In recent years, the UK has produced a remarkable array of writers and poets who have energized the literary scene. In the wake of the tragic events on September 11, 2001 in New York City, many of these writers have published critical writing in support and against U.S. and British actions around the world and the globalization of cultures.
Baruch College
Brit Lit: New Writing from the UK and Ireland
Thursday, October 17, 2002 at 7:00 PM at Engelman Recital Hall, Baruch College
150 E. 25th St. at Lexington Avenue, FREE
Presented byRattapallax, the Council of Literary Magazines AND presses,
Poets House and Baruch Center for the Performing Arts
NEW YORK, NY-Leading British and Irish literary figures Paul Muldoon,
Simon Armitage, Glyn Maxwell, Mimi Khalvati, Pascale Petit, and
Bernardine Evaristo will participate in a major literary discussion,
Brit Lit: New Writing from the UK and Ireland. In recent years, the UK
has produced a remarkable array of writers and poets who have energized
the literary scene. In the wake of the tragic events on September 11,
2001 in New York City, many of these writers have published critical
writing in support and against U.S. and British actions around the world
and the globalization of cultures. In a rare opportunity, several of
UK's and Ireland's leading editors, writers, and poets will be in New
York City to discuss the state of world literature and perceptions of
the United States around the world.
Simon Armitage is one of the U.K's most popular authors and is co-editor
of the influential The Penguin Anthology of Poetry from Britain and
Ireland. Bernardine Evaristo is the author of Lara, which won the EMMA
Best Novel Award. Mimi Khalvati is founder and Coordinator of The Poetry
School in London. Glyn Maxwell is the winner of the E. M. Forster Prize
and Poetry Editor of the New Republic. Paul Muldoon is the winner of the
T.S. Eliot award and Director of the Creative Writing Program at
Princeton University and a leading figure in Irish poetry. Pascale Petit
is Poetry Editor of Poetry London.
CLMP: The Council of Literary Magazines and Presses was founded in 1967
to serve independent publishers of exceptional fiction, poetry and
prose. As the service and advocacy organization for these magazines and
presses, CLMP guides literature through the business of publishing,
while engaging diverse communities of readers through public programs.
For more information please visit http://www.clmp.org
Contact: Katherine Sarkis, (212)-741-9110 x 12
Image: Simon Armitage
This program is made possible in part by the generous support of the New
York State Council on the Arts, a state agency,
the National Endowment for the Arts, JP Morgan Chase and the Viburnum
Foundation.
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Engelman Recital Hall, Baruch College
150 E. 25th St. at Lexington Avenue, New York