4th Annual Poetry Reading @ Your Library

Join Gleeson Library as we celebrate National Poetry Month (April 2012) with our 4th annual Faculty, Staff, and Student poetry reading!

Thursday, April 19, 2012 @ 5 p.m.

Gleeson Library | Geschke Center

Rare Book Room, 3rd Floor

Featuring the following USF Poets reading their original work:

AVA KOOHBOR & PATRICK DUNAGAN
LISA GIARRATANO
STERLING DIESEL
KELCI M. KELCI
GUSTAVO MENA
KATIE HOGAN
LILY IONA MACKENZIE

This year we’ve got 4 students, 3 staff people, and 1 faculty. Personally I am super excited to hear my coworkers Ava and Patrick read Ava’s original poetry in Farsi, with the English translations they worked on together. However things go down, we are all in for a treat: a wonderful evening of poetry from our diverse poetic community. Please join us!

Calling All Student Poets!

Do you write poetry? Are you a USF Student? Want to perform your original work in celebration of National Poetry Month? Then keep reading!

The Gleeson Library Poetry Committee is gearing up for our 4th annual faculty, staff, and student reading. Lily Iona MacKenzie and Kelci M. Kelci (yours truly) will headline, and we want some student poets to open up the show.

The reading will take place on Thursday, April 19, 2012 in the library’s Rare Book Room from 5-6:30 p.m.

If you are a student poet and are interested in participating, please email the selection committee (gleesonpoetry@gmail.com) the following information:

• Your name
• Your contact info
• A writing sample of 3-5 poems (max.10 pages) that represents what type of work you intend to read
• A little bit about yourself and what you study at USF
• A list of 5-30 books or authors that are essential to your life as a poet

The deadline to apply is Friday, March 16, 2012.

If you apply, please make sure you will be available to read on Thursday, April 19, 2012 from 5-6:30 p.m.

Please understand the number of readers on the program will be limited and the selection committee is seeking a diverse representation of USF students to complement the established readers. We anticipate not being able to accept all applicants. Decisions of the selection committee are final.

Thank you! We look forward to reading your work.

Sincerely,

The Gleeson Library Poetry Selection Committee
gleesonpoetry@gmail.com

Colette Hayes – Evening / Weekend Circulation / Reserves Coordinator
Patrick Dunagan – Periodicals & Bindery Specialist
Matthew Collins – Senior Assistant Head of Access Services
Kelci Baughman McDowell – Reference Library Assistant

Poetry Reading @ Your Library on April 27

Join Gleeson Library as we celebrate National Poetry Month with our 3rd Annual Faculty, Staff, and Student Poetry Reading!

Photo by Brett Baxter of glass mannequin at Salt Lake City Public Library

Wednesday, April 27, 2011 @ 5 p.m.

Gleeson Library | Geschke Center

Rare Book Room, 3rd Floor

Featuring the following USF Poets reading their original work:

AARON SHURIN

JENA JOHNSON

OLIVIA MUÑOZ

MICHAEL FRALEY

BRIAN KOMEI DEMPSTER

The Gleeson Poetry Committee wishes to thank the talented and diverse students and staff who submitted their work to be considered for the reading. We regret not being able to feature everyone!

However, we did gather lists of formidable writers by which our applicants were influenced and inspired, whose books we will feature in a poetry display in conjunction with the reading. So make sure to check out the foyer of the library to get the full poetry month experience!

Date Change: Calling All Poets

Hello poets and friends of poets!

As we announced in this post a couple weeks ago, we are accepting submissions from students, staff, and faculty poets who would like to read their original work in the 3rd annual Gleeson Poetry Reading and Celebration.

**The date of the reading has changed: it is now Wednesday April 27, 2011 from 5-6:30 p.m., so please make sure you will be available on this date and time if you send us a sample of your work**

Also, we have extended the deadline to submit to March 23, 2011, so you have a few extra days to get your packet ready!

We still have a lot of space left on the itinerary and would love to hear from you!

Please see our original post for the full guidelines.

Calling All Poets!

Gleeson Library wants your help celebrating National Poetry Month! We are currently accepting submissions for our 3rd annual Poetry Reading. The deadline to submit is Friday March 18, 2011 Wednesday March 23, 2011.

The reading will be on Thursday, April 28, 2011 from 5:00-6:30 pm Wednesday April 27, 2011 from 5 – 6:30 p.m. in the Rare Book Room (3rd Floor) of Gleeson Library.

This year we are looking to make the event more diverse and inclusive so we are accepting submissions from STUDENTS, STAFF, and FACULTY. If you are a poet and are interested in participating, please email the selection committee (gleesonpoetry@gmail.com) the following information:

• Your name
• Your contact info
• A writing sample of 3-5 poems (max.10 pages) that represents what type of work you intend to read
• A little bit about yourself and what you do/study/teach at USF
• A list of 5-30 books or authors that are essential to your life as a poet

If you apply, please make sure you will be available to read on Thursday, April 28, 2011 Wednesday April 27, 2011 from 5:00-6:30 pm.

Please understand the number of readers on the program will be limited and the selection committee is seeking a diverse representation of USF students, faculty, and staff. We anticipate not being able to accept all applicants. Decisions of the selection committee are final.

Thank you! We look forward to reading your work.

Sincerely,

The Gleeson Library Poetry Selection Committee
gleesonpoetry@gmail.com

Colette Hayes – Evening / Weekend Circulation / Reserves Coordinator
Patrick Dunagan – Periodicals & Bindery Specialist
Matthew Collins – Senior Assistant Head of Access Services
Kelci Baughman McDowell – Reference Library Assistant

National Poetry Month @ Gleeson

April 1 is almost here… and with it comes the start of National Poetry Month 2010!

Here at Gleeson we are celebrating National Poetry Month by doing a couple things. First we’re putting up a display of cool books written by California and Bay Area poets and books of poems written about California and the Bay Area. Secondly we are hosting a faculty and staff poetry reading to highlight not only the wealth of poetic talent we have here at USF but also the diverse academic backgrounds USF poets come from.

Please mark your calendar and get ready!

Faculty & Staff Poetry Reading

Thursday April 29, 2010 at 5:30 pm

Rare Book Room, Gleeson Library (3rd Floor)

Readers:

Margaret L. Trenary (Economics Program Assistant), Veronica Andrew (Rhetoric and Composition Professor), Diane Roberts (Professor of Accounting), and Andrea Wise (ESL and Diversity Studies Program Assistant).

The poetry display will be in the library foyer for the last two weeks of April so make sure to keep your eyes open for it!

Special thanks to Rob Kroenert for letting us use his awesome photograph of St. Ignatius on our flyer.

National Poetry Month: Display and Poetry Reading

Gleeson Library | Geschke Center is celebrating National Poetry Month (April 2009) by installing a poetry display from April 13 – May 1, 2009, and hosting a poetry reading featuring faculty poets. Save the date, poetry lovers!

The reading will feature David Holler, D.A. Powell, Dean Rader, Darrell Schramm, and Brian Teare.

Thursday, April 30, 2009 @ 7 pm in Gleeson Library’s Thacher Art Gallery