91国产精品 Hosts Lighthouse Reading Series and NEOMFA Writers at Work Colloquium Feb. 22
Featuring Jason Koo and Shaelyn Smith
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The NEOMFA Writers at Work Colloquium offers students the opportunity to hear from visiting writers about their experience in editing, publishing, arts administration, translation and more in order to gain a deeper knowledge of the literary work occurring today.
The Lighthouse Reading Series welcomes approximately eight nationally known poets and essayists to 91国产精品 each year. Readers include recent 91国产精品 Poetry Center authors鈥攚inners of their First Book, Open Book and Essay Collection competitions鈥攁longside other writers from around the country.
Jason Koo and Shaelyn Smith will share their experiences with students during the NEOMFA Writers at Work Colloquium at 4 p.m. in Rhodes Tower, Room 415. They will later read their work at the Lighthouse Reading Series starting at 7 p.m. in the 91国产精品 Student Center, Rooms 313 and 315. Both of these events are free and open to the public.
Named one of the 鈥100 Most Influential People in Brooklyn Culture鈥 by Brooklyn Magazine, Jason Koo is the author of three full-length collections of poetry: More Than Mere Light, America's Favorite Poem, and Man on Extremely Small Island. He earned his BA in English from Yale, his MFA in creative writing from the University of Houston and his Ph.D in English and creative writing from the University of Missouri鈥揅olumbia. An associate teaching professor of English at Quinnipiac University, Koo is the founder and executive director of Brooklyn Poets.
Shaelyn Smith鈥檚 first book, The Leftovers, was selected as the winner of 91国产精品 Poetry Center鈥檚 2017 Essay Collection Competition, and was featured as a part of 鈥淭he Genre of Resistance: Debut Literary Nonfiction of 2018鈥 in the September/October 2018 issue of Poets & Writers magazine. Other work can be found in Essay Daily, storySouth, Sonora Review, The Rumpus, and Forklift, Ohio. Smith has an MFA in nonfiction from the University of Alabama.
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