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Category Archives: Literary Events
February Student Reading at the Coffee Cave
Love was the theme Tuesday evening at the Coffee Cave, at least according to Armin, our Emcee, who predicted we would fall in love with the readers, and provided the invaluable service of microphone adjustment for our first reader, Melissa … Continue reading
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Tagged Hannah Oberman-Breindel, Melissa Adamo, Steve Wright
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December Student Reading at the Coffee Cave
The Coffee Cave hosted the last MFA student reading of the semester Tuesday evening. Theevening began with first year fiction writer Nancy Mendez-Booth, introduced by NancyToomey. Nancy read her an excerpt from “The Unspoken,” her story of love and loss … Continue reading
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Tagged JJ Koczan, Marina Carreira, Nancy Mendez-Booth
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Reading at the Half King Featuring R-N MFA Alumni
Mauro Altamura, Rachel Friedman, Erin McMillan, Dawn Ryan, Paul Vidich, Aimee Vitrak, all graduates of the inaugural Rutgers-Newark MFA program, and members of the Neumann Leathers Writers Group, will read at the Half King Bar on Monday, December 6, starting at 7pm. The Half King is co-owned by Sebastian … Continue reading
November Student Reading at The Coffee Cave
Halsey Street hotspot Coffee Cave hosted the November MFA student reading, featuring second year poet Susan Riedel and first year fiction writer Chris Whitehead. Sara Grossman introduced Susan, who started the evening off with three poems about structures: the lighted window of … Continue reading
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Tagged chris whitehead, susan riedel
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Review of Student Reading by Nicole Homer and Justin Mayer
MFA writers rocked the Coffee Cave Tuesday evening with a reading by first and second year students, Nicole Homer and Justin Mayer. Armin Tolentino introduced first year poet Nicole who is also a performance artist. Poised and at ease, she … Continue reading
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Jayne Anne Phillips to Judge The Story Prize 2010
The Story Prize announced this week that Jayne Anne Phillips, Marie du Vaure, and John Freeman will judges for 2010! More about the judges and prize here. This prestigious award will be announced on March 2nd at The New School in … Continue reading
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Tagged jayne anne phillips, John Freeman, Marie du Vaure, The Story Prize
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Check out Newark–Dodge Poetry Festival
Any mention of Newark in the New York Times catches my eye. Wednesday an article about the Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival touted Newark’s burgeoning cultural scene, “evidenced by established cultural institutions like Newark Symphony Hall and the Newark Museum, … Continue reading
Posted in Literary Events, Living in Newark, Student Life, writing life
Tagged Dodge Poetry Festival
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Writers at Newark Poster for 2010-2011
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Dickson Lam on VONA 2010
R-N fiction (errr, memoir?) MFAer, and my stellar office buddy/ bay area cohort, Dickson Lam, is back from week 1 of the VONA Voices Workshop, which took place June 20th-26th on the beautiful University of San Francisco campus. Put on by Voices of … Continue reading
Awkward encounters with notable writers, episode 1: Uppity
It started about ten months ago at Book Slam, a West London event combining writers, comics, musicians, wine, a Serbian DJ and dim lighting. Book Slam self-defines as a ‘literary nightclub’, but, in reality, it’s better than that. Whenever I … Continue reading
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