Writers at Newark Reading Group
Beginning September 8, 2009

The Rutgers-Newark MFA program and the English Department are pleased to announce the Writers at Newark NPL Reading Group to coincide with our Fall schedule of Writers at Newark Reading Series.

The Reading Series is a major new initiative that brings fifteen nationally prominent writers of fiction, poetry and nonfiction to campus each year; the readings and discussions are free to the public.

The Reading Group, co-sponsored by The Newark Public Library, and led by MFA Fellows Chris Caruso and Nick Ripatrazone, is an intimate and lively discussion group, which uses the texts of the authors in the Reading Series and then provides the opportunity to hear the author read and to ask questions.

The Reading Group will meet initially on September 8th (see full calendar below) for orientation and check-out of books which are reserved at NPL for members.
The Reading Group meets once a month, a week prior to the scheduled reading on campus, to discuss the book selection, and then Reading Group members are special guests with reserved seating at the Writers at Newark Reading Series.

We have approximately 10 spots for the Reading Group.

Members MUST be able to make a commitment to reading the books, and to coming to the 5 meetings and 4 readings specified below.

Calendar of meetings and locations: ALL MEETINGS ARE ON TUESDAY NIGHTS

• Sept 8: Orientation and handing out of books at library, 6pm
• Sept 15: Discussion 1, at library, 6-8pm, and handing out of next book.
• Sept 22: Reading 1: H.G. Carrillo / Pablo Medina at Paul Robeson Gallery, 5:30-7pm
• Oct 13: Discussion 2, at library, 6-8pm and handing out of next book.
• Oct 20:  Reading 2: Salvatore Scibona / Victor LaValle at Paul Robeson Gallery, 5:30-7pm
• Nov 10:  Discussion 3, at library, 6-8pm and handing out of next book.
• Nov 17:  Reading 3: Honor Moore / Beth Gutcheon at Paul Robeson Gallery, 5:30-7pm
• Dec 1: Reading 4: James Hoch / Patricia Smith at Paul Robeson Gallery
  
• Dec 8: Discussion 4, at library, 6-8pm.

Please complete registration form and return by August 15, 2009 to:
R-N MFA Reading Group
360 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, 622 Hill Hall
Newark NJ 07102

REGISTRATION FORM: (must be returned by August 15, 2009)

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This program is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts and administered by the Essex County Division of Cultural and Historic Affairs.