Upcoming Readings & Events on the SIUC Campus

Spring 2007 In-House and Visiting Writer Readings & Events
SIUC Department of English Creative Writing Program


02/16 Showing of the documentary “Beauty Rises: Four Lives in the Arts” featuring a post-screening discussion with SIUC poet Allison Joseph
and the documentary’s director, Dan Andries.
4:30 P.M. – UNIVERSITY MUSEUM, FANER HALL, RECEPTION TO FOLLOW


02/22 African American History Month Reading by SIUC Dept. of English
Faculty, Allison Joseph and Jacinda Townsend
4:00 P.M. – BALLROOM A, SIUC STUDENT CENTER


03/23 SIUC MFA in Creative Writing Program Alumni Reading by
Matthew Guenette and Michael Meyerhofer
4:00 P.M. – SIUC STUDENT CENTER AUDITORIUM


03/30 Women’s History Month Poetry Reading by the six winners of the
Roxana Rivera Memorial Poetry Contest and this year’s judge,
poet Joy Katz.
4:00 P.M. – SIUC STUDENT CENTER AUDITORIUM
RECEPTION AND BOOKSIGNING TO FOLLOW IN OLD MAIN LOUNGE


04/05 Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Reading by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers,
author of RED CLAY SUITE (published by SIU Press)
4:00 P.M. – MISSISSIPPI ROOM, SIUC STUDENT CENTER
RECEPTION AND BOOKSIGNING TO FOLLOW IN SALINE ROOM


04/19 Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Reading by Moira Linehan, author of
IF NO MOON (published by SIU Press)
4:00 P.M. – SIUC STUDENT CENTER AUDITORIUM
RECEPTION AND BOOKSIGNING TO FOLLOW IN OLD MAIN LOUNGE