As part of its highly anticipated VOICES reading series, the English department of St. Mary’s College of Maryland welcomes acclaimed author E.J. Levy on Thursday, September 13. Levy will kick off the 2012-2013 series with readings from her works starting at 8:15 p.m. in St. Mary’s Daugherty-Palmer Commons. This is event is open to the Find out more »
St. Mary’s College of Maryland Professor to Lead “Edible Poems and Other Literary Foodstuffs” Panel Discussion
Jennifer Cognard-Black, a professor of English at St. Mary’s College of Maryland and an expert in the literatures of food, will moderate “Edible Poems and Other Literary Foodstuffs,” a creative reading of essays, poems, and fiction that all incorporate recipes. The panel, sponsored by the American Women Writers National Museum, will take place on August Find out more »
St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s Chesapeake Writers’ Conference Readings and Musical Performance Open to the Public
During St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s first annual Chesapeake Writers’ Conference, to be held July 11 to July 14, the public is invited to a series of three readings by distinguished guest authors. In addition, a special musical performance by Latin jazz group Sabor Trio will take place on the College’s Campus Center patio the Find out more »
Deadline Extended for St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s Chesapeake Writers’ Conference
The deadline to submit to and register for the St. Mary’s College of Maryland Chesapeake Writers’ Conference has been extended to June 30, 2012. The conference, offered for the first time this year, runs from July 11-15, 2012. For five days, writers will work with conference faculty to hone their craft in one of three Find out more »
St. Mary’s College of Maryland Offers Chesapeake Writers’ Conference
St. Mary’s College of Maryland offers the first Chesapeake Writers’ Conference from July 11-15, 2012. For five days, writers will work with conference faculty to hone their craft in one of six genres—fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, food writing, writing about place, and writing for children. Attendees will work in small workshops led by acclaimed writers, Find out more »
The Mark Twain Lecture Series on American Humor and Culture Presents David Rakoff
David Rakoff’s New York Times bestsellers, “Fraud” and “Don’t Get Too Comfortable,” have caused him to be hailed by critics as one of today’s funniest, most insightful writers. On Friday, April 27 at 7:00 p.m. in the Michael P. O’Brien Athletics and Recreation Center at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, David Rakoff will discuss, with his Find out more »
VOICES Reading Series to Host Joan Maloof
(St. Mary’s City, MD) As part of St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s VOICES Reading Series, tree enthusiast and environmental writer Joan Maloof will read selections from her works on Thursday, March 8th at 8:15 p.m. in Daugherty-Palmer Commons on the college campus. Maloof has published two books, Among the Ancients: Adventures in the Eastern Old-Growth Find out more »
A Reading of Protest Poetry
Jeffrey Coleman, associate English professor at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, will read from his just-published anthology, “Words of Protest, Words of Freedom,” the first comprehensive collection of poems inspired by the American civil rights era, at 8:15 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, in Daugherty-Palmer Commons. Refreshments will be served following the public reading, part of Find out more »
VOICES Poetry Reading
To kick off the spring semester of St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s VOICES Reading Series, Josè Ballesteros, associate professor of Spanish at St. Mary’s, will read from his works at 8:15 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, in Daugherty-Palmer Commons. Refreshments will be served after the reading. His poetry has been featured in the Spanish language poetry Find out more »
Two from St. Mary’s College of Maryland Elected to State Humanities Board
Joseph R. Urgo, president and professor of English at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, and Michael S. Glaser, professor emeritus at St. Mary’s and former Poet Laureate of Maryland, were elected to a three-year term on the board of directors of the Maryland Humanities Council. The council is a nonprofit organization that uses the humanities Find out more »