Poetry and the Arts are by nature intertwined: many poems have been written inspired by a famous work of art; works of art have been painted, sculpted or sketched inspired by famous poems; com-posers have created musical pieces based on a poem and poets have been inspired by music. The International Poetry Reading, 2011 invites
Chapman University Creative Writing Program Pub Crawl (…or CUCWPPC, which very nearly works as an acronym if you’re Welsh and/or not entirely sober…) will take place on Wednesday, March 30 from 3:30 to 7 p.m. An array of writers and editors of short fiction, poetry, novels, creative non-fiction, feature articles, plays and screenplays will offer advice,
Reception and Talk: Art, Theatre, Reality? An Opening and Closing Discussion Celebrate the opening night of the Department of Theatre’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile and the closing night of the art exhibition Measure for Measure at a reception and talk in the Guggenheim Gallery. Enjoy an art exhibition that plays with our perceptions and
Monday, April 4: Poetry Reading on Chapmanradio.com, 1-2 p.m. Undergraduate students in poetry writing will read work in this special broadcast. Erri De Luca, 7-8:30 p.m., Henley Reading Room. Poet and prose writer Erri De Luca will read as part of the Fowles Reading Series. Tuesday, April 5: The Victorians’ Secret, 1-2:15 p.m., Fish Interfaith Center. Join Dr. Richard Ruppel,
On Thursday, April 7, 2011, Abraham Lincoln (played by Oralists Richard Doetkott, Professor of Communication Studies), former President of the United States, with his secretary, John Hay (played by Lance Lockwood Professor of Speech Communication at Santa Ana College, RSCCD), will discuss the Gettysburg Address to clear up some common misunderstandings about the actual event.
The Department of English and Tabula Poetica presents, Lynn Emanuel, author of Noose and Hook and two-time NEA Fellowship Recipient. Monday, March 14 at 10 a.m. in the Wallace All-Faiths Chapel. Emanuel is the winner of the 1992 National Poetry Series Open Competition for The Dig, and has been awarded a Pushcart Prize. Her poems have
The John Fowles Center for Creative Writing promotes and advances the discipline of creative writing in all its aspects: fiction, poetry, drama, creative nonfiction and screenwriting. For fourteen years the center has invited international writers to Chapman as: Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, Salman Rushdie, Maxine Hong Kingston among others. This year’s 2011 literary series is devoted to
Where Are We Going Next? A Conversation about Creative Writing Pedagogy (Pt. 2) By Cathy Day, Anna Leahy (Chapman Univesity, pictured left) & Stephanie Vanderslice This is Part II of a conversation between creative writing teachers Cathy Day, Anna Leahy and Stephanie Vanderslice.
Cristina Bruns, adjunct instructor in English presented a paper in a session she organized and chaired at the Modern Language Association’s convention in Los Angeles in January. The session was entitled “Why Literature Matters,” and its three papers were “Literature as Alternative Reality,” given by Gregory Jusdanis, Professor and Director of the Modern Greek Program
Mark Axelrod, Ph.D., professor, Department of English, Wilkinson College, is one of three prestigious professors chosen for a roundtable at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 17, at Cal State L.A. titled “Discourses on MetaDiscourses.” Read more in happenings