READINGAlumnae/i Readings of Poetry and ProseWednesday, April 9 6:30 p.m.Esther Raushenbush Library FREEThe following graduates of Sarah Lawrence College will read from their work:Matthew Schwartz received his B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College, and his M.F.A. from U.C. Irvine. His first book of poetry, Blessings for the Hands, has just been published by University of Chicago Press. He has received awards for his work from the Academy of American Poets and the International Institute of Modern Letters.
Sally Bliumis-Dunn teaches modern poetry and creative writing at Manhattanville College. She received her B.A. in Russian language and literature from U.C. Berkeley in 1983 and her M.F.A. in poetry from Sarah Lawrence College in 2002. Her poems have appeared in BigCityLit, Lumina, Nimrod, The Paris Review, Prairie Schooner, Poetry London, RATTLE, Rattapallax, Spoon River Poetry Review, and Chance of a Ghost, and anthology published by Helicon Nine in 2005. In 2002, she was a finalist for the Nimrod/Hardman Pablo Neruda Prize. Her manuscript, Talking Underwater, was a semifinalist for the Kenyon First Book contest in 2002, the Bright Hill Press in 2005, and a finalist for the Richard Snyder Poetry Prize from Ashland Press in 2006, was published by Wind Publications in 2007.
Phoebe Damrosch holds a B.A. from Barnard College and an M.F.A. from Sarah Lawrence College. She is the author of Service Included: Four-Star Secrets of an Eavesdropping Waiter. Her writing has been featured in The New York Times, The Financial Times, Entertainment Weekly, Food and Wine, Elle, American Way, Eating Well, The New York Post, The Daily News, and Slate.
Porochista Khakpour received her B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College. Her debut novel Sons and Other Flammable Objects published by Grove/Atlantic in 2007 won much praise from The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Los Angeles Times, and The San Francisco Chronicle. It was a Chicago Tribune "Fall's Best" selection and a New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice. Her writing has also appeared in The Chicago Reader and the Village Voice; Paper, Flaunt, Nylon, Gear, Urb, Bidoun and Alef magazines; and nerve.com, among others. For more information please call (914) 395-2412.
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