The Literature Program

 ~Visiting Writers Series~

The poet, Mark Strand, will read at 8 pm on Wednesday, November 12 in TRLC.   This is our Annual Ravenswood Fundraiser event and we appreciate all the support we receive for this fantastic lecture series.

You can find more information about Mark Strand here: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=6621

Stockton professor and poet Cindy Arrieu-King will be reading October 16, 2008, 8 pm.  Room location TBA.

You can read one of Cynthia Arrieu-King’s poems here: http://www.versedaily.org/2007/bluefailure.shtml

For more information about the Visiting Writers Series, contact Nathan Long.

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THE RICHARD WRIGHT CENTENNIAL SYMPOSIUM

Commemorating the life and work of novelist, poet, and essayist Richard Wright

Thursday, October 30, 2008, 4:00-6:00 pm

~with a reception to follow~

Townsend Residential Life Center (TRLC)

Featuring panelists:

Dr. Robert Gregg

Dr. Linda Nelson

Dr. Donnetrice Allison

Mr. Ricky Epps-Kearny

For more information about the Wright symposium, contact Adalaine Holton.

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Ordinary Lives of Engagement Speaker Series

presents a conversation with

Connie Burzo

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

3:30-5:00 pm in the TRLC

 Connie Burzo is a recent Stockton alum who currently teaches English and Language Arts at the Rittenberg Middle School in Egg Harbor City, NJ.  She will be discussing her experiences with students and sharing ideas about teaching as a form of civic engagment.

For more information about the Ordinary Lives of Engagement Speaker Series, contact Lisa Honaker.

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ARHU PRESENTS

Thursday, October 2
Nathan Long - Transgenreism:  A Reading of New Short Writing
K-141, 4:30pm-6:30pmThursday, October 30
Adalaine Holton, organizer - A Centennial Commemoration of Richard Wright’s Birth
TRLC, 4:00pm-6:30pmTuesday, November 11
William Lubenow - Organizing the “Chaos of Incident” in Britain, 1815-1914: Conviviality and Civility in London Clublife
K-141, 4:30pm-6:30pm