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What’s Happening at Writers & Books? October 2002 Programs & EventsWide Open Mike with Norm Davis
W&B is proud to sponsor Rochester’s longest running open mike program, “Wide Open Mike.” This forum allows poets and prose writers, essayists and performance artists of all ages and backgrounds, a place to share their work with others in a friendly atmosphere. Join host Norm Davis, local poet and editor of HazMat Review. Genesee Reading Series
Our October Genesee Reading event will feature local authors Donna M. Marbach and Patricia Roth Schwartz in the Verb Café, hosted by M.J. Iuppa. Donna M. Marbach is a painter and a freelance writer who has published non-fiction, fiction, and poetry in a variety of publications, including The Poetry Shell, New Author Journal, The Catholic Courier, and HazMat Review. Her first chapbook, The Silver Thimble, was released at the W&B Music and Poetry Festival at the Gell Center in July 2002. Donna received her bachelor’s degree in Literature from the University of California at Santa Cruz, owns her own business, and is an instructor at W&B. Patricia Roth Schwartz is a poet, fiction writer, teacher, and herbalist who lives on Weeping Willow Farm in Waterloo. She volunteers in Auburn Correctional Facility running a poetry workshop. Her work has been published in The Beloit Fiction Journal, Blueline, The Lyric, Nimrod, and other publications, and she is an instructor at W&B. Senior Reading Group
Join senior readers in the Verb Café for a pleasant afternoon of coffee, creative writing, and conversation. Read your prose and poetry in a comfortable, supportive atmosphere. Hosted by Norm Davis. Poetry, Peanuts, Popcorn, and Popflies!
We’ll transform the Verb Café into a ballpark to celebrate the publication of Bonus Baby, a new chapbook by Sarah Freligh. Bonus Baby is a narrative trajectory in traditional forms, free verse, and prose poems that follows the career of fictional pitcher Al Stepansky from Little League all the way through the Major League and life after baseball. Sarah, a former sports reporter for The Philadelphia Inquirer, has seen her short stories and poems published in Cimarron Review, Iowa Woman, HazMat Review, Elysian Fields Quarterly, and other literary journals. In addition to writing, she now teaches at St. John Fisher College and is an instructor at W&B. Sarah will read from, discuss, and sign her new book, published this fall by Polo Grounds Press. Get Surreal with the Earl Cram Revue!
The Earl Cram Revue has been dazzling audiences with their savvy blend of original folk/pop gems and authentic Surrealist Games since September 2001. Join them for an evening of great music and startling word games in the Surrealist tradition of early 20th century personalities like Magritte, Salvador Dali, Max Ernst, and Andre Breton. Fun for everyone! Writers & Books Welcomes Clayton Eshleman“An Introduction to the Art of Translation” with Clayton Eshleman
Eshleman will discuss successful translation using the poetry of Antonin Artaud, Charles Baudelaire, Aime Cesaire, and his own. “Looking Back at Caterpillar Magazine” and “What is American About American Poetry” with Clayton Eshleman
Clayton Eshleman edited Caterpillar magazine from 1967–1973. He will discuss what made Caterpillar special, as well as the social background against which the magazine constructed itself. A shorter talk, “What is American about American Poetry?” will identify what makes 20th century American poetry unique. A Masters Poetry Class with Clayton Eshleman
Participants will provide up to 3 pages of their work to the instructor by October 14, and bring copies to the workshop. Each writer will be asked to read and discuss their work. The instructor and the class will then offer constructive criticism. Poetry Reading, Clayton Eshleman
A poetry reading by Mr. Ehsleman, drawing from Under World Arrest (Black Sparrow Press, 1994), From Scratch (Black Sparrow Press, 1998) and My Devotion (David Godine, 2003). Play Reading
Join us in the Verb Café for a reading of a new play by Dan Kennedy, Garabandal, about four girls in Garabandal, Spain who saw visions of the Virgin Mary from 1961–1965. The play is in its formative stages and the author is open to feedback from the audience. Dan Kennedy received his MFA for playwriting from Carnegie Mellon University in 1989. . The “W
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