SUMMER EVENTS  & POETRY READINGS AT NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE

Saturday, June 27, 2009

OPEN HOUSE

New England College Campus

8:30 AM-9:00 PM

Free Open House for prospective students interested in an MFA. A day of writing workshops, lectures and a performance with Regie O'Hare Gibson. Pre-registration required. Contact jgens@nec.edu

July 6-11, 2009

Post MFA Symposium

with Peter Campion, Rachel Hadas, Ilya Kaminsky, Major Jackson and Ed Ochester.

OPEN TO NH POETS BY THE DAY OR ENTIRE PROGRAM

contact: cdeniord@nec.edu

July 8, 2009 (free and open to the public) PANEL WITH DONALD HALL and Post-MFA faculty on Donald Hall's historic essay "Poetry and Ambition"

4:00 PM in the Great Room, Simon Center,

READINGS

All readings held in the Simon Center, 98 Bridge Street at 7:30 PM

Free and open to the public

Call 603-219-9172 to confirm reading

Wednesday, June 24

Ilya Kaminsky and Carol Frost

Thursday, June 25

Featuring NH Poets Pat Fargnoli and Maura MacNeil

Friday, June 26

Kazim Ali

Saturday, June 27

Performance with Regie O'Hare Gibson

Sunday, June 28

NEC alumnus Chris Goodrich and Paula McLain

Tuesday, June 30

NEC student reading

Wednesday, July 1

Brian Henry and Eleni Sikelianos

Post MFA Symposium Readings

Monday, July 6

Major Jackson & Symposium participants

Tuesday, July 7

Rachel Hadas & Symposium participants

Wednesday, July 8

Peter Campion & Donald Hall

Thursday, July 9

Chard deNiord & Peter Everwine

Friday, July 10

Ed Ochester and Ilya Kaminsky

For further information, go to the New England College MFA program blog at:  http://tygerburning.blogspot.com/ or email Jacqueline Gens at jgens@nec.edu