Rutgers In Newark Will Again Welcome Noted Authors, Poets As Speakers This Fall and Spring

Once again Rutgers-Newark’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program will bring nationally renowned authors and poets to campus for a series of readings and discussions, all open to the public free of charge.  “These are readings from literature, poetry, fiction, nonfiction, by some of the most prominent writers in
America, as well as new, emerging voices,” notes Jayne Anne Phillips, director of the MFA program. “The Series reflects the diversity of our campus and the excellence of the Rutgers Newark MFA Program.”
The Writers at Newark Reading Series programs all take place in the Paul Robeson Campus Center (PRCC), 350 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

FALL 2012 WRITERS AT NEWARK READING DATES

Sept. 25, 5:30 p.m., PRCC, Essex Room, second floor; Eduardo C. Corral (poetry), Justin Torres (fiction)

Sept. 27, 5:30-7:30 pm, PRCC, Paul Robeson Gallery, first floor; MFA in Creative Writing Alumni Readings at Homecoming, Kevin Catalano (fiction); Christa Parravani (nonfiction/memoir); Nick Ripatrazone (poetry)                                                                                                                                                                         

Oct. 30, 5:30 p.m., PRCC, Paul Robeson Gallery, first floor; John Keene (fiction), Rigoberto González (poetry)

Nov. 13, 5:30 p.m., PRCC, Paul Robeson Gallery, first floor; Aracelis Girmay (poetry), Rowan Ricardo Phillips (poetry)

Dec. 4, 5:30 p.m., PRCC, Paul Robeson Gallery, first floor; Tayari Jones (fiction), Nick Flynn (poetry)

SPRING 2013 WRITERS AT NEWARK READING DATES

Jan. 29, 5:30 p.m., PRCC, Paul Robeson Gallery, first floor; Jessica Hagedorn (fiction), Patrick Rosal (poetry)

Feb. 12, 5:30 p.m., PRCC, Paul Robeson Gallery, first floor; Jonathan Franzen (fiction) {left, photo by Greg Martin} , Amy Hempel (fiction)

March 12, 5:30 p.m., PRCC, Paul Robeson Gallery, first floor; Edith Pearlman (fiction), Alice Mattison (fiction)

April 16, 5:30 p.m., PRCC, Paul Robeson Gallery, first floor; Kazim Ali (poetry), Nathalie Handal (poetry)

The free public Writers at Newark Reading Series is sponsored by the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program (http://www.ncas.rutgers.edu/mfa) at Rutgers-Newark and co-sponsored by the Newark Public Library and an Essex County Local Arts Grant.  All of the programs begin at 5:30 p.m. and end at 7 p.m.  

Members of the media should contact Carla Capizzi, 973/353-5263, or email: capizzi@rutgers.edu.