{"id":1059,"date":"2018-10-17T11:08:04","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T15:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/englishandtheatre\/?page_id=1059"},"modified":"2018-10-17T11:34:46","modified_gmt":"2018-10-17T15:34:46","slug":"university-reading-series","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/englishandtheatre\/university-reading-series\/","title":{"rendered":"University Reading Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The University of Scranton’s Reading Series<\/h2>\n

Begun in 1983 by Professor John Meredith Hill, the University Reading Series\u00a0brings distinguished writers of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and drama to campus each year to give free public readings of their work to the greater Scranton community and to meet with, instruct, and inspire students and faculty in the Department of English and Theatre.<\/p>\n

Guest readers have included: Anne Pierson Wiese (Floating City Poems)<\/em>, Catie Rosemurgy (The Stranger Maual)<\/em>,\u00a0David Wyatt (The Year America Turned)<\/em>,\u00a0Ada Lim\u00f3n (Bright Dead Things, Sharks in the Rivers, This Big Fake World: A Story in Verse, Lucky Wreck)<\/em>, Allison Joseph (Voices: Poems, My Father’s Kite, Worldly Pleasures, Imitation of\u00a0Life, Soul Train)<\/em>, Matthew Hobson (The Audubon Guide to North American Suicides<\/em>), Brianna Noll\u00a0(The Price of Scarlet),<\/em>\u00a0and Martha Serpas\u00a0(The Diener, The Dirty Side of the Storm).<\/em><\/p>\n

For more information,\u00a0please email\u00a0Joe Kraus<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Billie Tadros<\/a>,\u00a0Department of English & Theatre.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Angie Cruz<\/h3>\n

Author and Creative Writing Professor at the University of Pittsburgh will be reading from her latest works on October 18, 2018 in the DeNaples Center, room 405, from 7:00 – 8:00pm, all are welcome.\u00a0 She is an American novelist and the author of\u00a0Let It Rain Coffee\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Soledad\u00a0<\/em>and is currently working on a screenplay for one of them.\u00a0 Thanks to the support of the Office of Equity and Diversity, the Department of Latin-American & Women Studies, and the Humanities Initiative for helping us make this a possiblity.<\/p>\n

October 17, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00a0Martha Serpas<\/h3>\n

Professor of English at the University of Houston, Creative Writing, poet and author of\u00a0The Diener, The Dirty Side of the Storm\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Cote Blanche\u00a0<\/em>will be reading from her latest works on Wednesday, February 21, 2018 in Leahy Hall, Kane Forum, room 235 from 5:00 – 6:30pm, all are welcome.\u00a0 This is made possible with support from the Jesuit Center, the Ellacuria Initiative and the Department of Theology.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Alumna Poet Brianna Noll’s New Book Turning Heads<\/h3>\n

We’re proud to boast about alum Brianna Noll (English, 2004) whose new book of poetry,\u00a0The Price of Scarlet<\/a>, (<\/em>University of Kentucky Press) is winning attention and praise.<\/p>\n

\"Brianna<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Chicago Review of Books<\/a>\u00a0has recently named it a top book to read this January, and the magazine offers a glowing review, including the following:<\/p>\n

Her vivid poems obscure the line between what is literal and what is figurative. The result is alchemic and ethereal \u2014 each verse intricately layered with sharp observation as well as emotional and intellectual exploration and questioning.<\/p>\n

To read the full review,\u00a0go here<\/a>:\u00a0 We aren’t the only ones to brag about Brianna Noll’s recent collection of poetry.\u00a0 Read an interview with her\u00a0here<\/a>:<\/p>\n

February 14, 2017<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n
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Matthew Hobson<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Allison Joseph<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"Daniel<\/p>\n

Daniel Alarcon<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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