tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38323363328586074432024-02-19T00:27:58.094-08:00FIT WordsThe official blog of the Club for Writers at the Fashion Institute of Technology
g e t c o n n e c t e d • g e t e x p e r t a d v i c e • g e t p u b l i s h e dAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14227880272394874647noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832336332858607443.post-65025137363346074932012-05-09T08:31:00.001-07:002012-05-09T08:31:23.086-07:00IMPORTANT INFO!<b><span style="font-weight: bold;"><i>TOMORROW Thursday, May 10</i>,</span> we are
having a bake sale and need volunteers. We have a table in the A
building, outside the cafeteria, from 12-4. Let me know if you can sit
at the table at any point during
that time. Also, if you can bake something homemade to sell, that would
be great! You can either bring it to Room B602, English
& Speech between 11am and 12pm, or directly to the table in the A
lobby at any time after that. Georgi will be there from 12-2, times until 4 are needed!<br /><br />
Secondly, we still need two members to volunteer for community service.
This is to make sure that our budget is not cut! It doesn't take much
time, and it's easy. Write to Georgi (at email above) and/or Professor Lemmon for
details.
</b><b><br /><br />
Thirdly, please write back to Professor Lemmon (with a cc to Georgi) if you are still
interested in being in the club next year (and if you'll still be at
FIT!). Also let us know if you would like to be Treasurer. Emma is going
to be studying abroad in the fall, so we need
someone new to take on the job!
</b><br />Georgihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13776357180625138096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832336332858607443.post-63482264659196981252012-03-23T18:26:00.002-07:002012-03-23T18:27:30.746-07:00Fiction Writer/Google Technical Writer Greg Sanders, Tuesday 3/27!<span style="font-size: small;">Meet Fiction Writer and Google Technical Writer GREG SANDERS<br />
Tuesday, March 27, 1-2pm, Room A321<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Greg Sanders is the author of a book of short stories, <i>Motel Girl.</i> His work has been published in <i>Mississippi Review</i>, <i>Opium Magazine</i>, <i>The Los Angeles Review</i> and other magazines. He earned his MFA from the New School in 2004, lives in New York City, and earns his living as a technical writer for Google (formerly DoubleClick) in Chelsea. </span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"> Visit his website for audio clips and more: </span><a href="https://webmail.fitnyc.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=P2VEdeFnPUGZJ-zCZRLb6afW_Qt_3M4Ia3iejOzSRJYfBjW5_nyUM9UD0JZcLSDTkE_8Hynx4oo.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.gregorysanders.com%2f" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">www.gregorysanders.com</span></a></span><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/EoX-EPW6qzk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14227880272394874647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832336332858607443.post-89581186441811311482012-03-10T06:57:00.003-08:002012-03-10T07:17:04.863-08:00From Page to Stage 101, Tuesday 3/20/12, 1-2pm Room D523Our next special event is a wonderful workshop called "Page to Stage 101," featuring <a href="http://www.taylormali.com/" target="_blank">Taylor Mali</a> and <a href="http://www.memali.com/" target="_blank">Marie-Elizabeth Mali</a>. <br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/sKjzEHqPHQs" width="420"></iframe> <br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i> </i>The skills involved in writing a good poem are not identical to the skills required to perform a poem well, and the world is split between people who would rather hear a terrible performance of a brilliant poem and those who would rather hear a brilliant performance. Period. So let's say you've written a brilliant poem. Now what? Four-time National Poetry Slam Champion Taylor Mali, and Marie-Elizabeth Mali, co-producer of the <a href="http://pagemeetsstageseries.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Page Meets Stage reading series</a> at the Bowery Poetry Club, have some tips, tricks, and techniques that will help you make your poems go in one ear of your audience. . . and stay there.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14227880272394874647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832336332858607443.post-4873375754889513002012-02-28T12:52:00.003-08:002012-02-28T12:59:23.770-08:00Poet Brendan Constantine! Thurs, March 8th, 1-2pm Room B309For our first special event of the Spring semester, we're sponsoring a visit by poet, teacher, performer, and all-around awesome dude <a href="http://www.brendanconstantine.com/html/home.html">Brendan Constantine.</a> He'll be in Room B309 from 1-2 on Thursday, March 8th to read some of his work and answer your questions in an informal "round table" style. He'll even give us a writing prompt to carry out our own creativity. Join us, and bring friends (and a pen)!<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xemm4DqVSYI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14227880272394874647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832336332858607443.post-21746480782975667362012-02-06T14:05:00.000-08:002012-02-06T14:05:29.920-08:00Welcome Back! Spring 2012We're just getting started, and we have a lot of great things planned for this semester. For a sneak peek, scroll down to the bottom of the page and check out the calendar, and check back frequently for updates!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14227880272394874647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832336332858607443.post-21744068706489957442010-04-20T16:05:00.000-07:002010-04-26T20:33:57.435-07:00A New Day: Readings by Iranian and Afghan American WritersJoin writers Naheed Elyasi, Sedika Mojadidi, Zohra Saed and Sahar Muradi–along with Aphrodite Désirée Navab and Dena Afrasiabi for readings and conversation.<br /><br />Presented by the English & Speech Department and FIT Words: The Club for Writers<br /><br /><table id="Time and Place" class="profileTable info_table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td class="label"><br /></td> <td class="data"><div class="datawrap">Tuesday, April 27, 2010</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="label"><br /></td> <td class="data"><div class="datawrap">5:00pm - 7:00pm</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="label"><br /></td> <td class="data"><div class="datawrap">Fashion Institute of Technology (Cafeteria)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="label"><br /></td> <td class="data"><div class="datawrap">7th Avenue & W 27th St </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="label"><br /></td> <td class="data"><div class="datawrap">New York, NY</div></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Naheed Elyasi fled Afghanistan in 1982, three years after the Soviet invasion. Her family walked across the mountains into Pakistan, where they lived for one year before being accepted as refugees to the United States. Naheed grew up in North Carolina, where she studied Communications and Public Relations. After completing her degree at East Carolina University, she moved to Atlanta, where she studied Fashion Design. Her love for fashion brought her to New York in 1999, where she worked as an assistant designer at Maggy London and in the production department at Marc Jacobs. She eventually left fashion to pursue a career in not for profit, and joined School of Hope, an organization that raised funds for schools in Afghanistan. Naheed is currently the Director of Communications at the Council for Economic Education, and a contributing writer for Zeba Magazine.<br /><br />Sahar Muradi was born in Kabul, Afghanistan. She and her family emigrated to the United States when she was three years old. She grew up in New York and Florida. Sahar received her B.A. in Literature and Creative Writing from Hampshire College, and her M.P.A. in Interntional Development from New York University. Sahar has written extensively about her family experiences, as well as reported on current events in Afghanistan. Her writing has been featured in literary magazines, newspapers, as well as read on public radio. In 2003, Sahar returned to her native Kabul to work for two years. She helped coordinate a donor conference with the Foreign Ministry, as well as managed a small grant program for civil society development. She is currently a Program and Trek Coordinator for the international organization, buildOn. She lives in Brooklyn. She is co-editor of the first Anthology of Contemporary Afghan American Literature (University of Arkansas Press, Fall 2010).<br /><br />Zohra Saed received her MFA at Brooklyn College. Her poetry and essays have been published in numerous anthologies and journals. Most recently in Gallerie International Journal: Afghanistan Ed. Bina Sarkar (India: 2009); The Crab Orchard Review (Summer/Fall 2009); and in Speaking for Herself: Asian Women’s Writings (Penguin India Books: 2009). She has performed as part of the cast of the legendary theater director Ping Chong’s Undesirable Elements in 2000 and in 2007, where the ensemble caste performed at the first National Asian American Theater Festival. She is co-editor of the first Anthology of Contemporary Afghan American Literature (University of Arkansas Press, Fall 2010).<br /><br />Dena Afrasiabi was born in Shiraz, Iran (city of poets, wine and flowers). When she was two, the Iranian government imposed oppressive changes after the 1979 revolution, and her family fled to the U.S. in search of freedom. Finally settling in Chico, California, she grew up listening to her parents and their friends tell colorful stories about their lives back home. She received her B.A. in English from the University of California, Los Angeles, and continued to write while working as a music librarian at Yahoo! in Santa Monica, California.<br /><br />Aphrodite Désirée Navab is an Iranian Greek American artist and writer based in New York City (b. 1971, Iran). She uses visual art and writing to investigate transnational issues in art, education, cultural and women’s studies. The world premiere of her solo show, She Speaks Greek Farsi was in Athens, Greece before it traveled to Soho20 Chelsea. Navab’s creative nonfiction and fiction are published or forthcoming in Let Me Tell You Where I've Been: New Writing by Women of the Iranian Diaspora, POWWOW: Charting the Fault Lines in the American Experience, Short Fiction from Then to Now, and other anthologies. She is currently writing Call Her Rudabeh, a novel about the sexual awakening of an Iranian American woman.<br /><br />Contact: Amy_Lemmon@fitnyc.edu<br />Jean_Amato@fitnyc.edu, ZohraSaed@gmail.comUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832336332858607443.post-80020804255070142012010-04-08T22:27:00.000-07:002010-04-08T22:33:44.375-07:00Brendan Constantine 4/15<p align="center"></p><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-LyDiN4MSCw/S767lCk7GUI/AAAAAAAAAN0/l48ICpqaS8Q/s1600/brendan+constantine.jpg"></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>FIT Words Presents Poet Brendan Constantine</strong></span></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 169px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458006625368541858" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-LyDiN4MSCw/S768G6bSCqI/AAAAAAAAAN8/CQq6VfLaW3I/s200/brendan+constantine.jpg" /><br /><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Thursday, April 15 from 1-2 in The Writing Studio, C612</span><br /></p><br /><p></p><p align="center">Los Angeles native Brendan Constantine is the author of Letters to Guns (Red Hen Press, 2009), and his poems have appeared in Ploughshares, The Los Angeles Review, Artlife, The Cortland Review, RUNES and LA Times Best-seller The Underground Guide To Los Angeles. He is the creator of Industrial Poetry, a workshop for adults and teens struggling with writer's block, and is currently poet in residence at Loyola Marymount University Extension, the Windward School in west Los Angeles and the Idyllwild Arts Summer Youth Writing program in Idyllwild California. He also offers classes at foster homes, hospitals, elder care centers and shelters for the homeless.</p><p align="center">Check out his website: BrendanConstantine.com</p><p align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">For more information, email </span><a href="mailto:amy_lemmon@fitnyc.edu"><span style="color:#000000;">amy_lemmon@fitnyc.edu</span></a><span style="color:#000000;"> or </span><a href="mailto:cassandra_kohilakis@fitnyc.edu"><span style="color:#000000;">cassandra_kohilakis@fitnyc.edu</span></a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832336332858607443.post-72184752486543020152009-10-26T10:11:00.000-07:002009-11-07T19:08:31.561-08:00Fall Guest Speakers<p align="center"><br />FIT Words invites you to attend our fall 2009 guest speaker events<br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Roddy Lumsden</span></strong><br />Author of <em>Mischief Night - New & Selected Poems</em> and <em>Third Wish Wasted</em><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Tuesday, November 3<br />1-2pm<br /></span>Poetry reading, Q&A, and writing activity<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Patricia Horvath</span><br /></strong>Featured in <em>Shenandoah</em>, <em>Cream City Review</em>, <em>Puerto del Sol </em>and <em>Iron Horse Literary Review</em>, and author of <em>All the Difference<br /></em><span style="font-size:130%;">Monday, November 16<br /><p>6-7pm</p></span>Fiction reading and Q&A<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Sharon Dolin</span><br /></strong>Author of four books of poetry including <em>Burn and Dodge</em> and <em>Realm of the Possible</em><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Thursday, December 3<br />1-2 pm<br /></span>Poetry reading, Q&A, and writing activity<br /><br />All events will be held in the Writing Studio, room <strong>C612<br /></strong><br /><strong>ALL STUDENTS AND FACULTY ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND!<br /></strong> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832336332858607443.post-91699973976131458672009-10-26T10:08:00.000-07:002009-10-26T10:10:58.777-07:00Author bios<strong><span style="font-size:130%;">FIT Words - Guest Speakers - Fall 2009<br /></span></strong><br /><strong>Roddy Lumsden<br /></strong>Roddy Lumsden has published five books of poetry, most recently Mischief Night - New & Selected Poems (Bloodaxe, 2004) and Third Wish Wasted (Bloodaxe, 2009). Originally from Scotland, he lives in London where he is a Core Tutor for the Poetry School. He has done editing work on several prize-winning poetry collections and for the up-and-coming small press tall-lighthouse, for whom he edits the Pilot series of chapbooks by Britain and Ireland's best younger poets. Identity Parade, his major anthology of recent UK / Irish poetry is due in 2010. An Eric Gregory Award winner and former Vice Chair of the Poetry Society of Great Britain, he has been shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize and several other awards and prizes and was awarded an International Fellowship at the Banff Center in Ontario in 2001.<br /><br /><br /><strong>Patricia Horvath<br /></strong>Patti Horvath’s essays and short fiction have appeared in numerous literary magazines, among them Shenandoah, Cream City Review, Puerto del Sol and Iron Horse Literary Review. She is the recipient of a 2007 Fellowship in Nonfiction Literature from the New York Foundation for the Arts for her memoir, All the Difference, which explores issues of disability and self-identity. Since 2001 she has served as a fiction editor at The Massachusetts Review. She lives in New York City and teaches creative writing at Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY.<br /><br /><br /><strong>Sharon Dolin<br /></strong>Sharon Dolin’s fourth book, Burn and Dodge (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2008) won the AWP Donald Hall Prize in Poetry. Her other books include and Realm of the Possible (Four Way Books, 2004), Serious Pink (Marsh Hawk Press, 2003), and Heart Work (Sheep Meadow Press, 1995). She is Writer-in-Residence at Eugene Lang College, The New School. She also teaches at the Unterberg Poetry Center of the 92nd Street Y and directs The Center for Book Arts Annual Letterpress Poetry Chapbook Competition. Her website may be found at: <a href="http://www.sharondolin.com/" target="_blank">http://www.sharondolin.com</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832336332858607443.post-87910612305249566822009-10-15T14:36:00.000-07:002009-10-15T14:43:47.946-07:00Heirloom Recipe Contest<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><strong>Two $100 prizes</strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><strong>-most creative written presentation</strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><strong>-most creative visual presentation</strong></span></div><div align="center"><blockquote></blockquote></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;">Two prizes of $100 each will be awarded to the written project and visual project that best incorporate a family recipe as inspiration to explore themes of family, tradition, culture, and heritage. </span></div><div align="center"><blockquote></blockquote></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">Please email submission to Tattfoo Tan at </span></strong><a href="mailto:info@tattfoo.com"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">info@tattfoo.com</span></strong></a></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">Entries will be accepted until October 31, 2009.</span></strong></div><div align="center"><blockquote></blockquote></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">All entries will be posted to FIT's Heirloom Recipe blog:</span></div><div align="center"><a href="http://fitsheirloomrecipes.wordpress.com/"><a href="http://fitsheirloomrecipes.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">http://fitsheirloomrecipes.wordpress.com/</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><blockquote><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></blockquote></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;">The two contest winners will be announced in November</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;"><blockquote><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;"></span></blockquote></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;">Sponsored by the Diversity Committee Grant</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832336332858607443.post-73136338585410446022009-09-14T13:48:00.001-07:002009-09-14T13:49:25.714-07:00Club CarnivalPlease stop by our table at the Club Carnival this Thursday, September 17 from 12-2 p.m. We will have more information about the club, copies of our anthology, and some special treats :)<br /><br />See you there!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832336332858607443.post-40151976639989642782009-05-14T13:12:00.001-07:002009-05-14T13:17:44.016-07:00programming for 2009-10!Here are some possible guest speakers for next academic year. Check out their websites and let me know which ones you would like to see here on campus! <br /><br /><a href="http://taylormali.com">Taylor Mali</a>, performance poet and teacher<br />YouTube performance <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OonDPGwAyfQ&feature=related">here</a>. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Workshop: From Page to Stage 101 with Taylor Mali<br /></span>The skills involved in writing a good poem are not identical to the skills required to perform a poem well, and the world is split between people who would rather hear a terrible performance of a brilliant poem and those who would rather hear a brilliant performance. Period. So let's say you've written a brilliant poem. Now what? Four-time National Poetry Slam Champion Taylor Mali has some tips, tricks, and techniques that will help you make your poems go in one ear of your audience. . . and stay there.<br /><a href="http://www.stetson.edu/artsci/english/witekt.php"><br />Terri Witek,</a> poet and author of The Shipwreck Dress<br />Read some of her poems (including two "kimono" poems in a form she invented) <a href="http://www.blackbird.vcu.edu/v5n1/poetry/witek_t/index.htm">here. </a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.sharondolin.com/">Sharon Dolin, </a>poet and author of Burn and Dodge (winner of AWP award) and Serious Pink (poems about paintings)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.wyncooper.com/">Wyn Cooper, </a>poet and songwriter<br />Best known as author of the poem "Fun," which was adapted by Sheryl Crow for her hit song "All I Wanna Do," Cooper teaches workshops in poetry and songwriting.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.brendanconstantine.com/">Brendan Constantine, </a>page and stage poet<br />YouTube performance <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQLIcPfb0zw">here</a>. <br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roddy_Lumsden">Roddy Lumsden,</a> British poet<br />Click <a href="http://showstudio.com/project/flowers4kate">here </a>to see "Flowers4Kate," a project involving Kate Moss.<br />(Will be visiting NYC late October/early November)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Alumni Panel: Careers in Writing</span><br /><br />Sasha Soyfer, Public Relations Coordinator, Bloomingdale’s<br />Allison Goran, Assistant Editor, Editorial Projects, Travel and Leisure<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Other suggestions? Let me know!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14227880272394874647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832336332858607443.post-85650490087249065492009-04-21T22:33:00.000-07:002009-04-21T22:37:04.354-07:00we want YOU to read your poetry or prose!Here's your chance to share your writing with your fellow students. The club is sponsoring an Open Reading on Tuesday, April 28 from 5-6:30 pm in the Writing Studio (yes, we are basically taking over the place for the entire day!!). <br /><br />If you're interested in reading, email me or Cassie and we'll put you on the list. Bring a poem, a short (3-5 minute) piece of prose, or monologue--anything you have written yourself! Please encourage your friends and classmates to join us, too. Writers can also sign up at the beginning of the reading, if necessary. <br /><br />Hope to see you there!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14227880272394874647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832336332858607443.post-33950925463967832462009-04-20T15:09:00.000-07:002009-04-20T19:13:22.275-07:00poetry performers 4/28/09 in the Writing Studio!We have a great event coming up next <span style="font-weight:bold;">Tuesday, April 28.<span style="font-weight:bold;"></span></span> The English & Speech department is sponsoring a reading/performance by <a href="http://www.globaltalentassoc.com/site/clients/cabico.htm">Regie Cabico</a>, <a href="http://www.lapetitezine.org/GuillermoCastro.htm">Guillermo Castro</a>, <a href="http://www.spdbooks.org/Producte/1930083025/ovarian-twists.aspx">Anyssa Kim</a>, and <a href="http://mmillan.com/">Madeline Millan</a> from 12-1, and from 1-2 the club is sponsoring a Q&A Talkback with the poets. <br />Here's a YouTube clip of Regie on Def Poetry Jam!<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FIG12H47Eq0&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FIG12H47Eq0&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14227880272394874647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832336332858607443.post-91913069187583516812009-04-02T14:35:00.000-07:002009-04-02T14:39:11.343-07:00LUCY KNISLEY LIVE!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNfXg-n_7I-ux650-vg2DjMXfL34qM00byG7SUmn7FAoH58awJF7FNhQdufkjWEdTEibKEFk9bGJZJuWjM8sY5iNl6j1oUh9PrTXS3gPcRigqNgfWaK8GVNnZxcPOHAxaa6af0jY14IMU/s1600-h/frenchmilkcoverxmas2008_thumb.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNfXg-n_7I-ux650-vg2DjMXfL34qM00byG7SUmn7FAoH58awJF7FNhQdufkjWEdTEibKEFk9bGJZJuWjM8sY5iNl6j1oUh9PrTXS3gPcRigqNgfWaK8GVNnZxcPOHAxaa6af0jY14IMU/s200/frenchmilkcoverxmas2008_thumb.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320211564707809266" /></a>Don't miss our next club-sponsored event! Tell your friends!<br />Meet Author-Illustrator <span style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="http://lucyknisley.com">LUCY KNISLEY</a><br /></span>Tuesday, April 14 1-2pm<br /><br />Our club room: D504(just outside Library entrance) <br /><br />Lucy Knisley’s graphic memoir, <span style="font-style:italic;">French Milk, </span>was published in 2007 by Simon & Schuster. She is a graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago currently pursuing an MFA at the Center for Cartoon Studies While completing her BFA at the School of the Art Institute, she was comics editor for the award-winning student publication<span style="font-style:italic;"> F News Magazine.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14227880272394874647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832336332858607443.post-43661827700514074072009-03-18T15:23:00.001-07:002009-03-18T15:23:34.789-07:00ATTENTION STUDENT WRITERS!<br />Showcase Your Work<br />With Two Special Events<br />At The Writing Studio, Room C612<br /><br />Tuesday, March 24, 1-2 pm<br />IN YOUR OWN VOICE: PERFORMING POETRY AND PROSE<br />A FREE Workshop with David Yezzi<br />Learn how to:<br />• Choose the right pieces for the event and audience.<br />• Use your voice, expressions, and gestures to help listeners appreciate your work.<br />• Project an air of confidence as a performer.<br />• Time your performance just right.<br />Bring a poem or selection of prose for this hands-on workshop.<br /><br />David Yezzi is the author of the poetry collections The Hidden Model and Azores, and is the executive editor of The New Criterion. He served as director of the 92nd Street Y Unterberg Poetry Center from 2001-2005, and has taught at the West Chester University Poetry Conference and at Stanford University.<br /><br />Tuesday, April 28, 5-6:30 pm<br />OPEN POETRY AND PROSE READING: <br />A CELEBRATION OF STUDENT WRITERS<br /><br />Present your creative writing with other FIT students in a fun, relaxed setting. <br />No experience necessary. Special gifts for all readers!<br /><br />To sign up for a 3-5 minute time slot, stop by the Writing Studio<br />or email Amy_Lemmon@fitnyc.edu.<br /><br />Presented by FIT Words: The Club for Writers with support from the Writing StudioAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14227880272394874647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832336332858607443.post-68998709316623591652009-03-16T12:45:00.000-07:002009-03-16T12:54:43.028-07:00I'm reading/signing my book at FIT Bookstore Tuesday, March 17!!!<span style="font-style:italic;">Saint Nobody </span>by Amy Lemmon<br />Reading and Book Signing<br />Tuesday, March 17<br />5-6:30pm<br />FIT Barnes & Noble Bookstore<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">I'd love to see you there!<br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14227880272394874647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832336332858607443.post-25119381968983403942009-02-24T06:17:00.000-08:002009-02-24T19:33:32.231-08:00complete attentionHere's a great little piece I read to my Creative Imagination class this morning. We're thinking about the experience of "flow" and what gets us into that sort of a state. The poet and visual artist Fanny Howe describes the spiritual aspect of such things:<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">The quest for a condition that exists in two separate states is what confuses people. The person looking for "me" (a fixed identity) is also the same person looking for (a vapory word) "God." This split search can only be folded into one in the process of working on something--whether it is writing, digging, planting, painting, teaching--with a wholeheartedness that qualifies as complete attention. In such a state, you find yourself depending on chance or grace to supply you with the focus to complete what you are doing. Your work is practical, but your relationship to it is illogical in the range of its possible errors and failures. You align yourself with something behind and ahead and above you that is geometric in nature; you lean on its assistance, realizing the inadequacy of your words.<br /><br /></span>--Fanny Howe, "The Future Is Like Magic: A Notebook" (<span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/">Poetry</a> March 2009.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14227880272394874647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832336332858607443.post-36660356579435902952009-02-23T19:46:00.000-08:002009-02-23T19:53:17.924-08:00Busy week!<strong>Sunday, February 22</strong><br /><em>Community service at the Community Word Project</em><br />42 Broadway, NY, NY 10004<br />Help stuff envelopes for CWP's annual event!<br />11 am - 1 pm<br />Meet in front of C Building at 10:20 am<br /><br /><strong>Tuesday, Feb. 24</strong><br /><em>Flea market meeting</em><br />5 - 6:30 pm<br />7th Floor, A Building - SVCS<br /><br /><strong>Wednesday, Feb. 25</strong><br /><em>Fundraiser - Bake sale!</em><br />11 am - 2 pm<br />D Building lobby<br /><br /><strong>Thursday, Feb. 26</strong><br /><em>Flea market</em><br />Look for our table during common hour, 1 - 2 pm<br />Between A and B Buildings<br /><br />Hope to see you there!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832336332858607443.post-50733712262566165682009-02-03T19:44:00.000-08:002009-02-03T19:51:10.311-08:00Love Your Library Week!<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-LyDiN4MSCw/SYkQZvPUWWI/AAAAAAAAAJI/6etCYbaUgeE/s1600-h/LYLweekposter.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298784470941587810" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 158px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 206px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-LyDiN4MSCw/SYkQZvPUWWI/AAAAAAAAAJI/6etCYbaUgeE/s400/LYLweekposter.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-LyDiN4MSCw/SYkQD0DXUlI/AAAAAAAAAJA/jTacBWTePf0/s1600-h/LYLweekposter.jpg"></a>Love Your Library Week is February 9-13, 2009. Please show your support for our advisor, Amy Lemmon, who will be reading some of her poems on Tuesday, February 10th, from 12:30-1:30 in the Graduate Reading Room (E423). For a full list of activities, <a href="http://www3.fitnyc.edu/library/LYLW/LYLW_2009.htm">click here</a>.<br /><br /><div><br /><div><strong><em>Our first meeting of the semester will take place immediately following at 1:30 p.m.</em></strong> </div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832336332858607443.post-29702141334940845202008-11-04T14:38:00.000-08:002008-11-04T14:57:00.474-08:00<div><strong>Writing exercise with Professor Amy Lemmon</strong><br />Professor Lemmon conducted a writing exercise today on etymology. We visited the reference section of the library (on the fourth floor) and randomly chose six words out of the many volumes of the Oxford English Dictionary. We wrote down the different roots of the word, definitions, etc. to later use in a poem. Professor Lemmon used etymology in her poem “Deciding on Quandary.” (Please email her if you would like a copy.) She recommended we try writing a sestina with the six words we each chose. Click <a href="http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5792">here </a>for information on how to write a sestina, or try this sestina <a href="http://dilute.net/sestinas/">generator</a>. Post your results to the blog!<br /><br /><strong>Community service<br /></strong>I will be stopping by Student Life later this week to pick up some community service forms. If you’re interested in helping out, email me and I will send you a copy.<br /><br /><strong><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-LyDiN4MSCw/SRDS_dIVDaI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/NimYWB2oX5o/s1600-h/Lee_Gutkind.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264939951989263778" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 133px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-LyDiN4MSCw/SRDS_dIVDaI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/NimYWB2oX5o/s200/Lee_Gutkind.jpg" border="0" /></a>Guest speaker Lee Gutkind on November 11</strong><br />“The Godfather behind Creative nonfiction,” Lee Gutkind, will be coming to FIT next week. He will be speaking to the club on Tuesday, November 11 from 1-2 in room D504. If you would like more information, visit his <a href="http://www.leegutkind.com/main.html">website</a>. Please come prepared with a few questions for either him or the genre of creative nonfiction. Hope to see you all there! </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832336332858607443.post-48231224028920552282008-10-26T18:28:00.000-07:002008-10-26T18:31:40.828-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-LyDiN4MSCw/SQUZxOKdujI/AAAAAAAAAGw/xCalcOBDCd8/s1600-h/pumpkin.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261640073058564658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 132px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 117px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-LyDiN4MSCw/SQUZxOKdujI/AAAAAAAAAGw/xCalcOBDCd8/s320/pumpkin.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc6600;"><strong><em>Bake Sale</em></strong></span><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Tuesday, October 28th</span><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">12-2pm</span><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">D-buliding lobby</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832336332858607443.post-11949843426423576382008-10-16T13:24:00.000-07:002008-10-16T13:33:24.399-07:00Meeting 10/16<p>Highlights from today's meeting:</p><ul><li><strong>Bake Sale</strong> - October 28th from 12-2 in the D lobby<br />-Halloween theme!<br />-We need volunteers to bake and to work the table from 12-1 or 1-2</li><li><strong>Community Service</strong><br />-Community Word Project on a Saturday in December<br />-Email me if interested in doing an individual service</li><li><strong>Campus Blood Drive</strong> - November 13th from 10am-7pm in the Great Hall<br />-Make sure to sign in!</li><li><strong>Job Fair 2008</strong> - October 21st from 11am-2:30pm in the Great Hall</li><li><strong>Open Mic</strong> for Substance Abuse Awareness Week - October 21st from 6-8pm in the 5th Floor Lounge<br />-$50 gift cards raffled to all participants<br />-Email <a href="mailto:ashley_maine@fitnyc.edu">ashley_maine@fitnyc.edu</a> if interested</li><li><strong>Possible field trips</strong><br />-Bowery Poetry Club slam for college students in December<br />-louderARTS slams on Mondays at 7pm</li></ul><p>We ended the meeting today with a <em>writing workshop</em>. Thanks to all of those who brought/sent work!</p><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832336332858607443.post-10578870828413984362008-09-23T20:34:00.000-07:002008-09-23T21:03:27.948-07:00First meeting 9/23<p>Welcome, members new and old!<br /></p><p>I just wanted to restate some of the things we went over at our first meeting today.</p><ul><li>We started off with a short writing activity about the origin of our names. After, we went around the room and introduced ourselves and the genres of writing we like.</li><li>FIT Words uses the following points system:</li><ul><li>Attending a meeting - 5</li><li>Suggestions - 5</li><li>Attending a guest speaker - 10</li><li>Baking/preparing for an event - 10</li><li>Helping out at an event - 10</li><li>Participating in community service - 15</li><li>Holding an officer position - 40</li></ul><li>We communicate mostly through email, but please check this blog for re-caps and event notices.</li><li>Our club will schedule a bake sale as our fundraiser at some point during the semester.</li><li>We discussed a few possible community service ideas and listed the breast cancer or Light the Night walks, or helping at the Community Word Project (if available). If you have any other ideas, please let us know.</li><li>The floor was opened for possible guest speakers, activities, and events. Almost all members showed a strong interest in poetry and a few were interested in screenwriting. Colin Gilbert (myspace.com/colinrgilbert) was also recommended and may be in NY in November. Thanks for the great feedback!</li></ul><p>Our next meeting will most likely be a writing workshop, so start thinking of a piece you would like to bring in. I will let you know as soon as we pick a date. </p><p>See you soon,</p><p>-CK</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832336332858607443.post-51457494552733768462008-09-18T12:01:00.000-07:002008-09-18T12:02:28.840-07:00two full green hours--TONIGHT!In case you're in NYC and looking for something to do...<br /><br />You’re Invited to a Poetry Book Party<br /><br />Come Celebrate This Full Green Hour: An Anthology by the One O’Clock Poets<br /><br />GUILLERMO CASTRO<br />AMY LEMMON<br />KATRINKA MOORE<br />JOAN LAURI POOLE<br />ELIZABETH POREBA<br />SARAH STERN<br /><br />Thursday, September 18, 2008<br /><br />7:00-9:00 p.m.<br /><br />Teachers and Writers Collaborative<br />520 Eighth Avenue (between 36th and 37th Streets), Suite 2020, New York City<br />For directions please visit: www.twc.org/events.<br /><br /><br />This Full Green Hour, published by Sonopo Press, will be available for purchase.<br />Light refreshments will be served.<br /><br />***<br /><br />ADVANCE PRAISE FOR THIS FULL GREEN HOUR<br /><br />“The poems of Castro, Lemmon, Moore, Poole, Poreba, and Stern riff off one another most delightfully through subject matter and syntax. These Magnificent Six have accomplished something amazing—a dynamic and tangential conversation through poems, each voice intelligent, nuanced, distinct.”<br /> —Denise Duhamel<br /><br />“A disarmingly playful spirit of generous camaraderie is at the heart of this anthology. Boldly, it intersperses the work of six distinctive poets in such a way that we not only get to know the individual voices, but are also let in on their poetic conversation…. This hour is indeed a full one.”<br /> —Elaine Equi<br /><br />“These six poets lead the reader to moments of delicious tension and exhilarating discoveries.”<br /> —Scott HightowerAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14227880272394874647noreply@blogger.com0