 Readings by Noted Writers Planned as Part of Juniper Summer Writing Institute at UMass Amherst
June 3, 2009
AMHERST, Mass. – The Juniper Summer Writing Institute at the University of Massachusetts Amherst will host seven nights of poetry and fiction readings by acclaimed faculty and writers in residence from June 21-27.
The series kicks off with readings by writer and translator Lydia Davis and poet Dara Wier. Davis has published four collections of short fiction and a novel, “The End of the Story.” Wier’s 10 books of poems include “Remnants of Hannah” and “Hat on a Pond.”
Other readers during the week will include Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning poet James Tate; Mark Doty, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, and Holly Black, best-selling author of fantasy novels for teens and children, including “The Spiderwick Chronicles.”
The schedule of public readings is as follows:
• Lydia Davis and Dara Wier, June 21
• Terrance Hayes and Noy Holland, June 22
• Mark Doty and Shauna Seliy, June 23
• Charles D’Ambrosio and Alex Phillips, June 24
• Paul Lisicky and Lisa Olstein, June 25
• Holly Black and James Tate, June 26
• Chris Bachelder, Arisa White and Matthew Zapruder, June 27
All readings take place at 7:30 p.m. in Bezanson Recital Hall in the Fine Arts Center at UMass Amherst. The readings are open to the public; there is a suggested donation of $5 to $10.
The series is part of the Juniper Summer Writing Institute and Institute for Young Writers, a week-long intensive program offering workshops, craft forums and manuscript consultations with adult and high-school-aged poets and fiction writers. The program is a project of the UMass Amherst MFA Program for Poets and Writers’ Juniper Initiative, an organization dedicated to bringing the literary arts into people’s lives.
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