English Department News and Events

News and Events

Fiction Reading, November 4

On Wednesday, Nov. 4 at 7:00 p.m. in Pardee 329, fiction writer Sung Woo will give a reading from his book Everything Asian, with a Q&A to follow.

Baba Brinkman, November 9 and 10

Baba Brinkman is a Canadian actor and rap artist. His Rap Guide to Evolution explores the history and current understanding of Darwin’s theory, combining hilarious remixes of popular rap songs with clever lyrical storytelling that covers Natural Selection, Sexual Selection, Evolutionary Psychology, and much more. Dr. Mark Pallen, author of The Rough Guide to Evolution, has vetted the entire script for scientific and historical accuracy, making it a powerful teaching tool as well as a laugh-out-loud comedy experience.

Schedule

November 9, 11:00- 12:15: Directing class with Michael O'Neill/Lee Upton's Creative Writing (Pardee 120)
2:00-3:00: High School ourtreach with Jim Toia (Williams Visual Arts)
7:00-8:30: Performance: Evolution According to Rap (with question/answer Oechsle 224)
November 10, 4:00: Rap workshop with W.O.R.D.S. (Marlo Room)
7-8:30: Performance: Evolution According to Rap (Oechsle 224)

MacKnight Black Poetry Reading, April 22

The 2010 MacKnight Black Poetry Competition Judge and Featured Reader will be Major Jackson.

Major Jackson’s third book of poetry, Holding Company, is coming out from W. W. Norton. His second book of poetry, Leaving Saturn, won the Cave Canem Poetry Prize and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. He is the Richard Dennis Green and Gold Professor at the University of Vermont and the Harvard Review’s Poetry Editor.

Thursday, April 22, 2010
Tentative time and place: Kirby Auditorium, 7 p.m.

Poetry and Ice Cream, April 29

This year’s Jean Corrie Poetry Reading & Ice Cream Social will take place at 4:10 p.m. on Thursday, April 29, in the Faculty Dining Room, Marquis Hall. The winners of the Jean Corrie Poetry Competition will read from their work, as will the judge of this year’s competition, Yolanda Wisher Palacio ’98.

Currently, Yolanda directs the Germantown Poetry Festival and teaches English at Germantown Friends School. She is the recipient of the 2008 Leeway Foundation Art and Change Award. Her poetry has appeared in the Sonia Sanchez Literary Review, Nocturnes, Meridians, and in other journals.