FIT Words

The Club for Writers
PRESENTS

Ada Limón

Poet and Copy Director of GQ Magazine

"Poetry and Publishing: Balancing Creativity and Commerce"
Thursday, May 8, 1-2pm
Location: Room D504

Visit her website: http://adalimon.blogspot.com/

For more information email Amy_Lemmon@fitnyc.edu

Guest speakers for May

A big thank you to everyone who attended Carly Sachs' reading today.
A quick recap for those of you who couldn't make it:
She encouraged us to write for about five minutes about a difficult subject (a theme in both of her books). I think we all had different responses to what we wrote. Our "homework" is to revisit this piece and play with cut-ups, spacing, and fragmentation, devices she uses and are particularly helpful in dealing with these types of topics.
She then read poetry from her book, the steam sequence, and from the anthology she edited, the why and later, both of which were very moving. She was kind enough to give each of us a copy of these books.

Next week, Ada Limon will be speaking from 1-2 in D504 (right outside the library).

The following week, May 15th, Scott Hightower will be visiting from 1-2 in the English and Speech conference room in B602.

Stay tuned for information about our very last-minute community service project for the semester.

xx
CK

our Writer-in-Residence!!

We are delighted to present two campus-wide events by fabulous poet and novelist Kim Addonizio!

Poetry Reading: Tuesday, April 8, 1-2 p.m.

Fiction Reading: Thursday, April 10, 5-6 p.m.
Location: The Lounge, A Building 5th Floor

Visit Kim's website for a preview of her work.
Her books will be for sale at the readings, too!

There will also be a special workshop just for club members (including new members--care to join us?) on Thursday, April 10 from 1-2 p.m. in Room D504 (our club room).

SEE YOU THERE!

Professor Lemmon's poems were featured on the webzine No Tell Motel.

Here's the link to the site:
http://notellmotel.org/

Welcome back!

We have a lot of great things planned for this semester and I'm so excited to get started!

One of the things we mentioned at the last meeting was communication. We have a club page on the MyFIT website. To access it, log in to MyFIT and click the "groups" logo on the upper-right side of the page. You can either search for the club by name or find it listed under the Group Index/Artistic. The group is public and you should have no trouble joining (we even had some people join that I didn't know about!)

Let me know if you have any problems..

-CK

Springing Into Spring: Let's get started!

Our first club meeting of the semester is Thursday, February 28, from 1-2 p.m. in Room D504.

We'll be finalizing the new officers and making plans for the semester.

Please email Prof. Lemmon to confirm whether or not you will be joining us!

Looking WAY ahead: The 2008 AWP Conference

One of the great activities we can take advantage of in 2008 occurs right during the first week of class! The Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) is holding their annual convention here in NYC from Jan. 30-Feb. 2! Click here for the conference web page, which has links to the preliminary schedule of events. There will also be panel presentations, readings, and discussions throughout the day.
The English & Speech Department is signing up for an affiliate membership with AWP, so that means FIT students can attend the entire conference (including all events, day and evening)for a discounted rate of $35 each. Active members who participate in fund-raising and community service will be able to go as a field trip paid for by the club!