Sydney Lea on Poetry

"Poetry can achieve something that's far less available to other modes of human discourse: it can present several thoughts, emotions, impulses, some in apparent flat contradiction of one another, in a single vessel, without seeming merely muddled." --Sydney Lea

 

Sydney Lea, Vermont Poet Laureate (2011-14) by order of Governor Peter Shumlin, visits tomorrow to share the campfire circle (so to speak) with official New York State Poet Marie Howe. The afternoon event is at UAlbany. The evening event is at the State Museum.

More: http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/webpages4/archives/howe_lea13.html

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Marie Howe on Poetry

"Poetry knows that we are living and dying at the same time. It resurrects us. It brings us to our senses. " --Marie Howe

 

Marie Howe, New York State Poet (2012-14) by order of Governor Andrew Cuomo, under the auspices of the NYS Writers Institute, visits tomorrow to share the pulpit with Vermont Poet Laureate Sydney Lea. The afternoon event is at UAlbany. The evening event is at the State Museum.

 

More:  http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/webpages4/archives/howe_lea13.html

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Alison Lurie on the Language of Fashion

"My clothes are making a statement and that statement might be making you feel uncomfortable," Lurie said after she appeared on stage wearing a head scarf and a raincoat. "The unconsciously learned rules of fashion tell you to try to interpret why I am wearing this costume and to make sense of it." (From the Cornell Chronicle, July 1997).

In addition to being a Pulitzer-winning novelist and a scholar of childrens literature, Alison Lurie, our new New York State Author is a recognized authority on the meaning and symbolism of clothing.

You are cordially invited to attend Lurie's inauguration at Page Hall on Thursday, Sept. 20 at 8PM. Head scarf and raincoat optional.

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