The application deadlines for the New York State Writers Institute's fall community writers workshops have been extended to September 9, 2011 for mail-ins, and September 14, 2001 for walk-ins.
A Poetry Workshop will be offered by Writers Institute Fellow Rebecca Wolff, and a Short Fiction and Creative Nonfiction Writing Workshop will be offered by Writer-in-Residence Jo Page.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Deadline Extended for Writing Workshops
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Theater Voices to Present Shanley Play
Theater Voices of the Capital Region, an Albany based theatrical troupe, will present John Patrick Shanley's "Defiance" (2006), a tale of race relations set at the Marine Corps' training facility at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina in 1971.
"Defiance" director Yvonne Perry was inspired to choose the play after meeting playwright John Patrick Shanley, at UAlbany last spring to present the annual Burian Lecture , sponsored by the Department of Theatre and cosponsored by the NYS Writers Institute. The visit was funded through the generosity of the Jarka and Grayce Susan Burian Endowment.
Grayce Burian, pictured here with Shanley, also sits on the board of Theater Voices.
A Youtube clip of Shanley's visit may be viewed here.
Monday, July 25, 2011
Poetry Workshop with Rebecca Wolff
New York State Writers Institute Writing Fellow Rebecca Wolff will conduct an intermediate to advanced poetry workshop during the Fall 2011 semester. The workshop will give students opportunities to develop and revise poems and discuss their poetic influences and interests.
The workshop is scheduled for eight Wednesday nights (starting October 5) from 6 to 8:30 p.m. and will take place on the University at Albany’s uptown campus. The workshop is offered free of charge and is limited to ten writers. Admission is based on the submission of writing samples. Complete information on the workshop and submission guidelines are available by calling the Writers Institute at 518-442-5620 or by visiting the Institute’s website.
Friday, June 10, 2011
Shteyngart wins English comic fiction prize
Gary Shteyngart, who visited the Writers Institute on February 17, 2011, became the first American to win the Wodehouse Prize for comic fiction for Super Sad True Love Story.
Friday, May 27, 2011
2011 Summer Readings!
The 2011 New York State Summer Writers Institute presents (as in every previous year) an impressive schedule of free readings at Skidmore, July 4-29, at 8PM. The series features a total of 20 events and 38 authors.
We kick off with a joint reading by Elizabeth Benedict (Almost, The Practice of Deceit, and The Joy of Writing Sex) and Joseph O'Neill (Netherland) on July 4th. Other authors (among too many to name) will include Joyce Carol Oates, Russell Banks, Amy Hempel, Rick Moody, Jamaica Kincaid, Paul Auster, Mary Gordon, Robert Pinsky and William Kennedy.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
It's Not About Winning
The Schenectady Gazette's Jack Rightmyer has a new book about the real purpose of sports and sports education, It's Not About Winning: One Runner's Reflections on Fatherhood, Coaching and Athletics (2011).
Amby Burfoot, Editor at Large of Runner's World magazine says, "Jack Rightmyer set out to write a modest memoir for his two children, but he accomplished much more. He wrote a little book that's positively bursting with love for sports, running, coaching, family and fatherhood. Every word rings deep and true."
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Ed Sanders on the cover of LIFE
The cover of Ed Sanders's new memoir, Fug You, due out later this spring, repurposes the 1967 LIFE magazine cover that featured Ed as the poster child of the Counterculture.
The original image, which appeared February 17, 1967, bears the following title: "HAPPENINGS... The worldwide underground of the arts creates THE OTHER CULTURE." Beneath Ed's paint-spattered picture is the following caption: "Ed Sanders, a leader of New York's Other Culture."
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Ed Sanders will visit the Writers Institute today, May 5, 2011. Note: The 8PM Reading will be in the Assembly Hall, Campus Center, NOT the Recital Hall as mistakenly listed in the press according to some reports.
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