Friday Favorites: Sept. 26
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This week’s book suggestion comes from writer Elizabeth Alexander, who was a finalist for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize. She is a featured speaker next month at Manhattanville College’s Master of Art in Writing Program’s Meet the Writers Literary Series, one of the most interesting writers conferences in the region that is in its 10th year.
“The book on my mind these days is ‘The Essential Gwendolyn Brooks.’ (Library of America, 2005). Brooks becomes more and more necessary to me each passing year. Her work continues to unfold for me,” writes Anderson, who edited the publication that traces Brooks’ poetry career “in all its ambitious scope and unexpected stylistic shifts.”
Alexander, in her own right, is a poet, essayist, playwright, and teacher. She has written four books of poems, “The Venus Hottentot,” ” Body of Life,” ” Antebellum Dream Book,” and “American Sublime,” a finalist for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize. A scholar of African-American literature and culture, she has also published a collection of essays, “The Black Interior.” Anderson, as well, is a recipient of numerous awards and honors including the 2007 Jackson Prize for Poetry awarded by Poets & Writers.
You can hear Anderson at 7 p.m. Oct. 7 at Manhattanville College’s Reid Castle.
“Meet the Writers” reading series is housed in Reid Castle. The series includes selections of master classes, craft seminars, panel discussions (meet the agents and editors) and readings by prominent published poets and writers. The readings are free, open to the public and include a reception and a Q&A. Panel discussions with agents and editors Craft seminars are also open to the public. “Meet the Writers†master classes welcome the public as well as students at Manhattanville and require pre-registration and a fee.
For information or to reserve a place, call (914) 323-5300.
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