Twitter
Facebook
Reddit
Digg
Tell us what you think!Send a letter to the editor about this or any other article in The Maine Campus.
The New Writing Series, sponsored primarily by the University of Maine’s English department, started humbly in the fall of 1999 in an attempt to expose students to the artforms of contemporary poets and fiction writers. Since then, the New Writing Series has expanded to become one of the most aggressive programs of its kind, featuring anywhere from six to 12 writers a semester.
Thursday, Sept. 28 at 4:30 p.m. in Jenness Hall, will mark the beginning of the New Writing Series’ 16th season with presentations from two young rising authors, Anna Moschovakis and Matvei Yankelevich.
Moschovakis, a teacher for the Comparative Literature department of Queens College, works also as editor, alongside Yankelevich, for the Ugly Duckling Press. Of her literary accomplishments, Moschovakis has translated numerous French texts by writers Henri Michaux, Claude Cahun, Blaise Cendrars, and Theophile Gautier, and written two chapbooks, “The Blue Book” and “Dependence Day Parade.” Most recently, Moschovakis completed her first book, “I Have Not Been Able To Get Through to Everyone,” which was published this fall.
Yankelevich, a Russian literature professor at Hunter College in New York City, has worked extensively translating selected poems of Alexander Vvedensky and other Russian absurdist writers. His own writing has appeared in various literary magazines, and in the summer of 2006, Yankelevich’s hallmark poem, “The Present Work”, was published in a chapbook by the Los Angeles-based Palm Press.
“Poetry in America is a radically democratic art form,” commented Steve Evans, coordinator of the New Writing Series. According to Evans, the New Writing Series functions to familiarize students with this modern art form so that students will be aware of the contemporary trends and subject matter of the literary world when writing their own literature . Most importantly, the New Writing Series offers a unique opportunity for literary enthusiasts to converge, discuss, and appreciate a continuously growing and evolving language.
Bangor Daily News