Readings
Meet the Writers Spring Readings
Cokie Roberts is a political commentator for ABC News and Senior News Analyst for National Public Radio. She is the author of the best-seller, We Are Our Mother’s Daughters, an account of women’s roles and relationships throughout American history. She also wrote Founding Mothers, and co-authored From This Day Forward with her husband Steven V. Roberts. Wednesday, March 5, 2008 7:00 p.m. Reid Castle
Mary Gordon is the award-winning author of two memoirs, Circling My Mother and The Shadow Man. Her work includes six novels: Pearl, Final Payments, The Company of Women, Men and Angels, The Other Side and Spending; a collection of stories, Temporary Shelter; two books of essays, Good Boys and Dead Girls and Seeing Through Places; and a biography of Joan of Arc. Wednesday, April 23, 2008 7:00 p.m. Reid Castle
(Those interested in the Master of Arts in Writing Program may attend a brief information session prior to the above readings beginning at 6:15 p.m.)
Manhattanville/Hudson Valley Writers’ Center Joint Poetry Reading
Wednesday, May 21, 2008, 7:00 p.m. in Reid Castle
Feature readers: Poet John Hoppenthaler (Inkwell, Spring 2007); and a recent winner of Hudson Valley Writers’ Center’s Slapering Hol Press chapbook competition. John Hoppenthaler’s poetry books include Anticipate the Coming Reservoir and Lives of Water. His poems have appeared in Ploughshares, Virginia Quarterly Review, Tar River Review and other journals and anthologies. He is poetry editor of Kestrel.
Inkwell is the award-winning literary journalpublished semi-annually by Manhattanville College. Dedicated to publishing high quality prose and poetry, Inkwell features the work of established and emerging writers. Each year, Inkwell sponsors competitions inpoetry and fiction judged by renowned authors. To discover Inkwell, visit www.inkwelljournal.org.