Creative Writing Forum
2009-10 Schedule of Events
The forum hosts writers and creative artists in a variety of media, reflecting the broad spectrum of the English Department’s courses and interests. Recent guests include poet Li-Young Lee, novelist Chris Bachelder, and filmmaker Pamela Tanner Boll.
Schedule for 2009-2010
October 7, 2009: Pamela Tanner Boll, filmmaker (Who Does She Think She Is?) and producer of the Academy Award winning documentary Born into Brothels.
October 31, 2009: An Evening with Rumi: Readings from the poetry of Jalaluddin Rumi and Traditional Mevlevi Music & Whirling Dance
Dates and times to be announced shortly:
Ekiwah Adler-Belendez, a 22-year-old poet from Amatlan, Mexico, a small village an hour from Mexico City. Ekiwah is a poetic prodigy whose powerful verses have mesmerized Mexico's literary scene. Ekiwah is the author of three volumes of poetry: Soy I Am; Palabras Inagotables (Never-ending Words); Weaver (2003), his first book in English; and The Coyotes Trace, which features an introduction by Mary Oliver.
Ruth Lingford, professor of animation at Harvard, has made many highly acclaimed short animated films: The Old Fools (2002, 6 min.) is a film of a poem by Philip Larkin, voiced by Bob Geldof; An Eye for an Eye (2002, 5 min., 30 sec.), co-directed with the Shynola collective, is a music video for UNKLE; Death and the Mother (1997, 11 min.) is based on a Hans Christian Andersen story; Pleasures of War(1998, 11 min.) is a retelling of the Biblical story of Judith and Holofernes, and explores female aggression and the links between war and sexual desire. It was featured as one of the 150 Best Films Ever Made in Film in The Critic’s Choice. She is the recipient of a 2008–2009 Harvard Film Study Center Fellowship for Orgasm Project, a short animated film, using recorded interviews.
Improv! A Workshop on Creativity: The workshop features Professor Andy Aylesworth (Senate Chair and member of the Marketing Department), Jason Slavick (head of the Arts and Theater Departments at Gann Academy and former Bentley professor), and Sheila Moeschen (former head of Bentley’s Gender Studies Program).
Questions? Please contact Bruce Herzberg, the director of the Creative Writing Forum.
