| The Writers Project at ACC was developed to give students and Warren and Washington County residents the chance to listen to and speak in person with nationally renowned and up-and-coming writers. |
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| All readings are free and open to the public. |
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| 640 Bay Road |
| Queensbury, NY 12804 |
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| Phone: 518-743-2210 |
| Fax: 518-745-1433 |
| Email: writersproject@sunyacc.edu |
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| Writers Project Advisory Board |
| J. Courtney Reid, Director |
| Laura Albert |
| Joe Cutshall-King |
| Lale Davidson |
| W. Sheldon Hurst |
| Kathie McCoy |
| Nancy White |
| Media Relations |
| Bob Myers |
| Mark Parfitt |
| Grant Writer |
| Karen Stites |
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Schedule of Events: Free and Open to the Public
Jeannine Laverty
Monday, February 15
12:30pm
Visual Arts Gallery
Dearlove Hall
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Jeannine Laverty has been telling international folk tales since 1979 when her work teaching English as a second language to immigrants in New York City showed her firsthand how the U.S. is made up of cultures from all the countries of the world. On February 15, the day after Valentine's Day, Jannine will be telling some DIFFERENT kind of love stories. |
Jay O'Callahan
Thursday, March 04
7pm
ACC Theater
Humanities
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Jay O'Callahan has performed at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, Lincoln Center in New York City, the National Theatre Complex in London, at the Olympics, and with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
His evening performance on Thursday, March 4 at 7 p.m. in the ACC Theater is free and open to the public.
On Friday, March 5, he will be offering an all-day workshop - "The Art and Uses of Storytelling" - limited to 20 participants. Click here for an application form. |
Fred Marchant
Monday, March 29
12:30pm
Visual Arts Gallery
Dearlove Hall
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Fred Marchant's most recent book of poetry, The Looking House (Graywolf Press, 2009) was named by Barnes and Noble Review as one of the five best books of poetry in 2009. He is professor of English and the Director of the Creative Writing Program and Director of The Poetry Center at Suffolk University in Boston. A graduate of Brown University, he earned a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago's Committee on Social Thought. |
Nancy White
Monday, April 26
12:30pm
Visual Arts Gallery
Dearlove Hall
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Come celebrate the publication of Nancy White's newest collection of poetry, Detour. Come meet her publisher, fellow poet Allen Hoey of Tamarack Editions. |
Allen Hoey
Monday, April 26
12:30pm
Visual Arts Gallery
Dearlove Hall
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Allen Hoey is an American poet, novelist, literary critic and publisher of fine poetry.
He did his undergraduate work at the State University of New York at Potsdam, where he mentored with Kelsie B. Harder. At Syracuse University, he worked extensively with Hayden Carruth in a relationship that has lasted almost thirty years. He received the Cornelia C. Ward Fellowship in Creative Writing and a University Fellowship and graduated with both an MA and a DA in English/Creative Writing.
All material copyright (c) 2009 by Allen Hoey. |
ALL READINGS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Readings co-sponsored by The National Endowment for the Arts, Poets and Writers, inc., FSA of Adirondack Community College, The Freshman Seminar Experience, New York State Council on the Arts.
contact: Courtney Reid, Director
Copies of our guests' most recent work are available at the ACC Bookstore.
"Many thanks to the ACC Faculty-Student Association for providing refreshments for the Writers Project events!"
All venues for readings for the Writers Project at Adirondack Community College are handicap-accessible, and amplification devices for the hearing impaired can be made available upon request.
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