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MFA in Creative Writing and Literary Translation

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Maaza Mengiste

Visiting Professor
2012-13


Beneath the Lion’s Gaze

Beneath the Lion’s Gaze, by Maaza Mengiste (W. W. Norton & Company, 2010).

 
 
Nicole Cooley, MFA DirectorNicole Cooley
Klapper 702
718-997-4671
Nicole.Cooley@qc.cuny.edu

Author of four books of poetry and a novel. Winner of the Walt Whitman Award, a Kinereth Gensler Award from Alice James Books, and an NEA.
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Maaza MengisteMaaza Mengiste
Klapper 706
718-997-4603
Maaza.Mengiste@gmail.com

Author of an award-winning novel, Beneath the Lion's Gaze, a Fullbright Scholar. Fiction in Granta, Callaloo and The Granta Anthology of the African Short Story.
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Kimiko HahnKimiko Hahn
Klapper 703
718-997-4712
kimiko.hahn@qc.cuny.edu

Author of seven books of poetry. Recipient of Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Award, two NEA grants, two NYFA grants and the American Book Award.
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Richard Schotter Richard Schotter
Klapper 705
718-997-4715
shotbag@optonline.net

Plays include Medicine Show, Benya the King and The Wood Dancer. Obie Award nominee and winner of the Berman Playwriting Award.
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Roger SedaratRoger Sedarat
Klapper 704
718-997-4713
sedarat@yahoo.com

Author of Dear Regime: Letters to the Islamic Republic and Ghazal Games, winner of the Hollis Summers Poetry Prize from Ohio University.
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John WeirJohn Weir
Klapper 604
718-997-4663
jweirdo@yahoo.com

Author of two novels, most recently of What I Did Wrong. Winner of the Lambda Literary Award in Fiction.
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 Office Information

 
Nicole Cooley, MFA Director
Creative Writing and Literary Translation
Department of English
Office: Klapper 702
Phone: 718-997-4671
Email: nicole.cooley@qc.cuny.edu


Spring 2013 Reading Series

A Talk by Translator and Poet Mary Maxwell
Monday, February 25, 4:30 pm
Klapper Hall 708
Co-sponsored by the Comparative Literature Department

A Reading and Discussion by Poets and Translators Aliki Barnstone And Willis Barnstone
Monday, March 4, 6:30 pm
Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Klapper Hall

The Publishing Lowdown: A Roundtable
Tuesday, March 19, 6:30 pm
Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Klapper Hall

A Reading by Fiction Writer Siri Hustvedt
Tuesday, April 9, 6:30 pm
Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Klapper Hall
Co-sponsored by the English Department and Writing at Queens

The New Salon in Queens: A Reading By Poet Marie Howe
Wednesday, April 24, 6:30 pm
Campbell Dome
Co-sponsored by the Poetry Society of America

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A Reading by Poet
Julia Spicher Kasdorf

Wednesday, May 8, 6:30 pm
Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Klapper Hall

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Writers-in-Residence Read New Work Inspired by the Armstrong Archives

Saturday, May 11, 1:00 pm
Louis Armstrong House Museum Garden, 34-56 107th Street, Corona, NY

Readings by the 2013 MFA Program Graduates
Thursday, May 30, 2 pm
Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Klapper Hall

Readings will be followed by receptions and book signings. All events are free and open to the public.






 

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