Juniper Summer Writing Institute faculty to give readings
The Juniper Summer Writing Institute will host seven nights of poetry and fiction readings by acclaimed faculty and writers in residence from June 23-29.
All readings begin at 7:30 p.m. in 135 Integrated Sciences Building. Readings are open to the public for a suggested donation of $5-10.
The series kicks off June 23 with Mark Doty and Joy Williams. Doty is the author of nine books of poems, including Fire to Fire: New & Selected Poems, and five volumes of nonfiction. Williams is the author of four novels, including The Quick and the Dead, three collections of stories, and Ill Nature, a book of essays.
The schedule of public readings is as follows:
June 24: Stacey Levine and D.A. Powell. Levine is the author of four books of fiction, including The Girl with Brown Fur, Frances Johnson, and My Horse and Other Stories. Powell is the author of Cocktails, Chronic, and Useless Landscape, or A Guide for Boys.
June 25: Peter Gizzi and Maggie Nelson. Gizzi is the author of Threshold Songs, The Outernationale, Some Values of Landscape and Weather, Artificial Heart, and Periplum and other poems 1987-1992. Nelson is the author of four books of nonfiction prose, including The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning, and Bluets; and four books of poetry, including Something Bright, Then Holes and Jane: A Murder.
June 26: Anthony Doerr, Matthea Harvey and Lisa Olstein. Doerr is the author of two story collections, Memory Wall and The Shell Collector; a novel, About Grace; and the nonfiction book Four Seasons in Rome. Harvey is the author of three poetry collections, including Sad Little Breathing Machine and Modern Life. Olstein is the author of three collections of poetry: Radio Crackling, Radio Gone; Lost Alphabet, and Little Stranger.
June 27: Timothy Donnelly and Noy Holland. Donnelly is the author of two books of poetry: The Cloud Corporation and Twenty-seven Props for a Production of Eine Lebenszeit. Holland’s collections of short fiction and novellas include Swim for the Little One First, What Begins with Bird, and The Spectacle of the Body.
June 28: Ben Marcus, Susan Steinberg and Betsy Wheeler. Marcus is the author of two novels, The Flame Alphabet and Notable American Women, and the story collection The Age of Wire and String. Steinberg is the author of the story collections Spectacle, Hydroplane, and The End of Free Love. Wheeler is the author of the poetry collection Loud Dreaming in a Quiet Room, and Start Here, a poetry chapbook.
June 29: Paul Lisicky and Dara Wier. Lisicky is the author of the novels Lawnboy and The Burning House; a memoir, Famous Builder, and Unbuilt Projects, a collection of short prose. Wier is the author of 12 books of poems, including You Good Thing, Selected Poems, Remnants of Hannah, Reverse Rapture, and Hat on a Pond.
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Thursday, June 13, 2013
