James Byrne (2:00 PM, Hepner Hall 216)
He is an award winning British poet, translator and editor of The Wolf magazine. He?s been called 'one of the leading poets of his generation', endorsed by The Times as one of the ?ten rising stars of British poetry.? His anthology, Bones Will Crow: 15 Contemporary Burmese Poets is widely recognized as the first anthology of contemporary Burmese poetry available in the West.
James Byrne will discuss his editorial experience as the editor-in-chief of The Wolf, one of the most important literary journals in the United Kingdom, and also speak about his various other editorial experiences.
Garth Greenwell (3:30 PM, Hepner Hall 218)
Garth Greenwell?s Los Angeles Times bestselling novel, What Belongs To You, has been described as ?the great gay novel for our times.? Greenwell is also the author of a novella, Mitko, which won the 2010 Miami University Press Novella Prize and was a finalist for the Edmund White Debut Fiction Prize and a Lambda Award. He?s lived in Sofia, Bulgaria for many years and currently resides in Iowa City.
He will discuss his publications in The New Yorker and elsewhere and speak on writing essays and book reviews.
Sandeep Parmar (3:30 PM, Hepner Hall 128)
Sandeep Parmar is the author of two critically acclaimed books of poetry and the professor of twentieth-century literature at the University of Liverpool. She is an international authority on neglected modernist women authors, and has written on or edited the volumes of Hope Mirrlees, Mina Loy, and Nancy Cunard. Parmar?s passionate writing on race and identity in contemporary UK poetry appeared in The Guardian, LA Review of Books and elsewhere.
Sandeep Parmar will deliver a talk entitled ?Subjects vs Citizens: Race, the Avant-Garde and 100 Years of British Poetry.?
Mary Rakow (1:30 PM, Arts & Letters Building 420)
Mary Rakow is the recipient of a Lannan Foundation Literary Fellowship, and her work was shortlisted for the International Saroyan Prize, a PEN USA/West Finalist in Fiction and was listed among the Best Books of the West by The Los Angeles Times. This is Why I Came, her new book, was published this year to acclaim from The Atlantic, The Washington Post, and Boston Globe.
She will discuss her acclaimed novel This is why I Came.
James Byrne, Garth Greenwell and Mary Rakow will read from their works on Wednesday, April 13 at 7:00 PM in Love Library, Room 430.
Admission/Cost: FREE
Location:
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Dr
San Diego, CA 92182
NOTE: In the event of a faculty strike the April 13 events will take place at 4320 Gordon Way, La Mesa, CA
Wednesday, April 13 - 1:30 PM
For more information, please visit: www.sdsu.edu
He is an award winning British poet, translator and editor of The Wolf magazine. He?s been called 'one of the leading poets of his generation', endorsed by The Times as one of the ?ten rising stars of British poetry.? His anthology, Bones Will Crow: 15 Contemporary Burmese Poets is widely recognized as the first anthology of contemporary Burmese poetry available in the West.
James Byrne will discuss his editorial experience as the editor-in-chief of The Wolf, one of the most important literary journals in the United Kingdom, and also speak about his various other editorial experiences.
Garth Greenwell (3:30 PM, Hepner Hall 218)
Garth Greenwell?s Los Angeles Times bestselling novel, What Belongs To You, has been described as ?the great gay novel for our times.? Greenwell is also the author of a novella, Mitko, which won the 2010 Miami University Press Novella Prize and was a finalist for the Edmund White Debut Fiction Prize and a Lambda Award. He?s lived in Sofia, Bulgaria for many years and currently resides in Iowa City.
He will discuss his publications in The New Yorker and elsewhere and speak on writing essays and book reviews.
Sandeep Parmar (3:30 PM, Hepner Hall 128)
Sandeep Parmar is the author of two critically acclaimed books of poetry and the professor of twentieth-century literature at the University of Liverpool. She is an international authority on neglected modernist women authors, and has written on or edited the volumes of Hope Mirrlees, Mina Loy, and Nancy Cunard. Parmar?s passionate writing on race and identity in contemporary UK poetry appeared in The Guardian, LA Review of Books and elsewhere.
Sandeep Parmar will deliver a talk entitled ?Subjects vs Citizens: Race, the Avant-Garde and 100 Years of British Poetry.?
Mary Rakow (1:30 PM, Arts & Letters Building 420)
Mary Rakow is the recipient of a Lannan Foundation Literary Fellowship, and her work was shortlisted for the International Saroyan Prize, a PEN USA/West Finalist in Fiction and was listed among the Best Books of the West by The Los Angeles Times. This is Why I Came, her new book, was published this year to acclaim from The Atlantic, The Washington Post, and Boston Globe.
She will discuss her acclaimed novel This is why I Came.
James Byrne, Garth Greenwell and Mary Rakow will read from their works on Wednesday, April 13 at 7:00 PM in Love Library, Room 430.
Admission/Cost: FREE
Location:
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Dr
San Diego, CA 92182
NOTE: In the event of a faculty strike the April 13 events will take place at 4320 Gordon Way, La Mesa, CA
Wednesday, April 13 - 1:30 PM
For more information, please visit: www.sdsu.edu
