English Department Newsletter, 15 April 2005

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GARNETT COHEN

Garnett has been invited to conduct a workshop on "Shifting genres" at Northwestern University 2005 Summer Writer's Conference, and to give a reading at the Author's Sala in San Miguel Allende in July. Her short story that appeared in the Blue Earth Review won second place in their Flash Fiction Contest. She also organized a panel, "The Examined Life: Reading and Writing Personal History and Memoir," which has been accepted for the MMLA in November. Her own paper presentation will be "Writing the Places We've Left Behind." ROSE BLOUIN, MARK WITHROW, and TOM NOWROCKI will also present papers on the panel.

AMY HAWKINS

This past Friday, Amy presented at the MELUS Conference. She delivered a piece called, "And to think I once lived near Middlesex Street..." as a part of the queer caucus and roundtable discussion: What a Difference a Queer Makes: Post-Identity Pedagogy and Ethic Studies. Also, this June three Sharing Cultures members from South Africa will be here. They will be presenting with our team at the CASTL Institute here at Columbia College and at Computers and Writing in Palo Alto, at Stanford.

DOUG REICHERT POWELL

Doug presented a paper at the College Education Association, 3/31-4/2, on a panel chaired by Garnett Kilberg Cohen titled "Regional Literature in the Classroom." This weekend, Doug has been invited to participate in a roundtable on"Appalachia and the Media" at the 20th Anniversary Symposium of the Center for Appalachian Studies and Services at East Tennessee State University.

BRENDAN RILEY

Brendan presented a research/art project at the National Popular Culture Conference in mid-March 2005. To see portions of his presentation and the art project, visit:
http://www.curragh-labs.org/random/

TONY TRIGILIO

Tony was one of the featured readers at a book release party for the poetry anthology, /America Zen/, at Village Books in Bellingham, WA, on April 1. His poem, "Special Prosecutor," was nominated by /Rhino/ magazine for a Pushcart Prize and an Illinois Arts Council Literary Award. His poem, "Soldier, 1942," also was nominated by /The Spoon River Poetry Review/ for an Illinois Arts Council Literary Award.

DAVID TRINIDAD

David spent his spring break giving two poetry readings in New York City: one in the KGB series in the East Village and one in the Segue series at the Bowery Poetry Club. David reports that it poured rain both days he read, but that didn?t seem to stop people: both events were well attended. For the Segue reading, A Rest Press published a beautiful chapbook, that includes an excerpt from a long poem David?s working on. While in New York, David was also interviewed by Nathan Kernan for a biography of James Schuyler, which he?s writing for Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Schuyler, a preeminent New York School poet, was a friend of David?s. People can also find David?s ?Nature Poem,? in the new issue of Shiny magazine.

STAN WEST

Stan will deliver the keynote address at THE SOCIAL EYE OF THE ARTS COLLOQUIM this June. His presentation, ?The Social Eye of Chicago? will bring together his commitment to scholarship and teaching.

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Department newsletter compiled by M. Killian McCurrie.