The Department of English has received a gift of $250,000 with a total pledge of 1.5 million dollars over the next five years to set up a Creative Writing Fund. The gift, made by a donor who wishes to remain anonymous will allow the department to enhance its course offerings in Creative Writing, to bring a high-profile writer to campus every semester as a Distinguished Writer in Residence, to bring other writers to do readings and workshops with students, to create greater opportunities for student programming and publishing in creative writing and to use creative writing as a focal point for community outreach and service learning.
News coverage of this gift in the Tulane Hullabaloo
Studio Offers Space To Read, Write, Retreat, The New Wave
Toni Morrison, Nobel Prize winning author, read at the McAlister Auditorium at 7:00pm on Thursday April 12th.
Toni Morrison moves McAlister, the Tulane Hullabaloo
Toni Morrison: A Friend of Mind and Heart, The New Wave
Good Endings, Author Toni Morrison shares world view with crowd at Tulane,
The Times Picayune April 13, 2007
Toni Morrison and Gift Inspire Creative Writers, The New Wave
Awaiting Toni Morrison, The Times Picayune April 11, 2007
Toni Morrison is Literary Talk of the Town, The New Wave
The Toni Morrison Lecture Series is a program of three lunchtime talks by Tulane professors on the work of Toni Morrison, in anticipation of her visit to Tulane University on Thursday, April 12, 2007. These talks are free and open to the public at 12:30 pm in the Aron Common Room in Robert C. Cudd Hall. The talks are presented by the Tulane Department of English Creative Writing Fund and the Newcomb-Tulane College of Cocurricular Programs.
- Tuesday, March 13, 2007, Professor Molly Travis discussed Why Morrison's Beloved Is the Best Work of American Fiction in the Last 25 Years.
- Tuesday, March 27, 2007, Professor Nghana Lewis discussed 'There Was No Place for Cholly's Eyes to Go': Seeing Race through Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye.
- Wednesday, April 4th, 2007, Professor Joel Dinerstein discussed The Magical Lyrics to the Song of Solomon.
TULANE STUDENTS TO HOST CITYWIDE YOUTH POETRY SLAM
Tulane University students hosted a citywide youth poetry slam held on Saturday, April 21st at the Rogers Memorial Chapel on Tulane’s campus. The Slam featured original spoken word performances by local students ages 14 to 19. The event provided New Orleans students with an opportunity to perform their poetry in front of an audience and express themselves through spoken word. A panel of judges selected from the audience scored the performances and the 1st place winner received a $200 prize; 2nd place, $100; and 3rd place, $50. Young Prophetz is currently accepting applications from those interested in participating; the registration form can be found online at http://www.myspace.com/youngprophetz.
The class organizing the event, entitled “Spoken Word Workshop,” is taught by Professor of English, Amy Koritz, along with nationally acclaimed spoken word artist, Asali DeVan, and is the latest example of Tulane’s post-Katrina campaign to expand the “Service Learning” aspect of their academic mission. Service Learning classes provide an opportunity for Tulane students to apply what they are learning in class to the real world, while gaining experience serving the New Orleans community. The Spoken Word Workshop focuses on performance technique and composition, with a special emphasis on spoken word as it relates to social justice.
Students Host Citywide Youth Poetry Slam, The New Wave
1718, New Orleans' first inter-collegiate reading series run by Tulane and Loyola students will have spring readings by Christine Wiltz on January 16th at 7:00 p.m., Poppy Z. Brite on February 6th at 6:30 p.m., Bev Marshall on March 6th at 7:00 p.m., John Biguenet on April 10th at 7:00 p.m., and Andrei Codrescu on May 1st at 7:00 p.m. The readings are being held at The Columns Hotel, 3811 St. Charles Ave.
Alison Pelegrin, NEA prizewinning poet and associate professor at Southeastern University, gave a reading of her own work on Monday, February 26th at 7pm in the Myra Clare Rogers Chapel. A reception followed in the faculty lounge of Newcomb Hall.
On February 6th and 7th, Tulane graduate Lawrence Wright (A&S 1969, an English major) was on campus. He visited classes in Political Science and History, signed books at LBC Bookstore, and gave a talk in the Freeman Auditorium of the Woldenberg Art Center. Larry's talk was entitled "Al-Qaeda: Past, Present, and Future."
News coverage of Lawrence Wright event
Jason Berry, Distinguished Writer in Residence, read "Politics and Fiction" at 7pm, Monday January 29th 2007 at the Myra Clare Rogers Chapel, Tulane University. A reception in the Newcomb College Faculty Lounge followed the reading.
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