The New Writing Series is the reading series held at my dear alma mater, University of Maine. It was started in 1999, my formative junior year (also the year I began taking creative writing classes) by series curator and English professor, Steve Evans. (Who is really really swell, I tell yah.)
Here are the events, to date, that I have been fortunate enough to attend throughout the years:
Ted Enslin - Feb 16 2000 (also visited my poetry writing class)
Amiri Baraka - Feb 29 2000
Michael Gizzi and Clark Coolidge - April 17 2000 (followed by a fun cocktail party at Steve & Jen's. Joe Basler was my "date". He wore a samurai style ponytail and a cropped fur jacket. So awesome.)
Robert Creeley - April 18 2000 (I just fond my notes from this reading. At one point, Creeley stopped after finishing a poem of his and said, "Damn that's good.")
(I can't remember if I made it to any of the Fall 2000 events; was working 2 jobs and student teaching at the time)
Kristin Prevallet & Daniel Bouchard - Feb 08 2001 (I do and don't remember this...)
Lee Ann Brown - Feb 20 2001 (The minister's wife is a...)
Robert Creeley - Mar 01 2001 (Such a long story goes along with this visit of Creeley's. One involving my parents in an epic fight, a poem I wrote and some funny advice Robert Creeley was able to give me about Life as Poet...)
Sylvester Pollet & Robert Fitterman - Mar 06 2001 (Jennifer Moxley introduced Sylvester and I still have the copy she gave me of the introduction. I asked her for it because I thought it was so great. Sylvester was one of the best teachers I ever had and I miss him greatly.)
Bernadette Mayer - Mar 29 2001 (Changed my life.)
Constance Hunting and Jennifer Moxley - April 19 2001 (Constance was a great teacher, too. I never had her, but all of my friends that did loved her. UMaine has lost a great deal of super faculty members in the 2000s, sadly.)
Kevin Davies - April 26 2001 (A multimedia event!)
[hiatus]
Grady Award Winners - Feb 16 2006 (see article)
Carla Harryman - Feb 23 2006 (article)
Pierre Joris - April 6 2006 (video posted previously, see label: pierre joris)
Mary Caponegro - April 20 2006 (I thought I wrote an article about this visit fromt he experimental fiction writer, but I can't find it. Will repost if/when I do)
Juliette Valery & Emmanuel Hocquard - April 27 2006 (see previous post)
Well, then. Wasn't I one lucky little sh*t? I had no idea that my poetry reading exposure in college was so special. I thought every campus had these fantastic exciting writers coming to visit. Ha! It was only later, while telling others about my college experience, did I realize how fortunate I was.
Here are the events, to date, that I have been fortunate enough to attend throughout the years:
Ted Enslin - Feb 16 2000 (also visited my poetry writing class)
Amiri Baraka - Feb 29 2000
Michael Gizzi and Clark Coolidge - April 17 2000 (followed by a fun cocktail party at Steve & Jen's. Joe Basler was my "date". He wore a samurai style ponytail and a cropped fur jacket. So awesome.)
Robert Creeley - April 18 2000 (I just fond my notes from this reading. At one point, Creeley stopped after finishing a poem of his and said, "Damn that's good.")
(I can't remember if I made it to any of the Fall 2000 events; was working 2 jobs and student teaching at the time)
Kristin Prevallet & Daniel Bouchard - Feb 08 2001 (I do and don't remember this...)
Lee Ann Brown - Feb 20 2001 (The minister's wife is a...)
Robert Creeley - Mar 01 2001 (Such a long story goes along with this visit of Creeley's. One involving my parents in an epic fight, a poem I wrote and some funny advice Robert Creeley was able to give me about Life as Poet...)
Sylvester Pollet & Robert Fitterman - Mar 06 2001 (Jennifer Moxley introduced Sylvester and I still have the copy she gave me of the introduction. I asked her for it because I thought it was so great. Sylvester was one of the best teachers I ever had and I miss him greatly.)
Bernadette Mayer - Mar 29 2001 (Changed my life.)
Constance Hunting and Jennifer Moxley - April 19 2001 (Constance was a great teacher, too. I never had her, but all of my friends that did loved her. UMaine has lost a great deal of super faculty members in the 2000s, sadly.)
Kevin Davies - April 26 2001 (A multimedia event!)
[hiatus]
Grady Award Winners - Feb 16 2006 (see article)
Carla Harryman - Feb 23 2006 (article)
Pierre Joris - April 6 2006 (video posted previously, see label: pierre joris)
Mary Caponegro - April 20 2006 (I thought I wrote an article about this visit fromt he experimental fiction writer, but I can't find it. Will repost if/when I do)
Juliette Valery & Emmanuel Hocquard - April 27 2006 (see previous post)
Well, then. Wasn't I one lucky little sh*t? I had no idea that my poetry reading exposure in college was so special. I thought every campus had these fantastic exciting writers coming to visit. Ha! It was only later, while telling others about my college experience, did I realize how fortunate I was.