THE NEW SCHOOL PUBLIC PROGRAMS: LITERATURE & WRITINGSPRING 2012 UPDATE |
NEW YORK, March 29, 2012 - The New School, New York's leading presenter of literary public programming, finishes the spring semester with readings, panels and lectures with leading poets, novelists and critics. Highlights include the PEN World Voices Festival, which will feature influential authors such as Margaret Atwood (May 3), Jennifer Egan (May 4), and Tony Kushner (May 5), as well as a panel influential European novelists, led by Aleksandar Hemon (May 5). EDITOR'S NOTE: CLICK FOR A FULL CALENDAR OF EVENTS. All public programs are subject to change. Poetry takes center stage at several author discussions this spring. Red, White and Blue: Poets on Politics (Apr. 2) brings to campus Filip Marnovich, author of The Occupy Wall Street Poetry Anthology and others, while the Poetry Forum series will feature Jill Alexander Essbaum (Apr. 3), Terence Winch (Apr. 10) and David Trinidad (Apr. 18). In addition, Creative Writing at The New School's ongoing partnership with African American poetry collective Cave Canem will offer events with Tim Seibles (Apr. 11) and Tracy K. Smith and Patrick Rosal (Apr. 28). Two panel discussions will explore the links between literature and film. Film Criticism Today (Apr. 4) is a discussion between both established film writers and up-and-coming voices from the field: Phillip Loapte will join Slate's Dana Stevens, Movieline's Stephanie Zacharek, the New York Times' Dennis Lim, and Alt Screen's Paul Brunick. The Rattapallax Poetry and Film Festival unites verse and movies with screenings of international award-winning shorts accompanied by readings and commentary from poets including Christopher Merrill, director of the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa; James Ragan, author of The Hunger Wall; and others. EDITOR'S NOTE: CLICK FOR A FULL CALENDAR OF EVENTS. All public programs are subject to change. |
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