for instance, that non-English speaking students entering kindergarten through the fourth grade could not take English immersion classes for more than a year and a half. After that, they would take exclusively English-only classes.
Oct 16 2008 - Novelist John Brandon to speak for Writing Program Reading Series
Novelist John Brandon, a 2001 MFA graduate of Washington University's Writing Program in Arts & Sciences, will read from his work at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16.
The talk - part of The Writing Program's fall Reading Series - is free and open to the public and takes place in Hurst Lounge, Room 201, Duncker Hall, on the university's Danforth Campus. A reception and book signing will immediately follow.
Brandon is the author of Arkansas, a darkly comic novel about rural drug distribution, which was published last spring by McSweeney's Rectangulars imprint. The story centers on Kyle and Swin, a pair of aimless drug runners operating - on vague orders from a boss they've never met - out of a dilapidated Arkansas state park.
"Brandon lays down a backstory for each character that blisters with such creepy, suffocatingly real particulars, a reader feels stricken to recognize them," notes the San Francisco Chronicle. "He brilliantly evokes the trailer-trash, time-biding cultures of the Southern states: bland, stagnant cities; towns stuffed with plastic, Wal-Mart junk and gimcracks; and the shuffling, dim lives lining the road to hell, along which our anti-heroes speed."
Brandon grew up on the Gulf Coast of Florida and, while writing Arkansas, worked at a lumber mill, a windshield warehouse, a Coca-Cola distributor, and several small factories, including one that produced perfume samples for fashion magazines. His work has appeared in Subtropics, McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, Mississippi Review, The Believer, Words & Images and The Duck & Herring Co.
Duncker Hall is located at the northwest corner of Brookings Quadrangle, near the intersection of Brookings and Hoyt drives. For more information, call ( 314 ) 935-7130 or email David Schuman at dschuman@wustl.edu.
The talk - part of The Writing Program's fall Reading Series - is free and open to the public and takes place in Hurst Lounge, Room 201, Duncker Hall, on the university's Danforth Campus. A reception and book signing will immediately follow.
Brandon is the author of Arkansas, a darkly comic novel about rural drug distribution, which was published last spring by McSweeney's Rectangulars imprint. The story centers on Kyle and Swin, a pair of aimless drug runners operating - on vague orders from a boss they've never met - out of a dilapidated Arkansas state park.
"Brandon lays down a backstory for each character that blisters with such creepy, suffocatingly real particulars, a reader feels stricken to recognize them," notes the San Francisco Chronicle. "He brilliantly evokes the trailer-trash, time-biding cultures of the Southern states: bland, stagnant cities; towns stuffed with plastic, Wal-Mart junk and gimcracks; and the shuffling, dim lives lining the road to hell, along which our anti-heroes speed."
Brandon grew up on the Gulf Coast of Florida and, while writing Arkansas, worked at a lumber mill, a windshield warehouse, a Coca-Cola distributor, and several small factories, including one that produced perfume samples for fashion magazines. His work has appeared in Subtropics, McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, Mississippi Review, The Believer, Words & Images and The Duck & Herring Co.
Duncker Hall is located at the northwest corner of Brookings Quadrangle, near the intersection of Brookings and Hoyt drives. For more information, call ( 314 ) 935-7130 or email David Schuman at dschuman@wustl.edu.
Oct 23 2008 - VISION PROJECT PRESENTS PHOTOJOURNALIST TIMOTHY FADEK
New York photographer Timothy Fadek will be the guest lecturer at Sacred Heart University's Schine Auditorium on Thursday, October 23rd at 2pm as part of the Media Studies and Digital Culture Department's Vision Project lecture series called "Photography in a Digital World". The lecture is entitled "Timothy Fadek: A Narrative of Madness". This event is free and open to the public.
Timothy Fadek has worked in more than 25 countries and has faced personal risk in order to bring attention to major world events such as the wars in Iraq, Lebanon, Kosovo, Macedonia, Israel and the Palestinian Territories, the civil uprising in Haiti and the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center. His photographic reporting has been published in hundreds of major magazines worldwide and has been exhibited in major galleries. He has been a contributor to several photo books on the World Trade Center attack and the war in Iraq. Named a “Hero of Photography” by American Photo magazine in 2007, Fadek has earned numerous industry awards and also twice received the Best of Photojournalism award from the National Press Photographers Association. Fadek has also taught photojournalism at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism as an adjunct professor.
Website: www.sacredheart.edu
Timothy Fadek has worked in more than 25 countries and has faced personal risk in order to bring attention to major world events such as the wars in Iraq, Lebanon, Kosovo, Macedonia, Israel and the Palestinian Territories, the civil uprising in Haiti and the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center. His photographic reporting has been published in hundreds of major magazines worldwide and has been exhibited in major galleries. He has been a contributor to several photo books on the World Trade Center attack and the war in Iraq. Named a “Hero of Photography” by American Photo magazine in 2007, Fadek has earned numerous industry awards and also twice received the Best of Photojournalism award from the National Press Photographers Association. Fadek has also taught photojournalism at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism as an adjunct professor.
Website: www.sacredheart.edu
Oct 20 2008 - Award-winning poet named writer-in-residence at WVU
An award-winning poet will read from his collection of verse and teach the writing craft to some aspiring authors later this month as a writer-in-residence at West Virginia University.
William Olsen, the 2008 Virginia Butts Sturm Writer-in-Residence in the Department of English, will give a reading at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 20, in the Mountainlair Gold Ballroom. A book signing will follow the event, which is free and open to the public.
Olsen, professor of English at Western Michigan University, will also conduct a series of evening workshops Oct. 20-24 for 12 WVU students selected from a campuswide, creative writing competition.
"It's a pleasure to have such a fine poet and teacher on campus working with our best student poets," said Mark Brazaitis, director of the creative writing program at WVU. "I expect that his workshops will radiate with creative energy, and it will be an intense, productive week for all parties."
Olsen is the author of four collections of poetry: "Avenue of Vanishing," "Trouble Lights," "Vision of a Storm Cloud" and "The Hand of God and a Few Bright Flowers." Published in 1988, "The Hand of God and a Few Bright Flowers" won the National Poetry Series, the Texas Poetry Award and the Missouri Breakthrough Prize and was reissued as part of the 2003 Carnegie Mellon Classic Contemporary Series. His poems and essays have also appeared in various publications.
Olsen is the recipient of the 2005 Guggenheim Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship, Nation/Discovery Award, Texas Institute of Arts Award, Breadloaf Fellowship and several awards from Poetry Northwest and Crazyhorse.
He was co-editor of "Planet on the Table: Poets on the Reading Life," a critically acclaimed anthology that brings together essays by nationally and internationally established poets on reading as a creative and critical activity. Currently, he is editor of WMU's New Issues Press and teaches creative writing and literature at Vermont College.
The Virginia Butts Sturm Writer-in-Residence program brings a nationally renowned writer to campus each fall to give a public reading and provide guidance to students aspiring to be authors. The program is made possible through an endowment from the late Albert Lee and Virginia Butts Sturm.
For more information, contact Brazaitis at 304-293-9707 or Mark.Brazaitis@mail.wvu.edu.
William Olsen, the 2008 Virginia Butts Sturm Writer-in-Residence in the Department of English, will give a reading at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 20, in the Mountainlair Gold Ballroom. A book signing will follow the event, which is free and open to the public.
Olsen, professor of English at Western Michigan University, will also conduct a series of evening workshops Oct. 20-24 for 12 WVU students selected from a campuswide, creative writing competition.
"It's a pleasure to have such a fine poet and teacher on campus working with our best student poets," said Mark Brazaitis, director of the creative writing program at WVU. "I expect that his workshops will radiate with creative energy, and it will be an intense, productive week for all parties."
Olsen is the author of four collections of poetry: "Avenue of Vanishing," "Trouble Lights," "Vision of a Storm Cloud" and "The Hand of God and a Few Bright Flowers." Published in 1988, "The Hand of God and a Few Bright Flowers" won the National Poetry Series, the Texas Poetry Award and the Missouri Breakthrough Prize and was reissued as part of the 2003 Carnegie Mellon Classic Contemporary Series. His poems and essays have also appeared in various publications.
Olsen is the recipient of the 2005 Guggenheim Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship, Nation/Discovery Award, Texas Institute of Arts Award, Breadloaf Fellowship and several awards from Poetry Northwest and Crazyhorse.
He was co-editor of "Planet on the Table: Poets on the Reading Life," a critically acclaimed anthology that brings together essays by nationally and internationally established poets on reading as a creative and critical activity. Currently, he is editor of WMU's New Issues Press and teaches creative writing and literature at Vermont College.
The Virginia Butts Sturm Writer-in-Residence program brings a nationally renowned writer to campus each fall to give a public reading and provide guidance to students aspiring to be authors. The program is made possible through an endowment from the late Albert Lee and Virginia Butts Sturm.
For more information, contact Brazaitis at 304-293-9707 or Mark.Brazaitis@mail.wvu.edu.
Oct 15 2008 - DePaul University Hosts Panel Discussion, Film Screening as Part of "One Book, One Chicago"
DePaul University will host an Oct. 15 panel discussion and an Oct. 29 film screening and lecture on Tom Wolfe's book "The Right Stuff" as part of "One Book, One Chicago." The events are free and open to the public.
In the panel discussion "Outer Space, MySpace, and the Distance In Between: Redefining Exploration of Tom Wolfe's ‘The Right Stuff,'" DePaul faculty will explore Wolfe's book from interdisciplinary perspectives and conclude with an audience discussion starting at 6 p.m. Oct. 15 in Room 120 of the DePaul Student Center, 2250 N. Sheffield Ave., Chicago, at DePaul's Lincoln Park campus.
Speakers and topics include:
• English Professor James Fairhall will explore how Wolfe's achievement helped open up new narrative and stylistic possibilities for serious journalistic history writing.
• History Professor Benton Williams will discuss how a fuller knowledge of America's post-war period enhances our appreciation of "The Right Stuff."
• History Professor Robert Garfield will explore how the acceleration of technology paved the way for the nation's first manned space flight project.
• Management Professor Patricia Werhane, Wicklander Chair in Business Ethics and author of "Women in Business: The Changing Face of Leadership," will discuss the possibilities of redefining the term "right stuff" for today's leaders and trailblazers, especially women.
At 6 p.m. Oct. 25 in Room 120 of the Student Center, view the opening installment of the Discovery Channel's recent mini-series "When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions," which features never before seen material from NASA's archives. A brief lecture by Mathematics Professor Carolyn Narasimhan, director of DePaul's Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Center, will introduce the screening and help the audience appreciate the film in light of Wolfe's book. A discussion with the audience will follow the screening.
The "One Book, One Chicago" program at DePaul University is designed to promote exploration and appreciation of the city's "One Book" selection in a way that connects the DePaul community to the city. The program is sponsored by the Department of English in DePaul's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the DePaul Libraries.
For more information about these events, please contact English Department Chair Anne Clark Bartlett, professor of English, at ( 773 ) 325-1768 or abartlet@depaul.edu, or visit www.depaul.edu/~oboc.
In the panel discussion "Outer Space, MySpace, and the Distance In Between: Redefining Exploration of Tom Wolfe's ‘The Right Stuff,'" DePaul faculty will explore Wolfe's book from interdisciplinary perspectives and conclude with an audience discussion starting at 6 p.m. Oct. 15 in Room 120 of the DePaul Student Center, 2250 N. Sheffield Ave., Chicago, at DePaul's Lincoln Park campus.
Speakers and topics include:
• English Professor James Fairhall will explore how Wolfe's achievement helped open up new narrative and stylistic possibilities for serious journalistic history writing.
• History Professor Benton Williams will discuss how a fuller knowledge of America's post-war period enhances our appreciation of "The Right Stuff."
• History Professor Robert Garfield will explore how the acceleration of technology paved the way for the nation's first manned space flight project.
• Management Professor Patricia Werhane, Wicklander Chair in Business Ethics and author of "Women in Business: The Changing Face of Leadership," will discuss the possibilities of redefining the term "right stuff" for today's leaders and trailblazers, especially women.
At 6 p.m. Oct. 25 in Room 120 of the Student Center, view the opening installment of the Discovery Channel's recent mini-series "When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions," which features never before seen material from NASA's archives. A brief lecture by Mathematics Professor Carolyn Narasimhan, director of DePaul's Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Center, will introduce the screening and help the audience appreciate the film in light of Wolfe's book. A discussion with the audience will follow the screening.
The "One Book, One Chicago" program at DePaul University is designed to promote exploration and appreciation of the city's "One Book" selection in a way that connects the DePaul community to the city. The program is sponsored by the Department of English in DePaul's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the DePaul Libraries.
For more information about these events, please contact English Department Chair Anne Clark Bartlett, professor of English, at ( 773 ) 325-1768 or abartlet@depaul.edu, or visit www.depaul.edu/~oboc.
Oct 17 2008 - The Hofstra Cultural Center Presents "Who Owns Writing?" Revisited
Hofstra University's first national conference on writing, "Who Owns Writing, Revisited," explores the new institutional and public spaces that the teaching of writing will occupy in the 21st century. It asks what is the place -- institutionally, publicly, privately -- of writing and the teaching of writing in the new century? Is writing the province of English departments, or is it the concern of the university and community as a whole?
Nationally renowned panelists will convene for this conference to consider this pressing issue. The keynote speaker will be Doug Hesse, founding director of the Marisco Writing Program at the University of Denver and professor of English. He is past chair of the Conference on College Composition and Communication, a former president of the Council of Writing Program Administrators and editor of WPA: Writing Program Administration. The plenary session "Student Writing in the 21st century" will feature Sondra Perl, David Bleich and Frank Cioppi. Sondra Perl is a professor of English at Lehman College and the Graduate Center of CUNY, and cofounder of the New York City Writing Project with Richard Sterling in 1978. She is the coauthor of Writing True and author of On Austrian Soil: Teaching Those I was Taught to Hate about her experiences in the classroom working with adult Austrian students, some of whom were the descendants of Nazis. David Bleich is professor of English at the University of Rochester, whose research specialties include literature, literacy, teaching, language use, feminist philosophy, science studies and Jewish studies. His work examines the way literature lives in communities and societies, the problems of language and truth-telling in interpersonal and social contexts, and the challenge of making schools into more successful institutions. Frank Cioffi is the author of The Imaginative Argument: A Practical Manifesto for Writers and is professor of English at Scripps College.
Panels will include such pressing topics as Rethinking Writing Center Pedagogy"; "Values and Science/Technology: Writing Science Across the Curriculum";"What Do You Mean Copying from the Internet Is Cheating? How Students Perceive Intellectual Property";"Writing Program Administration: Models of Success";"Why Can't They Write? The Myth of College-Level Writing"; "Cyberwriting: Owning the Web in the College Classroom" and "Writing and Teaching Writing in an Ownership Society."
Conference fees are $75 for the three days ( student and senior citizen discounts are available ). A banquet on Friday, October 17, is priced separately at $35. All conference events, with the exception of meals, are free to members of the Hofstra community upon presentation of a current HofstraCard. To register, or for more information, call the Hofstra Cultural Center at ( 516 ) 463-5669 or visit www.hofstra.edu/culture.
Nationally renowned panelists will convene for this conference to consider this pressing issue. The keynote speaker will be Doug Hesse, founding director of the Marisco Writing Program at the University of Denver and professor of English. He is past chair of the Conference on College Composition and Communication, a former president of the Council of Writing Program Administrators and editor of WPA: Writing Program Administration. The plenary session "Student Writing in the 21st century" will feature Sondra Perl, David Bleich and Frank Cioppi. Sondra Perl is a professor of English at Lehman College and the Graduate Center of CUNY, and cofounder of the New York City Writing Project with Richard Sterling in 1978. She is the coauthor of Writing True and author of On Austrian Soil: Teaching Those I was Taught to Hate about her experiences in the classroom working with adult Austrian students, some of whom were the descendants of Nazis. David Bleich is professor of English at the University of Rochester, whose research specialties include literature, literacy, teaching, language use, feminist philosophy, science studies and Jewish studies. His work examines the way literature lives in communities and societies, the problems of language and truth-telling in interpersonal and social contexts, and the challenge of making schools into more successful institutions. Frank Cioffi is the author of The Imaginative Argument: A Practical Manifesto for Writers and is professor of English at Scripps College.
Panels will include such pressing topics as Rethinking Writing Center Pedagogy"; "Values and Science/Technology: Writing Science Across the Curriculum";"What Do You Mean Copying from the Internet Is Cheating? How Students Perceive Intellectual Property";"Writing Program Administration: Models of Success";"Why Can't They Write? The Myth of College-Level Writing"; "Cyberwriting: Owning the Web in the College Classroom" and "Writing and Teaching Writing in an Ownership Society."
Conference fees are $75 for the three days ( student and senior citizen discounts are available ). A banquet on Friday, October 17, is priced separately at $35. All conference events, with the exception of meals, are free to members of the Hofstra community upon presentation of a current HofstraCard. To register, or for more information, call the Hofstra Cultural Center at ( 516 ) 463-5669 or visit www.hofstra.edu/culture.
Oct 15 2008 - 2008 Drue Heinz Literature Prize Winner and Judge to Deliver Literary Readings
The 2008 Drue Heinz Literature Prize winner Anthony Varallo and judge Scott Turow will give evening readings at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 15, in the Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, 650 Schenley Dr., Oakland. The event is part of the Pittsburgh Contemporary Writers Series' 2008-09 season.
Varallo received the honor for his short story collection, "Out Loud" (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2008). The Drue Heinz Literature Prize, one of the nation's most prestigious awards for books of short fiction, includes a cash prize of $15,000 and publication of the winning manuscript by the University of Pittsburgh Press. Previous winners include Kirk Nessett, Todd James Pierce, Stewart O'Nan, and Jane McCafferty.
All events in the Writers Series are free and open to the public. For more information, contact Jeff Oaks at oaks@pitt.edu or visit www.umc.pitt.edu/news/documents/morningreport/2008/08/wsschedule.pdf.
Varallo received the honor for his short story collection, "Out Loud" (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2008). The Drue Heinz Literature Prize, one of the nation's most prestigious awards for books of short fiction, includes a cash prize of $15,000 and publication of the winning manuscript by the University of Pittsburgh Press. Previous winners include Kirk Nessett, Todd James Pierce, Stewart O'Nan, and Jane McCafferty.
All events in the Writers Series are free and open to the public. For more information, contact Jeff Oaks at oaks@pitt.edu or visit www.umc.pitt.edu/news/documents/morningreport/2008/08/wsschedule.pdf.
Oct 13 2008 - New York Times writer and editor Peter Applebome to speak at Vanderbilt University
Peter Applebome, writer and editor at the New York Times, will present a lecture on Monday, Oct. 13, at 4:10 p.m. in Room 126 of Wilson at Vanderbilt University.
He will discuss "All the News That's Fit to Blog: Old Media, New Media and the Brave New World of Election 2008." The lecture, co-sponsored by the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities and the Communications Studies Department, is free and open to the public.
Applebome joined the Times as a correspondent and bureau chief of the Houston Bureau in 1987. He went from there to Atlanta, where he was Southern bureau chief 1989-1994. He was the chief education correspondent October 1994-January 1998 and then was a correspondent on the culture desk. In September 1999, he became assistant metropolitan editor for four years.
He now writes the "Our Towns" column: twice weekly dispatches from almost anyplace in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut other than New York City.
Applebome is the author of Dixie Rising: How the South is Shaping American Values, Politics and Culture, published by Times Books in 1996 and Scout's Honor: A Father's Unlikely Foray into the Woods, published by Harcourt in 2003. His favorite achievement was winning the annual “Bad Hemingway” competition with an epic about Hemingway in the singles bars of Dallas.
A video of Applebome's lecture will be available after his speech at www.vanderbilt.edu/news.
He will discuss "All the News That's Fit to Blog: Old Media, New Media and the Brave New World of Election 2008." The lecture, co-sponsored by the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities and the Communications Studies Department, is free and open to the public.
Applebome joined the Times as a correspondent and bureau chief of the Houston Bureau in 1987. He went from there to Atlanta, where he was Southern bureau chief 1989-1994. He was the chief education correspondent October 1994-January 1998 and then was a correspondent on the culture desk. In September 1999, he became assistant metropolitan editor for four years.
He now writes the "Our Towns" column: twice weekly dispatches from almost anyplace in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut other than New York City.
Applebome is the author of Dixie Rising: How the South is Shaping American Values, Politics and Culture, published by Times Books in 1996 and Scout's Honor: A Father's Unlikely Foray into the Woods, published by Harcourt in 2003. His favorite achievement was winning the annual “Bad Hemingway” competition with an epic about Hemingway in the singles bars of Dallas.
A video of Applebome's lecture will be available after his speech at www.vanderbilt.edu/news.
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Oct 15-22 2008 - University of Pittsburgh Calendar of Events
10/15 The 2008 Drue Heinz Literature Prize winner Anthony Varallo and judge Scott Turow will give evening readings at 7:30 p.m., Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, 650 Schenley Dr., Oakland. This event is part of the Pittsburgh Contemporary Writers Series. For more information, contact Jeff Oaks at oaks@pitt.edu.
10/16 Xiuying Zou, a public services librarian in Pitt's East Asian Library, will deliver a lecture titled "Update on Chinese New Electronic Databases," at noon, 4130 Posvar Hall, 230 Bouquet St., Oakland. This event is part of the Asia Over Lunch Lecture Series. For more information, contact Mason Kim at myk2@pitt.edu or visit www.ucis.pitt.edu/asc/news/overlunch.html.
10/16 Michael R. Wasielewski, a professor in Northwestern University's Department of Chemistry, will deliver a lecture titled "Energy and Charge Transport in Self-Assembled Systems for Solar Energy Conversion" at 2:30 p.m., 12B Chevron Science Center, 219 Parkman Ave., Oakland. This event is part of the 22nd Annual Kaufman Lectures. For more information, call 412-624-8200 or visit www.chem.pitt.edu/p.php?pid=116&year=2008&term=fall.
10/16 Xu Liang, a professor in Pitt's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, will deliver a lecture titled "What Determines the Partitioning of Precipitation Between Runoff, ET, and Storage? - Hydrological Processes and Their Significance" at 4 p.m., 203 Thaw Hall, 3943 O'Hara St., Oakland. This event is part of the Department of Geology and Planetary Science Fall 2008 Colloquium Series. For more information, visit www.geology.pitt.edu/colloquium.html.
10/17 Michel X. Goemans, the Leighton Family Professor of Applied Mathematics in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Department of Mathematics, will deliver a lecture titled "Approximation Algorithms: A Tour D'Horizon" at 10:30 a.m., 5317 Sennott Square, 210 Bouquet St., Oakland. This event is sponsored by Pitt's Department of Computer Science. For more information, visit www.cs.pitt.edu/events/DL/2009/michel-goemans.php.
10/17 Margaret Power, author of "Right-Wing Women in Chile: Feminine Power and the Struggle Against Allende, 1964-1973" (Pennsylvania State University Press, 2002), will deliver a lecture titled "The Transitional Diffusion of Anti-Communism: Conservative Women in Brazil and Chile in the 1960s and 1970s" at noon, 2431 Posvar Hall, 230 Bouquet St., Oakland. This event is sponsored by Pitt's Women's Studies Program. For more information, visit www.wstudies.pitt.edu/news.html.
10/17 Michael R, Wasielewski, a professor at Northwestern University's Department of Chemistry, will deliver a lecture titled "Dynamics of Photogenerated Multi-Spin Systems: The Road to Molecular Spintronics" at 2:30 p.m., 12B Chevron Science Center, 219 Parkman Ave., Oakland. This event is part of the 22nd Annual Kaufman Lectures. For more information, call 412-624-8200 or visit www.chem.pitt.edu/p.php?pid=116&year=2008&term=fall.
10/17 Alexis Dudden, a professor in the University of Connecticut's Department of History, will deliver a lecture titled "Troubled Apologies Among Japan, Korea, and the United States" at 4 p.m. 3703 Posvar Hall, 230 Bouquet St., Oakland. This event is sponsored by Pitt's Department of History. For more information, visit www.pitt.edu/~pitthist/news/lectures/index.html.
10/21 Philip Murphy, an instructor in Pitt's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, will deliver a lecture titled "National Identities in Contemporary Macedonia" at noon, 4217 Posvar Hall, 230 Bouquet St., Oakland. This event is sponsored by Pitt's Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures and Asian Studies Center. For more information, contact Anna Talone at 412-648-7407 or visit www.ucis.pitt.edu/main/events-one-month.shtml.
10/21 Jennifer Love, a professor in the University of British Columbia's Department of Chemistry, will deliver a lecture titled "Developing Catalytic Reactions One Step at a Time" at 7:15 p.m., 12B Chevron Science Center, 219 Parkman Ave., Oakland. This event is sponsored by Pitt's Department of Chemistry. For more information, call 412-624-8200 or visit www.chem.pitt.edu.
10/22 Kathleen Lynch, a professor in the University of Cincinnati's Department of Classics, will deliver a lecture titled "At Home in Archaic Athens: The Archaeology of a House Near the Athenian Agora" at 4:30 p.m., 204 Cathedral of Learning, 4200 Fifth Ave., Oakland. This event is sponsored by Pitt's Department of Classics. For more information, visit www.classics.pitt.edu/index.php.
10/22 Keith Brown, a professor emeritus in Pitt's Department of Anthropology, will deliver a lecture titled "Changing Gender Roles in Japan" at 5 p.m., 106 Allen Hall, 3941 O'Hara St., Oakland. This event is sponsored by Pitt's Asian Studies Center. For more information, contact Wendy Bennett at wbennett@us-japan.org
FILMS
10/16 Pitt's African Studies Program and African Students' Organization will present "Thomas Sankara: The Upright Man" (2006), directed by Robin Shuffield, at 5 p.m., 4130 Posvar Hall, 230 Bouquet St., Oakland. This screening is part of Pitt's African Film Series. For more information, contact Macrina C. Lelei at 412-648-2058 or visit www.ucis.pitt.edu/africa/index.htm.
10/16 Pitt's Department of French and Italian Languages and Literatures, Less-Commonly Taught Languages Center, Consortium for Educational Resources on Islamic Studies, European Studies Center, and Global Studies Program will present "Memoire D'Immigres" (1997), directed by Yamina Benguigui, at 7 p.m., Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, 650 Schenley Dr., Oakland. For more information, contact Veronica Dristas at 412-624-2918.
10/16 Xiuying Zou, a public services librarian in Pitt's East Asian Library, will deliver a lecture titled "Update on Chinese New Electronic Databases," at noon, 4130 Posvar Hall, 230 Bouquet St., Oakland. This event is part of the Asia Over Lunch Lecture Series. For more information, contact Mason Kim at myk2@pitt.edu or visit www.ucis.pitt.edu/asc/news/overlunch.html.
10/16 Michael R. Wasielewski, a professor in Northwestern University's Department of Chemistry, will deliver a lecture titled "Energy and Charge Transport in Self-Assembled Systems for Solar Energy Conversion" at 2:30 p.m., 12B Chevron Science Center, 219 Parkman Ave., Oakland. This event is part of the 22nd Annual Kaufman Lectures. For more information, call 412-624-8200 or visit www.chem.pitt.edu/p.php?pid=116&year=2008&term=fall.
10/16 Xu Liang, a professor in Pitt's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, will deliver a lecture titled "What Determines the Partitioning of Precipitation Between Runoff, ET, and Storage? - Hydrological Processes and Their Significance" at 4 p.m., 203 Thaw Hall, 3943 O'Hara St., Oakland. This event is part of the Department of Geology and Planetary Science Fall 2008 Colloquium Series. For more information, visit www.geology.pitt.edu/colloquium.html.
10/17 Michel X. Goemans, the Leighton Family Professor of Applied Mathematics in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Department of Mathematics, will deliver a lecture titled "Approximation Algorithms: A Tour D'Horizon" at 10:30 a.m., 5317 Sennott Square, 210 Bouquet St., Oakland. This event is sponsored by Pitt's Department of Computer Science. For more information, visit www.cs.pitt.edu/events/DL/2009/michel-goemans.php.
10/17 Margaret Power, author of "Right-Wing Women in Chile: Feminine Power and the Struggle Against Allende, 1964-1973" (Pennsylvania State University Press, 2002), will deliver a lecture titled "The Transitional Diffusion of Anti-Communism: Conservative Women in Brazil and Chile in the 1960s and 1970s" at noon, 2431 Posvar Hall, 230 Bouquet St., Oakland. This event is sponsored by Pitt's Women's Studies Program. For more information, visit www.wstudies.pitt.edu/news.html.
10/17 Michael R, Wasielewski, a professor at Northwestern University's Department of Chemistry, will deliver a lecture titled "Dynamics of Photogenerated Multi-Spin Systems: The Road to Molecular Spintronics" at 2:30 p.m., 12B Chevron Science Center, 219 Parkman Ave., Oakland. This event is part of the 22nd Annual Kaufman Lectures. For more information, call 412-624-8200 or visit www.chem.pitt.edu/p.php?pid=116&year=2008&term=fall.
10/17 Alexis Dudden, a professor in the University of Connecticut's Department of History, will deliver a lecture titled "Troubled Apologies Among Japan, Korea, and the United States" at 4 p.m. 3703 Posvar Hall, 230 Bouquet St., Oakland. This event is sponsored by Pitt's Department of History. For more information, visit www.pitt.edu/~pitthist/news/lectures/index.html.
10/21 Philip Murphy, an instructor in Pitt's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, will deliver a lecture titled "National Identities in Contemporary Macedonia" at noon, 4217 Posvar Hall, 230 Bouquet St., Oakland. This event is sponsored by Pitt's Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures and Asian Studies Center. For more information, contact Anna Talone at 412-648-7407 or visit www.ucis.pitt.edu/main/events-one-month.shtml.
10/21 Jennifer Love, a professor in the University of British Columbia's Department of Chemistry, will deliver a lecture titled "Developing Catalytic Reactions One Step at a Time" at 7:15 p.m., 12B Chevron Science Center, 219 Parkman Ave., Oakland. This event is sponsored by Pitt's Department of Chemistry. For more information, call 412-624-8200 or visit www.chem.pitt.edu.
10/22 Kathleen Lynch, a professor in the University of Cincinnati's Department of Classics, will deliver a lecture titled "At Home in Archaic Athens: The Archaeology of a House Near the Athenian Agora" at 4:30 p.m., 204 Cathedral of Learning, 4200 Fifth Ave., Oakland. This event is sponsored by Pitt's Department of Classics. For more information, visit www.classics.pitt.edu/index.php.
10/22 Keith Brown, a professor emeritus in Pitt's Department of Anthropology, will deliver a lecture titled "Changing Gender Roles in Japan" at 5 p.m., 106 Allen Hall, 3941 O'Hara St., Oakland. This event is sponsored by Pitt's Asian Studies Center. For more information, contact Wendy Bennett at wbennett@us-japan.org
FILMS
10/16 Pitt's African Studies Program and African Students' Organization will present "Thomas Sankara: The Upright Man" (2006), directed by Robin Shuffield, at 5 p.m., 4130 Posvar Hall, 230 Bouquet St., Oakland. This screening is part of Pitt's African Film Series. For more information, contact Macrina C. Lelei at 412-648-2058 or visit www.ucis.pitt.edu/africa/index.htm.
10/16 Pitt's Department of French and Italian Languages and Literatures, Less-Commonly Taught Languages Center, Consortium for Educational Resources on Islamic Studies, European Studies Center, and Global Studies Program will present "Memoire D'Immigres" (1997), directed by Yamina Benguigui, at 7 p.m., Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, 650 Schenley Dr., Oakland. For more information, contact Veronica Dristas at 412-624-2918.
Oct 13-17 2008 - Prairie Lights Live Literary Events - Iowa City
The Oct. 13-17 schedule of live literary events at the Prairie Lights bookstore includes three UI alumni and a new release from the University of Iowa Press.
The readings, at 7 p.m. in the store at 15 S. Dubuque St. in downtown Iowa City, will be:
--Iowa Writers' Workshop alumnus Tom Piazza will read from "City of Refuge," his novel about the effect of Katrina on two New Orleans families, on Monday, Oct. 13.
--John Simmons Short Fiction Award-winner John McNally, also a workshop graduate, will read from his new Chicago-centric short-story collection, "Ghosts of Chicago," on Tuesday, Oct 14.
--Writers' Workshop alumnus Mary Swander will read from her memoirs "Desert Pilgrim" and "Out of this World: A Journey of Healing," on Friday, Oct. 17. A new edition of "Out of this World" has been released by the UI Press Bur Oak Books series.
Listen to these readings live via the University of Iowa Writing University Web site http://writinguniversity.uiowa.edu. The Monday, Tuesday and Friday events will also be recorded for broadcast on Iowa Public Radio's "Live from Prairie Lights" series.
Hour-long "Live from Prairie Lights" productions, hosted by WSUI's Julie Englander, air at 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. Saturdays, and 7 p.m. Sundays on WSUI-AM 910 in Iowa City and WOI-AM 640 in Ames.
For UI arts information and calendar updates, visit http://www.uiowa.edu/artsiowa. To receive UI arts news by e-mail, go to http://list.uiowa.edu/archives/acr-news.html and click the link "Join or Leave ACR News," then follow the instructions.
The readings, at 7 p.m. in the store at 15 S. Dubuque St. in downtown Iowa City, will be:
--Iowa Writers' Workshop alumnus Tom Piazza will read from "City of Refuge," his novel about the effect of Katrina on two New Orleans families, on Monday, Oct. 13.
--John Simmons Short Fiction Award-winner John McNally, also a workshop graduate, will read from his new Chicago-centric short-story collection, "Ghosts of Chicago," on Tuesday, Oct 14.
--Writers' Workshop alumnus Mary Swander will read from her memoirs "Desert Pilgrim" and "Out of this World: A Journey of Healing," on Friday, Oct. 17. A new edition of "Out of this World" has been released by the UI Press Bur Oak Books series.
Listen to these readings live via the University of Iowa Writing University Web site http://writinguniversity.uiowa.edu. The Monday, Tuesday and Friday events will also be recorded for broadcast on Iowa Public Radio's "Live from Prairie Lights" series.
Hour-long "Live from Prairie Lights" productions, hosted by WSUI's Julie Englander, air at 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. Saturdays, and 7 p.m. Sundays on WSUI-AM 910 in Iowa City and WOI-AM 640 in Ames.
For UI arts information and calendar updates, visit http://www.uiowa.edu/artsiowa. To receive UI arts news by e-mail, go to http://list.uiowa.edu/archives/acr-news.html and click the link "Join or Leave ACR News," then follow the instructions.
Oct 7 2008 - National Press Club Forum on Journalism's Future and Values - North Carolina
The National Press Club, the world's leading professional organization for journalists, and the University of North Carolina's School of Journalism and Mass Communication are teaming up to look at the future of the news media and how to protect its core values.
The Oct. 7 event will begin at 5:30 p.m. at the Carroll Hall Auditorium. It is open to the public and admission is free.
The National Press Club Forum on "The First Amendment, Freedom of the Press and the Future of Journalism" will feature a multimedia panel of experts who are looking at where the news business is heading:
Orage Quarles, publisher of the Raleigh News and Observer
Penny Muse Abernathy, UNC's Knight Chair in Journalism and Digital Media Economics who is a veteran reporter, editor and media executive with organizations including The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal
Deborah Potter, executive director of NewsLab, a non-profit journalism resource in Washington, D.C. and a columnist for the American Journalism Review
Jim Hefner, former vice president and general manager at CBS affiliate WRAL-TV in Raleigh who joined the UNC faculty this year.
The panel will be moderated by UNC alum Donna Leinwand, a USA Today correspondent and the Club's vice president.
"In these tumultuous times for journalism, the Club is pleased to have such a forward-looking group of journalists join us at the University of North Carolina," said NPC President Sylvia Smith.
"Good journalism is vital to achieving the ideals of democracy," said Jean Folkerts, dean of UNC's journalism school. "We have a responsibility to train the next generation journalists and to help lead the profession to economic viability in the new media environment."
This forum is part of a nationwide conversation the National Press Club is holding during its 100th anniversary to look at where the news business is going and what news consumers should be demanding. Schedules and video highlights of forums in other states can be found on the Club's Web site: http://www.press.org/. The next one will be Oct. 8 at the University of South Carolina in Columbia.
The event begins with a preview of the Club's centennial documentary, "The National Press Club: A Century of Headlines," which follows the history of American journalism through the lens of one of its leading institutions. Everyone who attends this forum will get a copy of the documentary.
The Oct. 7 event will begin at 5:30 p.m. at the Carroll Hall Auditorium. It is open to the public and admission is free.
The National Press Club Forum on "The First Amendment, Freedom of the Press and the Future of Journalism" will feature a multimedia panel of experts who are looking at where the news business is heading:
Orage Quarles, publisher of the Raleigh News and Observer
Penny Muse Abernathy, UNC's Knight Chair in Journalism and Digital Media Economics who is a veteran reporter, editor and media executive with organizations including The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal
Deborah Potter, executive director of NewsLab, a non-profit journalism resource in Washington, D.C. and a columnist for the American Journalism Review
Jim Hefner, former vice president and general manager at CBS affiliate WRAL-TV in Raleigh who joined the UNC faculty this year.
The panel will be moderated by UNC alum Donna Leinwand, a USA Today correspondent and the Club's vice president.
"In these tumultuous times for journalism, the Club is pleased to have such a forward-looking group of journalists join us at the University of North Carolina," said NPC President Sylvia Smith.
"Good journalism is vital to achieving the ideals of democracy," said Jean Folkerts, dean of UNC's journalism school. "We have a responsibility to train the next generation journalists and to help lead the profession to economic viability in the new media environment."
This forum is part of a nationwide conversation the National Press Club is holding during its 100th anniversary to look at where the news business is going and what news consumers should be demanding. Schedules and video highlights of forums in other states can be found on the Club's Web site: http://www.press.org/. The next one will be Oct. 8 at the University of South Carolina in Columbia.
The event begins with a preview of the Club's centennial documentary, "The National Press Club: A Century of Headlines," which follows the history of American journalism through the lens of one of its leading institutions. Everyone who attends this forum will get a copy of the documentary.
Oct 16 2008 - Purdue University Literary Reading Series
The Purdue University Literary Reading Series is featuring poet Dana Roeser at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 16 at the Hicks Undergraduate Library Bookstall.
The event, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the Department of English, the Creative Writing Program and Experience Liberal Arts, a monthlong celebration highlighting programs in the College of Liberal Arts.
Roeser, a visiting professor at Purdue, is the author of the poetry collections "In the Truth Room" and "Beautiful Motion." Both are recipients of the Samuel French Morse Prize. "Beautiful Motion" also received the Great Lakes College Association New Writers Award.
Her work has been published in many journals, including The Iowa Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, Prairie Schooner, Another Chicago Magazine and Indiana Review. Her work also has been featured on the Poetry Daily Web site ( http://www.poems.com/ ).
She also has received fellowships from the Mary Anderson Center for the Arts, Virginia Center for the Arts and Le Moulin รก Nef in France. She previously taught at Butler University.
October's Experience Liberal Arts will feature a variety of lectures, films, performances, events and exhibits that reflect the college's ongoing coursework and research in the arts, humanities, and social and behavioral sciences. Information about upcoming events is available online at http://www.cla.purdue.edu/experience
The event, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the Department of English, the Creative Writing Program and Experience Liberal Arts, a monthlong celebration highlighting programs in the College of Liberal Arts.
Roeser, a visiting professor at Purdue, is the author of the poetry collections "In the Truth Room" and "Beautiful Motion." Both are recipients of the Samuel French Morse Prize. "Beautiful Motion" also received the Great Lakes College Association New Writers Award.
Her work has been published in many journals, including The Iowa Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, Prairie Schooner, Another Chicago Magazine and Indiana Review. Her work also has been featured on the Poetry Daily Web site ( http://www.poems.com/ ).
She also has received fellowships from the Mary Anderson Center for the Arts, Virginia Center for the Arts and Le Moulin รก Nef in France. She previously taught at Butler University.
October's Experience Liberal Arts will feature a variety of lectures, films, performances, events and exhibits that reflect the college's ongoing coursework and research in the arts, humanities, and social and behavioral sciences. Information about upcoming events is available online at http://www.cla.purdue.edu/experience
Feb 9 2009 - Business of Pet Writing Conference - New York
Excitement is in the air for the pet writing community as they celebrate an entire day devoted to their craft. The Business of Pet Writing Conference, the first of its kind, provides a unique forum for pet writers and publishing professionals to meet. Held at the Radisson Martinique hotel in New York City, the inaugural event coincides with the 2009 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.
Beginning at 8:30 am on Saturday, February 9th, pet writers will spend the day rubbing elbows with publishing insiders. Valuable information will be shared teaching pet writers how to effectively present their work to the publishing community and the public at large. Participating writers will also have the rare opportunity to meet with editors and agents on a one to one basis. To top the day off, they will enjoy a very special appearance by David Frei, the long standing co-host of the Westminster show.
The lineup at The Business of Pet Writing Conference is a virtual who's who of publishing including editors from Barron's Educational Series, Bowtie Press/Kennel Club Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Quirk Books, Storey Publishing, TFH Publications, AKC Gazette/Family Dog, Dog Fancy, Wiley, agents and more.
Dick Donahue, senior editor at Publishers Weekly, will kick off the day with a keynote speech: Pet Book Selling and Publishing. Paul Aiken, Executive Director of The Authors Guild will talk on the subject, Negotiations and Book Contracts.
As for the important issues of image facing pet writers and writing, Rick Frishman, founder of Planned Television Arts, will talk about: Handling Book Publicity.
Susan Canavan, senior editor at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt will speak about: Tips for Having A Successful Relationship with an Editor while Maura Teitelbum, of Abrams Artists Agency will present: How to Find the Right Literary Agent for You and Your Book.
Last but not least, Beth Adelman, president of Adelman Editorial Services will share her expertise on: Writing Better Book Proposals.
But that's not all that's going on during The Business of Pet Writing Conference. In addition to the aforementioned sessions, a research and trends panel will contribute their specialized knowledge to the day. The panel includes representatives from such esteemed organizations as: the American Animal Hospital Association, American Kennel Club, American Veterinary Medical Association, American Pet Products Manufacturers Association, Automobile Association of America, Pet Food Institute, National Animal Supplement Council and others.
"The response has been so tremendous for our pet writing conference that we expect the roster of presenters to grow," said Charlotte Reed, international pet expert, author of The Miss Fido Manners Complete Book of Etiquette and proprietor of The Pet Socialite, Inc. "We are so thrilled to produce the event and know it's the first of many to come."
The cost of The Business Writing Conference is $150.00.
For more information about The Business of Pet Writing Conference, contact: The Pet Socialite, Inc. PO Box 389, New York, NY 10013. Email: info(at)petwritingconference.com. Phone: 212-631-3648. Fax: 888-492-3452.
Beginning at 8:30 am on Saturday, February 9th, pet writers will spend the day rubbing elbows with publishing insiders. Valuable information will be shared teaching pet writers how to effectively present their work to the publishing community and the public at large. Participating writers will also have the rare opportunity to meet with editors and agents on a one to one basis. To top the day off, they will enjoy a very special appearance by David Frei, the long standing co-host of the Westminster show.
The lineup at The Business of Pet Writing Conference is a virtual who's who of publishing including editors from Barron's Educational Series, Bowtie Press/Kennel Club Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Quirk Books, Storey Publishing, TFH Publications, AKC Gazette/Family Dog, Dog Fancy, Wiley, agents and more.
Dick Donahue, senior editor at Publishers Weekly, will kick off the day with a keynote speech: Pet Book Selling and Publishing. Paul Aiken, Executive Director of The Authors Guild will talk on the subject, Negotiations and Book Contracts.
As for the important issues of image facing pet writers and writing, Rick Frishman, founder of Planned Television Arts, will talk about: Handling Book Publicity.
Susan Canavan, senior editor at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt will speak about: Tips for Having A Successful Relationship with an Editor while Maura Teitelbum, of Abrams Artists Agency will present: How to Find the Right Literary Agent for You and Your Book.
Last but not least, Beth Adelman, president of Adelman Editorial Services will share her expertise on: Writing Better Book Proposals.
But that's not all that's going on during The Business of Pet Writing Conference. In addition to the aforementioned sessions, a research and trends panel will contribute their specialized knowledge to the day. The panel includes representatives from such esteemed organizations as: the American Animal Hospital Association, American Kennel Club, American Veterinary Medical Association, American Pet Products Manufacturers Association, Automobile Association of America, Pet Food Institute, National Animal Supplement Council and others.
"The response has been so tremendous for our pet writing conference that we expect the roster of presenters to grow," said Charlotte Reed, international pet expert, author of The Miss Fido Manners Complete Book of Etiquette and proprietor of The Pet Socialite, Inc. "We are so thrilled to produce the event and know it's the first of many to come."
The cost of The Business Writing Conference is $150.00.
For more information about The Business of Pet Writing Conference, contact: The Pet Socialite, Inc. PO Box 389, New York, NY 10013. Email: info(at)petwritingconference.com. Phone: 212-631-3648. Fax: 888-492-3452.
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