Announcement:
THE CHRONIC QUESTION: WRITING ABOUT ILLNESS
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
6:00-7:15 pm
Annie May Swift, 1920 Campus Drive- 1st floor auditorium
Evanston, IL
This event is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. No reservations are needed, it's on a first come first seated basis.
Thirty years ago, Susan Sontag wrote, “Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship in the kingdom of the well and the kingdom of the sick … Sooner or later each of us is obliged, at least for a spell, to identify ourselves as citizens of that other place.”
Join four outstanding authors and bloggers on a topic with a growing audience and a particular relevance to nonfiction writing. They will discuss the process of writing about chronic illness, why this literary genre is growing, why women are the main focus, and how sharing one's journey with readers is important.
Jenni Prokopy,(creator of the famous blog ChronicBabe.com) will moderate this panel discussion with authors:
Laurie Edwards, author of In The Kingdom of the Sick: A Social History of Chronic Illness in America. “An indispensable book for anyone with or concerned about chronic disease, and everyone interested in the health professions.”--Booklist (starred review)http://www.laurieedwardswriter.com
S.L. Wisenberg, blogger and author or Cancer Bitch. "The Adventures of Cancer Bitch is witty and relentless, surprising and honest. Wisenberg has walked through the Valley of Cancer and she is willing to tell all; this is a cornucopia of breast cancer information as well as a very smart, funny read from an excellent writer."--Audrey Niffenegger, author, The Time Traveler’s Wifehttp://www.cancerbitch.blogspot.com
Paula Kamen, author and playwright, All In My Head. "Essential reading for anyone who suffers from chronic pain or...enjoys a dash of wit in their memoir-reading." -- Bookslut. http://paulakamen.com
Q&A and book signing too follow
Co-sponsored by the Department of Performance Studies
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The Art of Song Writing: Words +Music=A Night of Hip Hop Auditory Explosion
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
7-8:10 pm
Annie May Swift Building, 1920 Campus Drive
1st floor auditorium
Evanston, IL
This event is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. No reservations are needed, it's on a first come first seated basis.
More info on EVENTS PAGE
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Writers in Residence
Alex Kotlowitz
ALEX KOTLOWITZ is the WRITER IN RESIDENCE for the CENTER FOR THE WRITING ARTS. He teaches the Writing 301 The Art of Non-Fiction: Telling Stories every Winter Quarter.
Award-winning author of There Are No Children Here, The Other Side of the River, and Never a City So Real. Contributor to The New York Times Magazine and public radio’s This American Life. Alex Kotlowitz is renowned for his narratives of particular individuals whose concrete life experiences illuminate broad aspects of our nation’s social and political landscape. Along with producer/director Steve James he co-produced the award winning documentary, The Interrupters, it tells the moving and surprising story of three “violence interrupters” in Chicago who with bravado, humility and even humor try to protect their communities from the violence they once employed.
The CWA is proud to announce MARK TURCOTTE as our SPRING QUARTER 2014 VISITING WRITER IN RESIDENCE
Mark Turcotte (Turtle Mountain Chippewa) is author of four poetry collections, including The Feathered Heart and Exploding Chippewas. His poetry and short fiction have appeared in many literary journals, including TriQuarterly, POETRY, Hunger Mountain, Rosebud, Prairie Schooner, Kenyon Review, Ploughshares, Sentence and The Missouri Review.
He was the recipient of a Lannan Foundation Literary Grant, and has been awarded two Literary Fellowships by the Wisconsin Arts Board. He was a writer-in-residence for the National Book Foundation’s “American Voices” project, and was awarded a Lannan Writer’s Residency in Marfa, Texas. His poem, The Flower On, was part of the Poetry Society of America’s Poetry In Motion project, which placed poetry placards on public transportation in cities across the United States. His work is included in the NEA/Poetry Foundation high school recitation project Poetry Out Loud. In recent months he has been invited to share his work from Boston to Santa Fe to Fargo to Montepellier, France.
Turcotte served as the 2008-2009 Visiting Native Writer at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He lives in Chicago where he is Visiting Assistant Professor in English and Creative Writing at DePaul University.
