Articles Tagged ‘ VOICES ’
November 6, 20101:09 am
Voices: Legal Laureates
By Peter Sparklin, Assistant Editor-In-Chief
On the evening of Oct. 28, poets Brian Gilmore and Karl Carter read and discussed their poetry. Despite such similarities as some of their poems being based on their experiences as both practicing lawyers and prolific poets in Washington, D.C., Gilmore and Carter had different styles that nonetheless complemented each other.
December 7, 20109:11 am
Hammond Discusses His Re-Exploration of Childhood Through Fifties Toys
By Kyle Jernigan, Editor-in-Chief
At the second-to-last VOICES lecture of this semester, St. Mary’s own Jeffrey Hammond read from his new memoir Little Big World, a reflection on the “weird American political history” contained in the figurines of fifties toy manufacturer Louis Marx, and the re-exploration of his childhood through the “strange psychology of collecting”.
October 19, 201012:08 am
Voices Reading Given To Packed House By SMCM’s Own JCB
By Amanda Zelaya, Former Editor-in-Chief
On Thursday, Oct. 14 St. Mary’s Professor Jennifer Cognard-Black gave her first ever VOICES reading.
October 9, 20101:41 am
VOICES Reading Emphasizes Memories
By Maria Smaldone, Assistant Editor
On Thursday, Sept. 23, celebrated memoirist and author Joyce Dyer visited St. Mary’s as the second reader in the VOICES lecture series.
September 22, 20109:09 am
First VOICES Reading Conducted by SMC Alumni
By Amanda Zelaya, Former Editor-in-Chief
On Friday, Sept. 10th, St. Mary’s alumni Joe Hall returned as the first VOICES reader of the semester. Hall, who graduated from St. Mary’s in 2004, is a published poet and professor at University of Maryland.
April 27, 201012:05 pm
VOICES Reader Declares Democrats ‘Sexy’
By Amanda Zelaya, Former Editor-in-Chief
On Thursday, Apr. 15 the VOICES lecture series presented author and professor Lee K. Abbott. This VOICES reading saw a change in venue from Daugherty Palmer Commons to Cole Cinema. Lee K. Abbott is a non-fiction writer and professor at Ohio State University. K. Abbott has been published in The New York Times Book Review, [...]
March 11, 201012:19 pm
Professor Jerry Gabriel Reads from First Book
By Steve Rees, Former Managing Editor
As part of the VOICES Reading Series, College English professor Jerry Gabriel read a short story from his newly published fiction book, Drowned Boy, in Daugherty-Palmer Commons on Feb. 25.
February 9, 20105:51 pm
VOICES Reader Brings Midwest Charm to St. Mary’s Campus
By Amanda Zelaya, Former Editor-in-Chief
On Thursday, Jan. 28 the first VOICES Reading of the semester commenced with a reading by a woman Professor Karen Anderson described as “talented in so many genres [that it] makes the rest of us who only do one genre very jealous.” This woman was poet, author, musician, and Professor Debra Marquart. Marquart is a [...]
October 19, 20096:07 pm
VOICES Poet ‘Brings Words to Life’ During Reading
By Sarah English, Staff Writer
St. Mary’s students gathered last Thursday evening in Daugherty-Palmer Commons to listen to poetry written and read by E. Ethelbert Miller, a writer and literary activist. The program began with a brief biography of Miller, given by Dr. Jeffrey Coleman, an English Professor at St. Mary’s. After Dr. Coleman’s introduction, Miller was invited to the [...]
November 18, 200811:45 am
VOICES Artist Redefines ‘Home’
By Lara Southgate, Editor-in-chief
Stehekin is not the most glamorous location for a writer to live. The small community in Washington’s North Cascade Mountains is only accessible by boat or float plane, and its 100 year-round residents make the College seem big by comparison. Or at least that’s the comparison that visiting writer Ana Maria Spagna made at the [...]
