Fall 2009 Owen-Walters Reading Series
Admission to all events is free
and open to the public.
Thursday, September 24th
JILL McCORKLE
Caldwell Hall Lounge, 7:30 p.m.
McCorkle—an NCSU faculty member in the MFA in Creative Writing program—reads from her newest story collection, Going Away Shoes, the first collection in eight years. McCorkle is the acclaimed author of five novels (among them Carolina Moon, The Cheer Leader, Tending to Virginia) and four story collections (Crash Diet, Creatures of Habit).
(STORY CONTEST Deadline, November 19th)
Thursday, October 22nd
PATRICIA SMITH
Caldwell Hall Lounge, 7:30 p.m.
From Chicago poetry slams to Russell Simmons’ Def Poetry Jam to Carnegie Hall, Smith’s poems and performances have won critical raves. Her poetry titles include Teahouse of the Almighty, Close to Death and Big Towns, Big Talk; she will be reading from her newest book, Blood Dazzler.
Wednesday, November 11th
NCSU FICTION CONTEST
& Guest Judge SAMUEL DELANY
Caldwell Hall Lounge, 7:30 p.m.
Though he is probably best known for his science fiction novels and stories, his work includes non-sf too: memoir, criticism, and nonfiction essays on class, race, sexuality and society. His books include Nova, Dhalgren, Stars in my Pocket Like Grains of Sand, The Mad Man, Atlantis: Three Tales, and the award-winning autobiography The Motion of Light in Water.
Tuesday, February 16th
DOROTHY ALLISON
Caldwell Hall Lounge, 7:30 p.m.
Dorothy Allison, famous for her breakthrough novel Bastard Out of Carolina, is also a poet, essayist and cultural commentator; she is also the author of Cavedweller, Trash and Two or Three Things I know for Sure.
(POETRY CONTEST Deadline, March 1st)
Tuesday, March 10th
VALERIE GILLIES
Caldwell Hall Lounge, 7:30 p.m.
Born in Canada, raised in Lanarkshire, Scotland, Gillies has been the Makar (the Poet Laureate of Edinburgh, an offical post!) and is the auhtor of three widely praised books of poetry, The Ringing Rock, The Lightning Tree, and her newest, Men and Beasts.
Monday, March 29th
U.S. Poet Laureate CHARLES SIMIC
NOTE NEW VENUE: Titmus Theater, Thompson Hall, 7:00 p.m.
Charles Simic is the fifteenth Poet Laureate of the United States. He will give a lecture on culture (3 p.m., Stewart Hall as part of the Arts NC State Series) as well as a reading at 7 p.m. in a venue to be announced. His many poetry volumes include That Little Something, My Noiseless Entourage, The Monster Loves His Labyrinth, The Voice at 3 a.m., Hotel Insomnia, and Walking the Black Cat.
