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Norbert Krapf to perform at Bob Dylan Birthday Bash

On May 22 from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m., the Indianapolis ArtsGarden will host a Bob Dylan Birthday Bash to celebrate the singer/songwriter's 72nd birthday. This second annual tribute will feature IUP author Norbert Krapf and bluesman Gordon Bonham.

During the event, Krapf will recite poetry from his Songs in Sepia and Black and White collection (IUP, 2012) and from his new prose poem cycles collection American Dreams (Mongrel Empire Press).

Admission is free. Check the Indianapolis ArtsGarden website for more details on the event.

Learn more about Norbert Krapf and his book Songs in Sepia and Black and White on our website or in this review by the Yearbook of German-American Studies:

"Pursuing a tri-fold creative concept that unites poetry, art in the form of photography, and music is certainly not a light challenge. Norbert Krapf has mastered it with remarkable virtuosity and once again reinforced his reputation as the pre-eminent German-American poet of the English language."

May events for Today I Am a Woman editors

Today I Am a Woman editors Barbara Vinick and Shulamit Reinharz have the following events scheduled for this month:

May 17
The Jewish Federation of the Berkshires will present a book discussion with the editors at 10:45 a.m. at the Hevreh of Southern Berkshire in Great Barrington, MA. Admission is $3. More information is available on the federation's website.

May 18

The editors will give a noontime presentation about their book at the Kane Street Synagogue in Brooklyn, NY.

See a complete list of upcoming events on the editors' Today I Am a Woman website.

 

 

May events with Scott Russell Sanders

Scott Russell Sanders. Photo by Ruth Sanders.

Scott Russell Sanders, author of Earth Works and A Conservationist Manifesto, has the following events scheduled for this month: 

May 17-19

Sanders, along with IUP author Rebecca McClanahan, will be a featured guest speaker at the River Teeth Nonfiction Conference held at Ashland University in Ashand, OH. For more information, contact Sarah M. Wells at swells@ashland.edu or call 419-289-5957.

May 23

Sanders will speak at "Minnesota Made," sponsored by the Minnesota Land Trust. The talk takes place at 6:00 p.m. in New Century Theater in Minneapolis. Tickets are required and can be purchased online.

May 24

Sanders will give a talk at 7 p.m. at the Wood Lake Nature Center in Richfield, MN. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit the Minnesota Land Trust website.

See a complete list of upcoming events for Scott Russell Sanders on his website.

Author Jeffrey Belth to present Gardening for Butterflies workshop

The Area 10 Agency on Aging in Bloomington will host a workshop on Gardening for Butterflies with Sandy Belth and Jeffrey Belth, author of Butterflies of Indiana. The presentation will take place May 15 from 1 to 2 p.m. in the Endwright Center.

The Belths will discuss how to make yards and gardens more inviting to butterflies, and will also cover butterfly biology, larval host plants, and butterfly identification in their talk.

A limited supply of Butterflies of Indiana will be available for purchase and signing by the author at the event.

For more information, contact Jaime Sweany, Endwright Center Director, at 812-876-3383 or jsweany@area10agency.org. More information is also available on the Area 10 Agency website.

Manoogian Museum to host book launch for A Legacy of Armenian Treasures

The Manoogian Museum in Southfield, MI, will host a book launch party for A Legacy of Armenian Treasures Thursday, May 16 at 6:30 p.m. Fr. Garabed Kochakian of St. John Armenian Church will give a traditional book blessing. Following the blessing, A Legacy of Armenian Treasures's executive editor Edmond Y. Azadian and editorial coordinator Sylvie L. Merian will give a presentation. A reception will conclude the evening. Copies of the book will also be available for purchase at a special price during the event.

The book launch is open to the public, but please RSVP by May 13 to 248-569-3405 or 248-557-5977.

For more information about A Legacy of Armenian Treasures visit our website or look inside the book. 

Indiana Landmarks Center presents lecture and booksigning with Nancy Hiller

On May 9, Nancy Hiller, author of A Home of Her Own, will give a lecture and sign copies of her book at the Indiana Landmarks Center in Indianapolis. The reception begins at 5:30 p.m. with the lecture starting at 6 pm. A booksigning will follow at 7 pm. The event is free, but those who wish to attend should RSVP online at restoring.eventbrite.com or call 317-639-4534.

May events with Rebecca McClanahan

Rebecca McClanahan, author of The Tribal Knot, has the following events scheduled for this month:

May 3-4

McClanahan will take part in two events at the Hudson Valley Writers Center in Sleepy Hollow, NY. On May 3, she will read and discuss her book at 7:30 p.m. The following day, she will speak at a multi-genre workshop titled "Making Their Stories Your Own: Shaping the Raw Material of Family History" from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Visit the center's website for more information.

May 14

McClanahan will give a presentation and read from her book at the Rocky River Senior Center in Rocky River, OH.

May 17-19

McClanahan, along with IUP author Scott Russell Sanders, will be a featured guest speaker at the River Teeth Nonfiction Conference held at Ashland University in Ashand, OH. For more information, contact Sarah M. Wells at swells@ashland.edu or call 419-289-5957.

May 21

The Charlotte Writers Club will host McClanahan for a craft talk and reading from her book at 7 p.m. at the Queens University Sports and Conference Center in Charlotte, NC. For more information, visit the writers club's website.

May 24

McClanahan will give a reading at the Queens University Sykes Auditorium at 8 p.m. in Charlotte, NC.

For more information on McClanahan's upcoming events, visit her website.

Transition editors to give talk at Harvard Book Store

Guest editors Laurent Dubios and Kaiama L. Glover will discuss the IUP journal Transition this Friday, May 3 at 7:30 p.m. at the Harvard Book Store in Cambridge, MA. The editors, along with Gina Athena Ulysse and other guests, will read from the 111th issue titled "New Narratives of Haiti." For more information, visit the Harvard Book Store's website.

Everything you wanted to know about The B Word in two minutes or less

The B Word author Maria San Filippo will take part in a Graduate Consortium of Women's Studies event at MIT from 7 to 9 p.m. May 1. A unique feature of the event is a "speed talk" given by San Filippo and other featured authors. Participants are required to discuss their books in two minutes or less (event organizers are even bringing timers!).

However, if two minutes isn't enough time to learn everything you wanted to know about The B Word, then check out this new review of the book by Next Magazine:

"In The B Word: Bisexuality in Contemporary Film and Television, Maria San Filippo turns her razor-sharp intellect on the representation of bisexuality in modern media, where it still remains somewhat unspoken, often overshadowed by the hard-won visibility of gays and lesbians. Placing bisexual desire center stage, San Filippo’s book is a much-needed addition to the field of queer media studies."

San Filippo's next speaking engagement (longer than two minutes this time) will take place at 9 a.m. May 4 during the Media in Transition 8 Conference at MIT. The topic of her talk is "After AfterEllen.com: Online Queer Media Communities as Critical Counterpublics."

Visit Maria San Filippo's website for information about all her events.

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Bonnie Morris to give reading at Binghamton University

Author Bonnie Morris will return to her alma mater Binghamton University to discuss Revenge of the Women's Studies Professor. Morris's talk, "Radical Visions, Feminist Words: Recalling Binghamton's Women's History Program in the 1980s," will take place May 1 at 7 p.m. She will also sign copies of her book at the event. For more information, visit the university's website.