Melville and Joyce: Writer's and Politics Series
Riverrun's Writers and Politics Series, the brainchild of Patrick Martin in conjunction with Josephine Hogan of Irish Classical Theatre fame, launches its inaugural forum on March 7 in the Albright Knox Art Gallery.
Martin, Director of Riverrun and Cinegael Buffalo, and member of the Advisory Board for the University at Buffalo's Humanities Institute, along with Hogan, is responsible for putting together this evening of discussion.
The Program begins at 6:30PM with a performance by *Vincent O'Neill of the Irish Classical Theatre, who will share a comic enactment of "Bloom and the Citizen" from "The Cyclops" chapter of Joyce's Ulysses. Following that, Bridget Quinn-Carey, new Director of the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library, will introduce a first-ever exhibition of selected rare materials from the library, on display in the Gallery as part of the "Imperial Dreams" program.
Next, the program, titled "Imperial Dreams: Herman Melville and James Joyce" will be presented by Denis Donoghue, Henry James Chair of English and American Letters at NYU; and Dr. Vincent J, Cheng, Shirley Sutton Thomas Professor of English at the University of Utah.
Dr Donoghue, who is is the author and/or editor of more than 30 books, including Speaking of Beauty, a NY Times Notable Book (2003) and The American Classics (2006), will speak on Melville.
Dr. Cheng is the author of Joyce, Race, and Empire a ground-breaking study of political context and ideology in Joyce's writing, among other works, and will present titled, "Amnesia, Forgetting, and the Nation in James Joyce's Ulysses".
Professors Donoghue, Cheng and Laurence Shine Lecturer, Department of English, Buffalo State College will lead a discussion panel at the end of the evening, moderated by Patrick Martin, Director of Riverrun.
The panel will commence at 9 followed by a public reception and book signing at 10, in Muse, the Gallery Restaurant. Books will be available for sale from Talking Leaves.
*According to Hogan, O'neill will leave the gallery immediately following his performance in order to appear in Faith Healer, currently showing at the Irish Classical Theatre.
Co-sponsored by Cinegael Buffalo, the William C. Rupp Foundation, the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library, the Humanities Institute of the State University of NY at Buffalo, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, and Kennedy, Stoeckl and Martin, PC, this event is free and open to all.
"This is a first, and it's just so exciting," Hogan said. "Patrick has wonderful ideas for the area."
Free March 7, 6:30PM to 11PM Albright Knox Art Gallery
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Celia
Please correct the grammatical error in the headline. It should be Writers, not Writer's.
I'd be happy to do a class in basic grammar for BRO staff any time, and I think this would be a good investment, since this a rampant problem in the site and in the magazine.
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simcoe
Celia-I think you have a bit of to much time on you're hands. There doing the best job they can.
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JohnB
City Honors English rulez... Go Mrs. Washington!
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MaryC
The Irish playwright, novelist and poet Sebastian Barry will be reading tonight at 7 p.m. at the Montante Center on Main Street at Canisius College as part of its Contemporary Writers Series.
His reading will be followed by a question and answer period, reception and book signing. The event marks the fifth annual Hassett Reading at Canisius, and is free and open to the public.
Sebastian Barry was born in Dublin and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. His plays include Boss Grady’s Boys, winner of the BBC/Stewart Parker Award; The Steward of Christendom, which has won numerous awards and been produced internationally; Our Lady of Sligo, joint winner of the Peggy Ramsay Play Award; and Hinterland, which premiered in 2002. Barry’s latest play is Whistling Psyche.
His poetry collections include The Water-Colourist and Fanny Hawke Goes to the Mainland Forever. Barry is also the author of three novels: The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty, Annie Dunne, and A Long, Long Way, which was short-listed for the 2005 Man Booker Prize.
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