Naropa Hosts the 4X4 Reading Series
Naropa University, Denver University, Colorado State University, and University of Colorado at Boulder participate in the 4x4 Reading Series, where MFA students from each creative writing program meet twice a semester to give a reading on the host campus. Naropa’s MFA students are nominated and selected by consensus at faculty meetings. 22 (Fri.), 8 P.M., Performing Arts Center
Black Maria Film Festival
Since 1981, the annual Black Maria Film and Video Festival, an international juried competition and award tour, has been fulfilling its mission to advocate, exhibit and reward cutting edge works from independent film and videomakers.
The festival is known for its national public exhibition program, which features a variety of bold contemporary
works drawn from the annual collection of 50 award winning films and videos. In conjunction with the University
of Colorado at Boulder’s Film Studies Department, Naropa University will be hosting this renowned festival. 25 (Mon.), 7:30 P.M., Performing Arts Center
MARCH
Lit at Lunch: with Rusty Morrison and Omnidawn Publishing
Rusty Morrison’s manuscript the true keeps calm biding its story won The Ahsahta Press Sawtooth Poetry
Prize and will be published in January 2008. This manuscript also won the 2007 Poetry Society of America’s
Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award. Morrison’s first poetry collection, Whethering, won the Colorado Prize for Poetry in 2004. She is a contributing editor for Poetry Flash and co-publisher of Omnidawn Publishing, which perceives “poetry as a vital
means of awakening mind from the narcotizing agencies of our capitalist culture: that such a ‘dawn’ing is possible.” 13 (Thu.), 12 P.M., Library Reading Room
Fence Books: Reading with Rebecca Wolff, Cathy Wagner & others TBA
Rebecca Wolff is the editor of Fence Books and Fence Magazine, a journal of poetry, fiction, art, and criticism.
Her books include Manderley, selected by Robert Pinsky for the National Poetry Series, and Figment. Cathy Wagner is the author of Miss America and Macular Hole, both by Fence Books. Recently Wagner and Wolff edited the anthology Not for Mothers Only : Contemporary Poems on Child-Getting and Child Rearing 14 (Fri.), 7:30 P.M., Performing Arts Center
APRIL
BA and MFA Writing & Poetics Student Reading
Please join us for the Writing & Poetics Spring Student Reading, featuring BA and MFA students from the department. Students:
look for the e-mail announcement in early April to sign up for this reading in the Writing & Poetics office. 18 (Fri.), 8 P.M., Performing Arts Center
MAY
Writing & Poetics Department BA Graduation Student Reading
Join us in celebrating the accomplishments of the department’s BA Writing & Literature graduates. 9 (Fri.), 12 P.M., Shambhala Hall
Writing & Poetics Department MFA Graduation Student Reading
Join us in celebrating the accomplishments of the department’s MFA Writing & Poetics graduates. 9 (Fri.), 7:30 P.M., Performing Arts Center
