Green Kicks Off Spring Semester Writers Series
The Indian Springs School Visiting Writers Series in partnership with Books-A-Million welcomed New York Times best-selling author John Green '95 and his brother, Hank Green, as part of Tour de Nerdfighting 2012, a multimedia reading/performance celebrating the release of John's new book, The Fault in Our Stars. Read a Birmingham magazine / al.com blog post about the night here!
The event was held January 17 in the ISS Concert Hall and simulcast in the John Badham Theater to accommodate the sell-out crowd.
The Fault in Our Stars, just released January 10, is already receiving rave reviews by the New York Times, National Public Radio and other media outlets and has been named among Amazon's Best Books of the Month for January 2012. John Green is also author of Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines, and Paper Towns and coauthor, with David Levithan, of Will Grayson, Will Grayson.
Since 2007, the Green brothers have posted a series of videoblogs on their YouTube channel, vlogbrothers, that has been viewed more than 75 million times and has made their channel among the most popular in the history of online video.
The brothers' performance kicked off the second semester of the inaugural ISS Visiting Writers Series, which gives Springs students and members of the community the opportunity to hear new poetry, fiction and nonfiction from established and up-and-coming writers, many of whom spend time with ISS classes in conjunction with their visit. The series began last fall under the direction of ISS English Teacher Douglas Ray and Librarian Jessica Smith.
Upcoming installments of the series include:
Poets Megan Kaminski and Bruce Covey — Jan. 30, 7:30 p.m., Library Reading Room
Poet Douglas Ray — Feb. 27, 7:30 p.m., Library Reading Room (Book Release Party)
Author Michael Levy — April 5, 7:30 p.m., Library Reading Room
Graphic Novelist Howard Cruse '62 — April 13, 3:30 p.m., Location TBD
Following a career path that included acting, magazine and television art direction, and puppeteering, Cruse settled into steady work as a cartoonist and comics creator. His work has appeared in numerous magazines and underground comic books over the years, and his comic strip "Wendel" was a regular feature in The Advocate during the 1980s. Cruse has published nine books, including the award-winning graphic novel Stuck Rubber Baby. His forthcoming compilation, The Other Sides of Howard Cruse, will be published by Boom Studios this summer.
Among those who participated in the series during the fall were poet and nonfiction writer Sandra Beasley, author of I Was the Jukebox and Theories of Falling, as well as the memoir Don't Kill the Birthday Girl: Tales from an Allergic Life; poet Shanna Compton, editor of Bloof Books, ringleader of DIY Poetry, and author of Down Spooky and For Girls; poet Maureen Thorson, editor of Big Game Books and author of Applies to Oranges; poet Anne Boyer, editor of the magazine Abraham Lincoln and author of The Romance of Happy Workers; and fiction writer and songwriter Laura Thomas ’92, daughter of ISS Director of Music Tim Thomas '67 and author of the novel Shadow Swans.
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The event was held January 17 in the ISS Concert Hall and simulcast in the John Badham Theater to accommodate the sell-out crowd.
The Fault in Our Stars, just released January 10, is already receiving rave reviews by the New York Times, National Public Radio and other media outlets and has been named among Amazon's Best Books of the Month for January 2012. John Green is also author of Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines, and Paper Towns and coauthor, with David Levithan, of Will Grayson, Will Grayson.
Since 2007, the Green brothers have posted a series of videoblogs on their YouTube channel, vlogbrothers, that has been viewed more than 75 million times and has made their channel among the most popular in the history of online video.
The brothers' performance kicked off the second semester of the inaugural ISS Visiting Writers Series, which gives Springs students and members of the community the opportunity to hear new poetry, fiction and nonfiction from established and up-and-coming writers, many of whom spend time with ISS classes in conjunction with their visit. The series began last fall under the direction of ISS English Teacher Douglas Ray and Librarian Jessica Smith.
Upcoming installments of the series include:
Poets Megan Kaminski and Bruce Covey — Jan. 30, 7:30 p.m., Library Reading Room
Kaminski's first book of poetry, Desiring Map, is forthcoming from Coconut Books. She is also the author of three chapbooks, collection, carry catastrophe and Across Soft Ruins, and has chapbooks forthcoming from Dancing Girl Press and La Ginestra. She is a Creative Writing Lecturer at the University of Kansas, where she directs the Creative Writing Exchange and the Undergraduate Reading Series.
Covey is the author of several collections of poetry, including Glass Is Really a Liquid, Elapsing Speedway Organism, and The Greek Gods as Telephone Wires. The editor of the online poetry journal Coconut and its sister press, Coconut Books, Covey has taught at the Atlanta College of Art and Emory University, where he also serves as senior director of technical services for campus life.
Poets Joseph P. Wood and Daniela Olszewska — Feb. 6, 7:30 p.m., Library Reading Room
Wood is the author of two full collections of poetry, Fold of the Map and I & We. Wood teaches creative writing, English and American literature, and composition at The University of Alabama. In 2009, he co-founded Slash Pine Projects, an undergrad internship that focuses on immersion learning and community arts.
Olszewska is the author of two full-length collections of poetry, Citizen J and cloudfang : : cakedirt. She is pursuing her MFA at the University of Alabama, where she teaches creative writing in conjunction with The Alabama Prison Arts & Education Project and serves as the Poetry Editor for Black Warrior Review.
Poets Joseph P. Wood and Daniela Olszewska — Feb. 6, 7:30 p.m., Library Reading Room
Wood is the author of two full collections of poetry, Fold of the Map and I & We. Wood teaches creative writing, English and American literature, and composition at The University of Alabama. In 2009, he co-founded Slash Pine Projects, an undergrad internship that focuses on immersion learning and community arts.
Olszewska is the author of two full-length collections of poetry, Citizen J and cloudfang : : cakedirt. She is pursuing her MFA at the University of Alabama, where she teaches creative writing in conjunction with The Alabama Prison Arts & Education Project and serves as the Poetry Editor for Black Warrior Review.
Poet Douglas Ray — Feb. 27, 7:30 p.m., Library Reading Room (Book Release Party)
Ray teaches English and directs summer programs at Indian Springs School. A published poet, essayist and book reviewer, he is releasing his first book, He Will Laugh.
Author Michael Levy — April 5, 7:30 p.m., Library Reading Room
The author of Kosher Chinese, Levy is an educator, writer and traveler who currently teaches in Brooklyn, N.Y, at Saint Ann's School.
Graphic Novelist Howard Cruse '62 — April 13, 3:30 p.m., Location TBD
Following a career path that included acting, magazine and television art direction, and puppeteering, Cruse settled into steady work as a cartoonist and comics creator. His work has appeared in numerous magazines and underground comic books over the years, and his comic strip "Wendel" was a regular feature in The Advocate during the 1980s. Cruse has published nine books, including the award-winning graphic novel Stuck Rubber Baby. His forthcoming compilation, The Other Sides of Howard Cruse, will be published by Boom Studios this summer.
Among those who participated in the series during the fall were poet and nonfiction writer Sandra Beasley, author of I Was the Jukebox and Theories of Falling, as well as the memoir Don't Kill the Birthday Girl: Tales from an Allergic Life; poet Shanna Compton, editor of Bloof Books, ringleader of DIY Poetry, and author of Down Spooky and For Girls; poet Maureen Thorson, editor of Big Game Books and author of Applies to Oranges; poet Anne Boyer, editor of the magazine Abraham Lincoln and author of The Romance of Happy Workers; and fiction writer and songwriter Laura Thomas ’92, daughter of ISS Director of Music Tim Thomas '67 and author of the novel Shadow Swans.
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