Brown Bag lecture

Virginia Poet Laureate Luisa A. Igloria to speak on historical connection of bodies in poetry

by Sarah Vest on July 13, 2021

SARAH VEST - STAFF WRITER Igloria How a poet completes the act of language- and image-making is always linked to the historical, cultural and indigenously determined ways in which they see the world. That’s the

Outsmarting the saboteur: Zelda Lockhart to discuss overcoming writer’s block in virtual Brown Bag

by Sarah Vest on July 8, 2021

SARAH VEST - STAFF WRITER Lockhart Writer’s block, or the inability to take pen to paper, is a perpetual issue

Horticulturist Don Leopold to Present Best Trees to Plant in Urban Environments and Their Different Benefits

by Julia Preszler on August 19, 2019

Leopold Don Leopold, a professor at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, has uploaded 135 videos about trees

Adrian Matejka Queries Potential and Limits of Persona in Season’s Last Poetry Brown Bag

by Amy Guay on August 19, 2019

Matejka It starts with an image — a sketch, a fragment or a scribble. Then, equipped with a full notebook

Horticulturist Nellie Gardner to Talk ‘Purpose in Landscape’

by Julia Preszler on August 12, 2019

When Nellie Gardner looks at nature, she perceives it in all of its complexity. She remembers species’ evolutions. She thinks

Dustin Parsons to Explore Dynamic of Images and Text in Writing for Brown Bag Lecture

by Amy Guay on August 1, 2019

Dustin Parsons On Sunday in the Hall of Philosophy, Dustin Parsons apologized to ghosts. The fourth section of Parsons’ fragmented, nonfiction essay “The Domestic Apologies,” “Apology to the Ghosts” addresses “that cold spot in the

Roy Hoffman to Enliven History in Literature in Brown Bag Evening Lecture

by Amy Guay on July 30, 2019

Hoffman Roy Hoffman thinks stories have the capacity to reverberate across eras. During his Week Six writer-in-residence reading on Sunday

Poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil Talks Dusk and Dawn in Brown Bag Lecture

by Amy Guay on July 29, 2019

Aimee Nezhukumatathil In “The Woman Who Turned Down a Date with a Cherry Farmer,” a poem from Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s 2003

Jimin Han Reveals Homes that ‘Haunt’ and Urgency of Memory in Brown Bag Lecture

by Amy Guay on July 27, 2019

Jimin Han Sporting flared pants and oversized glasses, the young woman in the photo stands in front of a sign

Abraham Smith to Link Writing Poems to Life Spent Farming in Brown Bag Lecture

by Amy Guay on July 22, 2019

Abraham Smith When he was a “squirmy, shouty” grade school student, Abraham Smith entered an environmental speech contest. “I’ve always

Poet-in-residence Marcelo Hernandez Castillo to Discuss Power of Image in Brown Bag Craft Talk

by Amy Guay on July 15, 2019

Marcelo Hernandez Castillo At age 5, Marcelo Hernandez Castillo crossed a desert. It was spring 1993 when Castillo immigrated from Tepechitlán, Mexico, to the United States with his family of six, beginning his life as

Poet-in-Residence Maggie Smith to Talk Poetry and Childlike Wonder in Week Three Brown Bag

by Amy Guay on July 8, 2019

Maggie Smith Maggie Smith’s greatest professional success hinges on a cycle of grief. Her poem “Good Bones,” which Public Radio International

Bob Proehl Talks Fictional Representation and Exploring Different Narrative Types

by Amy Guay on June 27, 2019

Bob Proehl Bob Proehl is tired of seeing himself in the narrative. A native of New York and author of A

Prose writer-in-residence Toni Jensen to discuss risk-taking in Brown Bag lecture

by Emma Francois on August 16, 2018

When people read or listen to Toni Jensen’s writing, they seem to always ask her about risky business. Toni Jensen

Poet-in-residence Allison Joseph to discuss global poetry, “diminishing borders” in Brown Bag

by Emma Francois on July 30, 2018

Allison Joseph is a “citizen of the world.” She is also an American citizen, a duality that “never seemed to

Sally Cunningham to share garden knowledge as her hometown becomes gardening hotspot

by Casey McCarthy on July 23, 2018

Sally Cunningham describes gardening as a transformation tool for communities and individual spirits. Cunningham, a garden expert and writer out of the Buffalo, New York, area, will discuss the techniques that have changed her city

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