Press Releases

May 25, 2001
"Wicked Women" Return to Southampton College

Contact:
Darren Johnson
(631) 287 8313
Fax: (631) 283 4081

The "Wicked Women & Wayward Boys" Writers Series returns to Southampton College after a successful debut last year. The series runs every Thursday night in June at 8 p.m. in Duke Lecture Hall

Series creator and MFA in Writing Professor Indira Ganesan also offers a summer course in conjunction with the series, featuring innovative and energetic writing by contemporary authors. "Often writing itself is, for the author, a wicked and wayward act, but a necessary one to tell truths and offer a vision in the guise of fiction," Ganesan said.

The award-winning writers in this year's series attempt to challenge the mainstream, writing about race and gender in compelling and often iconoclastic ways. Call (631) 287-8107 for more information.

The Schedule (receptions follow each reading):

Thursday, June 7, 8 p.m. SOUL KISS

Featuring Shay Youngblood, playwright and author of "Soul Kiss" and "Black Girl in Paris."

Thursday, June 14, 8 p.m. SHOCK ARRIVAL

Featuring Meena Alexander, author of "Shock Arrival."

Thursday, June 21, 8 p.m. THROUGH THE ARC

Talk featuring Karen Tei Yamashita, author of "Through the Arc of the Rain Forest" and "Brazil-Maru."

Thursday, June 28, 8 p.m. THE KNEELING BUS

Featuring Beverly Coyle, author of "Taken In" and "The Kneeling Bus." With Ralph Sassone, The Village Voice.

All events are sponsored by Southampton College's MFA in Writing program and the Wicked Women & Wayward Boys writers series. Free. Duke Lecture Hall.