Events
Auraria Writers Week Brings Major Authors to Campus and Showcases Local Talent
The Metropolitan State College of Denver English Department, Community College of Denver English Department, Metropolitan State College Office of Student Activities, Auraria Sustainable Campus Program, One World One Water, and the Community College of Denver and University of Colorado, Denver are proud to announce the Auraria Writers Week, a series of talks by major writers who will be reading from their work and discussing their ideas and craft. We will be hosting four events during the week of April 2, 2012.
On Monday, April 2, 2012, mystery writer Laura DiSilverio, a decorated Air Force Intelligence Officer (and former Professor in the Department of English at the United States Air Force Academy), will speak. DiSilverio retired from military service to pursue her passion for writing. Her recent novels include Swift Edge, part of her private investigator series set here in Colorado, and Die Buying, part of her Mall Cop series. Laura DiSilverio will be reading from her books and answering questions from 11-12:15 pm in the Adirondacks room (Room 440) in the Tivoli on the Auraria campus.
On Tuesday, April 3, 2012, at the Auraria Writers Spotlight, faculty members from Auraria English departments will be reading their creative and scholarly works in the Adirondacks room (Room 440) in the Tivoli on the Auraria campus, from 11:30 am until 4 pm. Theresa Crater, Reneé Ruderman, Cynthia Kuhn, Leslee Wright, Jason Miller, Rebecca Gorman, Mikkilynn Olmsted, Nancy Stohlman, Sandra Maresh Doe, Christopher Merkner, Molly Kugel Merkner, Craig Svonkin, and Carrie Collier will be reading. For a schedule of the speakers, and brief biographies, please contact Cynthia Kuhn, co-chair of the Metro English Speakers Committee: kuhnc@mscd.edu .
And on Wednesday, April 4, 2012, from 11-12:15 in the Tivoli Turnhalle, award-winning author Paolo Bacigalupi will be reading from his works and answering questions. Bacigalupi’s writing has appeared in High Country News, Salon.com, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, and Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine. His short fiction has been anthologized in various “Year’s Best” collections of short science fiction and fantasy, nominated for two Nebula Awards and four Hugo Awards, and won the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for best sf short story of the year. His short story collection Pump Six and Other Stories was a 2008 Locus Award winner for Best Collection and also named a Best Book of the Year by Publishers Weekly.
Paolo Bacigalupi’s debut novel The Windup Girl was named by Time Magazine as one of the ten best novels of 2009, and also won the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, Compton Crook, and John W. Campbell Memorial Awards. His debut young adult novel, Ship Breaker, was a Michael L. Printz Award Winner, and a National Book Award Finalist. He currently lives in Western Colorado with his wife and son, where he is working on a new novel.
Later in the day, from 2:30-4 pm in the Auraria Library Jackson Enhanced Learning Center (first floor of the Auraria Library), Bacigalupi will be participating in a more intimate Meet the Author Q & A with students, faculty, and those interested in writing and the environment.
All of the Writers Week events are free and open to students, staff, faculty, and the general public. For more information, please contact Dr. Craig Svonkin, co-chair of the Metro English Speakers Committee: csvonkin@mscd.edu .
