Literary Arts News
2008
A dream come true: Lightman
lights up future for Cambodians
(Tech Talk, 5/7/2008)
Junot Díaz wins
Pulitzer Prize
(News Office 4/7/2008)
Gary Van Zante's photo-essay book looks back at 1867 New Orleans
(News Office 4/1/2008)
Author-illustrator Macaulay to speak at MIT April 1
(Tech Talk 3/19/2008)
Andrea Frank's book, exhibit showcase MIT faculty and
their visions for the future
(News Office 3/18/2008)
Book critics honor Díaz with top novel prize
(News Office, 3/7/2008, Tech Talk 3/19/2008)
2007
'The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar
Wao' tops critics' fiction lists (Junot Diaz)
(Tech Talk, 12/12/2007)
IAP poetry course to mark 10th
year
(Tech Talk, 12/12/2007)
Writer Ana Castillo focuses on inequality
(News Office, 11/6/2007, Tech Talk 11/7/2007)
2007
Literature Awards
(Tech Talk 6/6/2007)
2007 Awards Convocation (includes image
of Wiesner Award winner Hope Ginsburg receiving Schnitzer Prize)
(Tech Talk 6/6/2007)
2007 Art Awards
(Tech Talk 6/6/2007
Awards & Honors (John Osorio-Buck, Andi Sutton, Hiroko Kikuchi,
Junot Diaz)
(Tech Talk, 5/23/2007)
'Einstein's Dreams' opens at
Broad Institute auditorium
(Tech Talk, 4/11/2007)
Jamaica Kincaid will speak at MIT
(News Office, 4/2/2007)
Author Stephen Alter draws bead on
Bollywood in April 2 talk
(News Office, 3/30/2007)
Mark Doty will read poems at MIT March 21
(News Office, 3/20/2007 | Tech Talk, 3/21/2007 )
Panel reviews four centuries of remixing the bard
(News Office 2/23/2007 | Tech Talk 2/28/2007)
IAP rekindles 'Pleasures of Poetry'
(Tech Talk 1/10/2007)
2006
MIT
novelist makes his peace with war stories (Joe Haldeman)
(News Office 11/9/2006)
Novelist Allegra Goodman portrays people blinded by science
(Tech Talk 11/1/2006)
Pulitzer-winning dramatist honored (Suzan-Lori Parks)
(Tech Talk 10/18/2006)
Iranian graphic novelist presents her recent works (Marjane Satrapi)
(Tech Talk 10/18/2006)
MIT Sloan alum Cynthia
Blair succeeds in business ... of fiction
(Tech Talk 10/4/2006)
Henderson explores many shapes of Shakespeare
(News Office 9/13/2006)
Exiled Nigerian novelist to read from works on campus (Chris Abani)
(Tech Talk 9/13/2006)
Nigerian
writer/musician/activist Chris Abani to visit MIT
(Press release 8/8/2006)
2006 Arts Awards
(Tech Talk 6/7/2006)
MIT novelist Lightman compares science, writing
(News Office 4/3/2006 | Tech Talk 4/5/2006)
Poet Pinsky shares projects, poetry
(Tech Talk, 3/1/2006)
Writers Series presents Dorothy Allison
(News Office, 2/28/2006)
Doctorow lecture/signing slated
(Tech Talk, 2/8/2006)
Conceptual artist Ann Lislegaard to discuss "Sound,
Light and Video Works" at MIT March 6
(Press release 2/7/2006)
2005
Awards & Honors: Alan Brody ("Housewives of Mannheim")
(Tech Talk, 12/21/2005)
Professor Ruth Perry gets fellowship for biography on Scotswoman
(Tech Talk, 12/21/2005)
IAP opens book on poetry
(Tech Talk, 12/21/2005)
MIT staffer finds everyday life lyrical (Tina Brown Celona)
(Tech Talk, 11/30/2005)
Artist gathers New Orleans survival stories (Kalamu ya Salaam)
(Tech Talk, 11/2/2005)
Kalamu Ya Salaam -- Louisiana author, educator, filmmaker and creator visits MIT
(Tech Talk, 10/26/2005)
Novelist Mirsky to read works
(Tech Talk 9/21/2005)
MIT World Videos--Media in Transition: The Work of Stories
- Part I--Migratory Narratives: Why
Some Stories Replicate Across Media, Cultures, Historical Eras
- Part 2--Why are Stories Violent?
MIT author gets ticket to Hollywood (Karl Iagnemma)
(News Office, 6/23/2005)
Uncut Student Art Awards story
(submitted to Tech Talk but did not run 6/1/2005)
Literature awards presented
(Tech Talk 6/1/2005)
Sikelianos to read poetry
(Tech Talk 4/6/2005)
Graduate student experiments, discovers poetry in chemistry (Mala Radhakrishnan)
(Tech Talk 3/30/2005)
Poetry translator lauded (Ann Snodgrass)
(Tech Talk 3/30/2005)
Author Evelyn White speaks on "Alice Walker: A Life"
(Tech Talk 3/16/2005)
ArtNews
(Beth Coleman, Thomas DeFrantz, John Harbison)
(Tech Talk 3/16/2005)
Three
named MacVicar Fellows (Haynes R. Miller, Ruth Perry, David Pesetsky)
(Tech Talk 3/9/2005)
Reid, artist
organizers, more honored for MIT excellence
(Artists Behind the Desk)
(Tech Talk 3/9/2005)
Auster and Byron in concert
(Tech Talk 3/2/2005)
Week of cultural celebration planned for MIT
(Tech Talk 3/2/2005)
Novelist Ruth Ozeki talks about her work in meat and potatoes
(Tech Talk 2/16/2005)
Students put together program for Black history month
(Tech Talk 2/16/2005)
Writer Paul Auster and Clarinetist Don Byron
Appear Together at MIT March 4
(Press release February 7, 2005)
Author/Filmmaker Ruth Ozeki to Visit MIT
(Press release January 19, 2005)
Poetry Explored During January
(Tech Talk 1/12/2005)
2004
Beat Poet Pickard Reads Nov 18
(Tech Talk 11/17/2004)
Award Sends Alter to Himalayas
(Tech Talk 11/17/2004)
Jazz Pianist Kenny Werner to Share 'Effortless Mastery'
(Tech Talk 11/17/2004)
Online Student Literary Journal Launched: e:merging
(Tech Talk 11/10/2004)
'Beyond Exile' Festival Ends with a Flurry
(Tech Talk 10/20/2004)
'Beyond Exile' Focuses on Creativity in Central Europe
(Tech Talk 9/29/2004)
Arts Awards: Awards Convocation; Music and Theater Arts; Other Awards
(Tech Talk 6/2/2004)
Ilona Karmel Writing Prizes
(Tech Talk 6/2/2004)
Kelly-Douglas Fund Awards
(Tech Talk 6/2/2004)
Faculty Members Awarded Tenure (Thomas DeFrantz - theater, Helen Lee - writing)
(Tech Talk 6/2/2004)
Student Straddles Worlds of Engineering and Rap
(Tech Talk 5/12/2004)
Slam Competition to Feature Poetry as Performance
(Tech Talk 5/5/2004)
Novels Need 'Blood in the Cookie' Atwood Says
(Tech Talk 4/14/2004)
Poet and Saxophonist Joy Harjo to Visit April 14
(Tech Talk 4/7/2004)
Physics Student One of Many MIT Sci-Fi Fans
(Tech Talk 4/7/2004)
Margaret Atwood to Speak Sunday (4/4)
(Tech Talk 3/31/2004)
Creeley and Lacy Kick Off 'Words and Music' Series
(Tech Talk 3/10/2004)
Vowell of 'American Life' Delights MIT Audience
(Tech Talk 3/10/2004)
Novelist Margaret Atwood to Give Free Talk at MIT April 4
(Press release March 4, 2004)
Poet Robert Creeley and saxophonist Steve Lacy Kick Off New 'Words and Music' series at MIT
(Press release March 1, 2004)
Art News (Thomas DeFrantz, John Harbison, Patricia Powell, George Ruckert, Elena Ruehr, Evan Ziporyn)
(Tech Talk 2/11/2004)
News You Can Use ('Hidden Jewels' exhibit, Ilona Karmel Writing Prizes Competition)
(Tech Talk 2/11/2004)
2003
MIT Novelists Read in Killian (Pamela McCarthy, Beth Rosenberg)
(Tech Talk 12/17/2003)
Mackey, Noted Black Culture Scholar, Reads Poetry
(Tech Talk 11/19/2003)
Writers Series to Feature Novelist Russell Banks
(Tech Talk 11/19/2003)
MLK Visiting Professor, Scholar Named; 6 Continue as MLK Profs (Patricia Powell)
(Tech Talk 10/8/2003)
ArtTalk: Patricia Powell, Author
(Tech Talk 9/17/2003)
Art Awards: Uncut
(as submitted for Tech Talk before editing, 6/4/2003)
Ilona Karmel Writing Prizes
(Tech Talk 6/4/2003)
Awards and Honors (Alan Lightman)
(Tech Talk 6/4/2003)
Hacks Make MIT History
(Tech Talk 6/4/2003)
MIT Author Examines Love-Science Relationships
(Tech Talk 5/14/2003)
ArtNews (David Deveau, John Harbison, Michael Mack)
(Tech Talk 5/14/2003)
NASA Prints Featured in Goldring Exhibit
(Tech Talk 5/14/2003)
Sendak Sketches a Life in Children's Art
(Tech Talk 4/9/2003)
Cartoonist Art Spiegelman to Deliver Abramowtiz Lecture
(Submitted for but not used in Tech Talk, 3/12/2003)
Awards & Honors (Edward Baron Turk)
(Tech Talk 3/5/2003)
Diaz Brings a Powerful Message to His Creative Writing Workshop
(Tech Talk 2/26/2003)
2002
In the Beginning...MIT Artists Speak on Personal Inspiration
(Tech Talk 12/18/2002)
'Pleasures of Poetry' Series Reborn
(Tech Talk 10/2/2002)
ArtNews (William Corbett, Magda Fernandez)
(Tech Talk 9/25/2002)
Alumna Kingsbury Returns to Share Poems from her New Book
(Tech Talk 9/11/2002)
Write stuff: An MIT senior who started writing for his own amusement during high school has published a mystery-suspense novel
(MIT Spectrum, Spring 2002)
Humanities Faculty Produces Range of Books
(Tech Talk 6/5/2002)
Students Win Writing Prizes in Varied Genres
(Tech Talk 6/5/2002)
Junior Wins Louis Kampf Writing Prize for Her Essay
(Tech Talk 6/5/2002)
Student Art Awards Presented
(Tech Talk 6/5/2002)
Artists to Perform in Three Languages
(Tech Talk 4/24/2002)
Alumna Rosario Reads from Her First Novel Today
(Tech Talk 4/24/2002)
Writer-in-Residence Reads Today from Book on Personal Pilgrimmage
(Tech Talk 4/10/2002)
Community Enjoys Poetic Pleasures
(Tech Talk 4/10/2002)
Rodriguez Reads and Autographs New Work
(Tech Talk 3/13/2002)
Reading by Chitra Divakaruni
(Submitted for Tech Talk 3/6/2002 but did not run)
2001
ArtNews, (Dante Anzolini, Compton Gallery, Mark Harvey, Page Hazlegrove, Alan Lightman, Cindy Woolley)
(Tech Talk 12/12/2001)
Writer Talks of Being Pulled by Two Languages in Childhood Home
(Tech Talk 12/5/2001)
Prose and Poetry to be Read Tomorrow
(Tech Talk 11/14/2001)
Awards & Honors (Lightman)
(Tech Talk 11/14/2001)
Ghosh Talks at MIT
(submitted to Tech Talk 10/24/2001 but did not run)
Artists visiting campus this fall include Yoko Ono, Kaufman
(Tech Talk 9/26/2001)
Student Art Awards Presented
(Tech Talk 6/6/2001)
MIT Poet Andrea Cohen Unveils New Works
(Tech Talk 5/16/2001)
poetry@mit series presents Bei Dao and Eliot Weinberger
(Tech Talk 4/11/2001)
2000
Electronic 'Lucy' Site Invites Storytellers
(Tech Talk 12/6/2000)
Writers Series presents Jhumpa Lahiri
(Tech Talk 10/25/2000)
Lightman is among finalists for National Book Award
(Tech Talk 10/18/2000)
Student Art Awards Presented
(Tech Talk 5/31/2000)
Students Win Prizes in Writing Competition
(Tech Talk 5/31/2000)
ArtNews
(Dante Anzolini, Brenda Cotto-Escalera, David Deveau, Laura Harrington, MIT Symphony Orchestra, Elena Ruehr)
(Tech Talk 5/31/2000)
Essay Prizes, Fellowships to be Awarded
(Vera List Competition in Arts and Writing, I. Austin Kelly III Essay Prizes, I. Austin Kelly/Richard M. Douglas Traveling Fellowships)
(Tech Talk 4/5/2000)
Sichel Discusses Work on Photographer Germaine Krull
(Tech Talk 3/15/2000)
ArtNews
(Corporal Politics, John Harbison, Laura Harrington, List Visual Arts Center, Meanwhile the Girls Were Playing, Michael Rakowitz, Ryan Yu)
(Tech Talk 1/12/2000)
1999
Play by Libraries Staff Member Published for World AIDS Day
(Tech Talk 11/24/1999)
ArtNews (Andrea Cohen, John Harbison, Laura Harrington, Robin Lippincott, Tod Machover, Museum Loan Network, Marcus Thompson)
(Tech Talk 11/10/1999)
Auster Presents 'Lulu on the Bridge'
(Tech Talk 10/27/1999)
Helen Elaine Lee Returns from Leave for Public Reading
(Tech Talk 9/22/1999)
Awards & Honors (Thomas DeFrantz, Joseph Haldeman)
(Tech Talk 5/19/1999)
authors@mit presents John Maeda May 13
(Tech Talk 5/12/1999)
ArtNews
(Anzolini, Lippincott, Machover, MIT Symphony Orchestra, Shah, Wodiczko)
(Tech Talk 5/12/1999)
ArtNews
(David Bass, Andrea Cohen)
(Tech Talk 5/5/1999)
poetry@mit Presents Women Poets April 8
(Tech Talk 4/7/1999)
Poet Violi Reads March 18
(Tech Talk 3/17/1999)
Author Diaz to Speak March 10
(Tech Talk 3/10/1999)
ArtNews
(Peter Child, Chorallaries, Chris Janney, MIT Muses, MIT Museum, Grace Napier, Edward Baron Turk, Krzysztof Wodiczko)
(Tech Talk 3/10/1999)
1998
1999 List Fellowships Awarded
(Tech Talk 12/16/1998)
ArtNews (SONOS, David Deveau, Marcus Thompson, Edward Baron Turk)
(Submitted but did not run, Tech Talk 12/16/1998)
ArtTalk with Edward Baron Turk
(Tech Talk 11/18/1998)
Authors Honored by MIT Arts Council
(Tech Talk 10/28/1998)
Poetry in Motion: Emily Dickinson in Song
(Submitted but did not run, Tech Talk 10/28/1998)
Cynthia Ozick Speaks in Writers Series
(Tech Talk, 10/21/1998)
Fall Visiting Artists Announced
(Tech Talk 9/16/1998)
Alter Recounts an Indian Boyhood
(Tech Talk 4/15/1998)
Authors Read/Discuss Works: Hoagland, Butler, Delany
(Tech Talk 2/11/1998)
1997
ArtNews (Cotto-Escalera, Harvey, Ziporyn)
(Tech Talk 12/10/1997)
Authors Discuss 'Formless' and 'October,' Nov 19
(Tech Talk 11/19/1997)
Literary Art News (Scott Campbell, John Hildebidle, Alan Brody)
(Tech Talk 6/4/1997)
Artists Behind the Desk Series Returns
(Tech Talk 5/21/1997)
Potpourri of Poetry: The Last Poets, Poetry Slam, John Ashbery, German Poetry
(Tech Talk 4/16/1997)
Reading, in German, on Surviving the Holocaust
(Tech Talk 4/9/1997)
An Evening with Florence Ladd
(Tech Talk 1/15/1997)
1996
Von Rezzori at MIT as Writer-in-Residence
(Tech Talk 11/20/1996)
Corbett Opens 1996-97 Poetry@MIT Series
(Tech Talk 9/25/1996)
MIT Poets Sought Spring 1996
(Tech Talk 3/13/1996)
Israeli & Australian Share Spotlight
(Tech Talk 3/6/1996)
1995
Lightman to Inaugurate Burchard Chair
(Tech Talk, 6/7/1995)
Book on Doc Edgerton
(Tech Talk 5/24/1995)
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