| 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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| Director |
| J. Courtney Reid |
| Media Relations |
| Bob Myers |
| Advisory Board |
| Paul Gallipeo |
| Sheldon Hurst |
| Kathleen McCoy |
| Courtney Reid |
| Nancy White |
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Schedule of Events: Free and Open to the Public
Stuart Bartow
Wednesday, February 25
12:30 pm
Miller Auditorium
Dearlove Hall
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Stuart Bartow’s newest poetry collection is Reason to Hate the Sky (WordTech Editions, 2009). Bartow is associate professor of English and is the author of Whelk and the chapbooks White Ravens, The Perseids, The Stars Belong to No One, Sleeping Through Seasons and As Armless Messengers Wake. |
Art Into Words
Thursday, March 12
6:00 pm
Visual Arts Gallery
Dearlove Hall
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Ekphrasis: Art Into Words combines pieces from the ACC art collection with written interpretations of the work by poets, writers and thinkers. An anthology of the poems – Ekphrasis: Art Into Words – written and edited by ACC English professor Kathie McCoy and sponsored by the ACC Foundation, will be available.
The event is co-sponsored by the Visual Arts Gallery. |
Cornelia Walker Bailey
Monday, March 30
12:30 pm
Miller Auditorium
Dearlove Hall
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Cornelia Walker Bailey is the descendant of an African slave and grew up on Sapelo Island, where slave ships landed and plantation life ruled. Her book God, Dr. Buzzard and the Bolito Man (Anchor Books, 2001) is a collection of poignant and humorous stories of growing up on an island community, framed by the history of slavery and African roots. |
Steven Fellner
Monday, April 06
12:30 pm
Miller Auditorium
Dearlove Hall
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Steven Fellner, assistant professor of English at SUNY Brockport, will read from his debut collection of the poems, Blind Date with Cavafy. The collection won the 2006 Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Prize.
Fellow poet Denise Duhamel calls Fellner’s poetry “...spunky, raw, immediate and utterly compelling.” |
Peter Marino
Wednesday, April 22
12:30 pm
ACC Theater
Humanities
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Peter Marino, professor of English at ACC, will read excerpts from his new young adult novel Magic and Misery (Holiday House, 2009). He is the author of the critically acclaimed novel Dough Boy (Holiday House, 2005.) |
Peter Marino
Thursday, April 23
7:00 pm
Scoville Auditorium
Scoville Learning Center
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Peter Marino, professor of English at ACC, will read excerpts from his new young adult novel Magic and Misery (Holiday House, 2009). He is the author of the critically acclaimed novel Dough Boy (Holiday House, 2005.) |
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 Red Fox books, 28 Ridge Street, Glens Falls, NY 12801, Tel: 518-793-5352.
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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