New England College MFA Program in Poetry Summer Events & Readings

THREE-DAY PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP

Always Leave Them Wanting More, with Legendary Stand-up Poet,
Jack McCarthy

When: Thursday, June 24 through Saturday, June 26, 2010
Time: 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Cost: $150

Please email jgens@nec.edu or call 603-219-9172 to pre-register or for more information.

OPEN HOUSE DURING 2010 SUMMER RESIDENCY

Spend the day on campus exploring our MFA program by attending a writing workshop, lectures, and a reading. This is an opportunity to meet our faculty & students, and to experience first-hand if the program is a good fit for your needs.

When: Saturday, June 26, 2010
Where: New England College campus, Simon Center
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (includes lunch & dinner)
Cost: Free (pre-registration required)

Please email jgens@nec.edu or call 603-219-9172 to pre-register or for more information.

SUMMER 2010 READING SERIES

All readings will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Simon Center Great Room on the New England College campus. These events are free and open to the public. Please call 603-219-9172 to confirm readings or to receive further information.

Thursday, June 24, 2010
Jack McCarthy, legendary stand-up poet

Friday, June 25, 2010
Ilya Kaminsky & Katie Farris reading from the new Ecco Anthology of International Poetry

Saturday, June 26, 2010
Brian Henry & Guest Poet, Lynn Emanual

Sunday, June 27, 2010
Tygerburning Literary Journal Launch Party & Reading, featuring poets from NEC, New Hampshire, and Vermont

Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Paula McLain & Eleni Sikelianos

Wednesday, June 30, 2010
MFA Student Reading

Thursday, July 1, 2010
Tara Rebele & New Media Class

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BIOGRAPHIES

Lynn Emanuel was born in Mt. Kisco, New York, in 1949. She is the author of three books of poetry: Then, Suddenly— (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1999), which was awarded the Eric Matthieu King Award from The Academy of American Poets; The Dig (1992), which was selected by Gerald Stern for the National Poetry Series; and Hotel Fiesta (1984).

Her work has been featured in the Pushcart Prize Anthology and Best American Poetry numerous times and is included in The Oxford Book of American Poetry. She has been a judge for the National Book Awards and has received two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Emanuel has taught at the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, The Warren Wilson Program in Creative Writing, and the Vermont College Creative Writing Program. She is currently a Professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh.

Kathryn Farris has a B.S. in Biology from U.C. Berkeley and an M.F.A. in Fiction from Brown University. She’s currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Literature and Creative Writing from University of Denver. She has taught and lectured at Berkeley, Brown and Port Townsend Writers Conference. Her translations and writings have been published in literary journals and anthologies including those from Graywolf Press and HarperCollins Publishers.

Jack McCarthy is a working guy from the Boston area who's been writing poetry since the mid-60s. He'd been averaging about a poem a year until 1992-93, when two things happened. First, his new wife, Carol, blackmailed him into attending a workshop with Galway Kinnell; then he brought his daughter Annie, for her birthday, to the open mike at the Cantab Lounge in Central Square, Cambridge, hoping she'd get excited about poetry. Jack was the one who got hooked. Since then he's brought out Grace Notes, two chapbooks (Actual Grace Notes and Too Old to Make Excuses (But Still Young Enough to Make Love)), a 60-minute cassette tape ("Poems for Hannah"), and a CD ("Breaking Down Outside a Gas Station"). A major book, Say Goodnight, Grace Notes, was released in 2003 by EM Press to rave reviews. His work has appeared in a number of anthologies, including The Spoken Word Revolution. Jack was a member of the Boston team at the 1996 National Poetry Slam, and was an engaging minor character in the feature film "Slamnation," which documented those proceedings, and he was a member of the Worcester team at the 2000 National Poetry Slam, where he finished as the 10th ranked individual. The Boston Phoenix has named him "Best Standup Poet," the Boston Poetry Awards "Best Love Poet," and the Cambridge Poetry Awards "Best Spoken Word" and "Best Humorous Poet ." The Boston Globe says, "In the poetry world, he's a rock star."

Tara Rebele is a new media artist/poet. She has performed her text-based, multimedia solo works to live, proximal audiences in New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Milwaukee, Boston, Richmond, and Atlanta, among other places, exhibiting her live interactive works worldwide. She has published in journals such as Salt, Slope, Dusie, Volt, How2, and Sleeping Fish. Her first book, And I'm Not Jenny: Performance Writing, was published in 2005 by Slope Editions. Recent works (2009) include: Salvation, a collaboration with Marlena Corcoran, Antoinette LaFarge and Julian Hermann, is shown at the Querini Stampalia in Venice as part of the Venice International Literary Conference; Incroci di civilta; 4th Wall is a live intermedia cyberformance, exquisite corpse/interactive poetic installation, solicited for the 090909 International UpStage Festival, and shown live at venues worldwide. She is currently at work on her next book, Tea and Small Bones, as well as other new media writing/art projects.

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