Binghamton University Center for Writers to host Spring Readers’ Series
BINGHAMTON, NY – The Binghamton University Center for Writers will hold its opening event for the Spring Readers’ Series at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12, in Room 258 of the Fine Arts Building, on campus. All events are free and open to the public.
The Spring Readers’ Series, one of two series of literary events held by the Center for Writers each spring, features noted poets and fiction writers reading from their own work. The opening event will feature Dante Di Stefano and Greg Ames, both Binghamton University alumni.
Di Stefano, a Binghamton native and a high school teacher in the local area, is the author of two poetry collections: Love Is a Stone Endlessly in Flight and Ill Angels (forthcoming in 2019). He is the poetry editor for the Dialogist and is the co-editor of the anthology Misrepresented People, alongside Maria Isabel Alvarez.
Ames is a native of Buffalo, N.Y.; and has chosen that to be the setting for his first novel, Buffalo Lockjaw, which won the NAIBA Book of the Year Award. Ames’ second book, Funeral Platter, is a collection of short stories. He is currently an associate professor of English at Colgate University.
The Center also sponsors the Writing Life Series, which provides an opportunity for an informal conversation about getting published with the editor of a literary press or journal.
Below is a brief rundown of the remainder of the season’s schedule:
Monday, Feb. 11
1:30-3 p.m.
Library North, Room 2200 (Harpur Dean’s Conference Room)
A Writing Life: Conversations with Writer/Editors with Peter Krok of the Schuykill Valley Journal, an online journal featuring poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, art and features. The Writing Life series features an informal Q & A on publishing, craft and the writing life.
Tuesday, Feb. 19
8 p.m.
Fine Arts Building, Room 258
A Readers’ Series Event with Raena Shirali, winner of the Binghamton University Milt Kessler Poetry Book Award for Gilt
Wednesday, Feb. 20
1:30-3 p.m.
Library North, Room 2200 (Harpur Dean’s Conference Room)
A Writing Life: Conversations with Writer/Editors with Katherine Sullivan of YesYes Books, publishers of provocative collections of poetry, fiction and experimental art since 2011
Tuesday, March 5
8 p.m.
Fine Arts Building, Room 258
A Readers’ Series Event with Molly Peacock, a Binghamton University alumnus who lived and worked in Binghamton for some years. Peacock has earned many honors and distinctions; she is the author of seven books of poetry and four books of prose. Peacock has read her poetry at the Library of Congress, the Unterberg Poetry Center of the 92nd Street Y (New York City), and Harbourfront Centre (Toronto), as well as at numerous colleges, universities and libraries in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom.
Tuesday, March 12
8 p.m.
Fine Arts Building, Room 258
A Readers’ Series Event with Elizabeth Crane. Born in Johnson City, Crane’s mother sang with the Tri-Cities Opera, while her father was a music professor here. Crane is the author of two novels, We Only Know So Much and The History of Great Things (which is largely set in Binghamton), as well as three collections of short stories. Her stories have been featured on NPR’s Selected Shorts, and her work has been adapted for both stage and film.
Tuesday, April 9
8 p.m.
Fine Arts Building, Room 258
A Readers’ Series Event with Angela Jackson, winner of the John Gardner Fiction Book Award for Roads Where There Are No Roads. Poet, playwright and novelist, Jackson’s collections of poetry include the National Book Award-nominated And All These Roads Be Luminous. Her novel Where I Must Go won the American Book Award in 2009.
Further information on these events is available online or on the Binghamton Center for Writers Facebook page. You can reach the Center for Writers at 607-777-2713 or cwpro@binghamton.edu.
These events are sponsored by the Binghamton Center for Writers with support from the Department of English, General Literature and Rhetoric.