Today's Message
Posted: Tuesday, February 24, 2015An Evening with Marge Piercy: March 3
Buffalo State welcomes renowned poet and novelist Marge Piercy on Tuesday, March 3, at 7:30 p.m. in the Burchfield Penney Art Center's Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Auditorium.
Knopf recently published the paperback of Piercy's 18th book of poetry, The Hunger Moon. Her 19th, Made in Detroit, is scheduled for March. Her poetry has been anthologized well over 100 times. Piercy has written 17 novels, most recently Sex Wars. PM Press just republished Dance the Eagle to Sleep, Vida, and Braided Lives with new introductions and in May, her first short story collection, The Cost of Lunch, Etc. The paperback will appear in September with two new stories and an introduction. Her memoir, Sleeping with Cats, is out from Harper Perennial. Her work has been translated into 19 languages.
Co-sponsors:
Buffalo State Communication Department
Buffalo State English Department
Buffalo State Equity and Campus Diversity Office
Buffalo State School of Arts and Humanities
Buffalo State Women and Gender Studies Program
Burchfield Penney Art Center
Canisius College Women and Gender Studies Program
Congregation Havurah
D’Youville College Department of Liberal Arts
Just Buffalo Literary Center
UB English Department
UB Transnational Studies/Global Gender Studies Department
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