An Evening of Poetry with Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
7:00 p.m.;
University Center, Fireside Lounge
The Adelphi University M.F.A. in Creative Writing is pleased to invite you to a reading by poet Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie followed by an Open Mic in celebration of National Poetry Month. Admission is free and open to the public at large, and refreshments will be served.
Award-Winning Poet and Scholar
Major Jackson In Residence at Adelphi
Major Jackson is the author of three collections of poetry: Holding Company (Norton, 2010), Hoops (Norton, 2006), a finalist for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literature-Poetry, and Leaving Saturn (University of Georgia, 2002), winner of the 2000 Cave Canem Poetry Prize and finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award.
Professor Jackson teaches the Graduate Poetry Workshop (English 641) which meets on Tuesdays, 4:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
In addition to conducting the graduate poetry workshop, and along with his weekly office hours, Professor Jackson will give a campus-wide reading of his work, and engage in a literary dialogue.
The National Book Critics Circle Interview
MFA Program Director Jacqueline Jones LaMon was recently interviewed by The National Book Critics Circle about her new collection of poems, Last Seen. Read the Article on Critical Mass, the NBCC's blog.
AU Student Tastes Screenplay Success
Adelphi University is pleased to announce that graduate student David Rodriguez's '09, M.F.A. '12 screenplay, Please Spell D-E-A-T-H, has been accepted to the 2011 Beverly Hills Film Festival, which will take place from April 6 to 10, 2011 in Beverly Hills, CA.
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