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Poetry Events Fall 2012

Sunday, February 17

Poetry Event Featuring Patti Tana and Charles Fishman
Time/Location:3 p.m., Reception Room, Kellenberg Hall
Patti Tana is celebrating the publication of her eighth collection of poems: Any Given Day (Whittier Publications, Inc.). She is Professor Emerita of English at Nassau Community College (SUNY), editor of the Songs of Seasoned Women poetry anthology, and an associate editor of the Long Island Quarterly. The Walt Whitman Birthplace Association selected her as the 2009 Long Island Poet of the Year.

Charles Fishman, the 2012 recipient of the New Millennium Award for Poetry, is poetry editor of Prism: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Holocaust Educators. His books include The Death Mazurka (1989), a 1990 Pulitzer Prize nominee; Chopin's Piano (2006) and In the Language of Women (2011), both recipients of the Paterson Award for Literary Excellence; and Blood to Remember: American Poets on the Holocaust (2007). His selected poems, In the Path of Lightning, was released by Time Being Books in August.

An open reading will follow the poets. No RSVP required.

Sunday, March 3

Poetry Event Featuring Ed Stever, plus original songs by Ken Bornholdt
Time/Location:3 p.m., Reception Room, Kellenberg Hall.
Ed Stever, Suffolk County Poet Laureate, 2011-3013, is a playwright, an actor and a director, with a Pushcart Prize nomination, an Emerging Writers Award from the SoHo Arts Festival, and a Distinguished Graduate Award from Empire State College for poetry performance and writing. He is author of Transparency and Propulsion and is currently working on his third collection of poems.

Ken Bornholdt, a member of the Molloy College community, is both mailroom coordinator and student, with a double major in English and history. A talented writer, long engaged in songwriting and performing, he has written poetry and short stories and is now working on his first novel. Dave Salmone and Bruce Collura, both of whom have sung with Mr. Bornholdt for many years, will be accompanying him.

An open reading will follow. No RSVP required.

Wednesday, April 3

Poetry Event Featuring Robert Hamblin
Time/Location:12:30 p.m., Reception Room, Kellenberg Hall
Robert Hamblin is professor of English and director of the Center for Faulkner Studies at Southeast Missouri State University. Winner of numerous awards and honors, he is author of four poetry collections: Crossroads: Poems of a Mississippi Childhood, Keeping Score: Sports Poems for Every Season; Mind the Gap: Poems by an American in London, and From the Ground Up, as well as a chapbook, Perpendicular Rain. His poems have also appeared in a variety of literary journals.

No RSVP required.

Saturday, April 6

Poetry Event featuring Barbara Novack
Time/Location: 1 p.m., Reception Room, Kellenberg Hall.
Contact Barbara Novack, Writer-in-Residence at 516.678.5000 ext. 6468 or the English Department at ext. 6272. No RSVP required.

At this special reading and book signing, Barbara Novack, Molloy College's Writer-in-Residence, celebrates the publication of her new poetry collection, Something Like Life. With art as its theme and life as its story, Something Like Life explores the journey we all take in our search for happiness. A portion of the proceeds of book sales will go to the Molloy College Sandy Relief Fund.

An open reading will follow the poet.

Saturday, April 13

Poetry Event featuring Whispers and Shouts, an Anthology of Poetry of Women of Long Island
Time/Location: 1 p.m., Reception Room, Kellenberg Hall
Contact Barbara Novack, Writer-in-Residence at 516.678.5000 ext. 6468 or the English Department at ext. 6272. No RSVP required.

Contributors to this unprecedented anthology of poetry by women of Long Island will participate in a group reading. Edited and compiled by Gail Goldstein and J R Turek, Whispers and Shouts features poems by 73 poets and deals with a wide range of women's issues. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to a women's shelter.