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Writers on Writing: Lolita Hernandez
Venue
Carlow University
Date
10/25/2016
Time
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Event Type
Reading
Genre
Fiction
Sponsor
Madwomen in the Attic
Cost
$0.00
Description and Reader Names: The Madwomen in the Attic presents
Writers on Writing: Lolita Hernandez
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
3:30-5 p.m.
Aquinas Hall, Room 106
Reading, discussion, and book signing
Free and open to the public
Lolita Hernandez is the author of two collections of short stories: Making Callaloo in Detroit (Wayne State University Press), a 2015 Michigan Notable Book; and Autopsy of an Engine and Other Stories from the Cadillac Plant (Coffee House Press), winner of a 2005 PEN Beyond Margins Award. She also is the author of two chapbook collections of poems: Quiet Battles (Wayne State University Writers Forum) and snakecrossing (Ridgeway Press). She is a 2012 Kresge Literary Arts fellow. Her poetry and fiction have appeared in a wide variety of literary publications, and she has read from her works internationally and nationally, including the 2006 Calabash Literary Festival in Treasure Beach, Jamaica. Hernandez has an MFA in creative writing from the Vermont College of Norwich University, a BA in journalism from Wayne State University, and a BA in psychology from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She also has a UAW journeyman card in Experimental Product Engineering Layout and Assembly. After over 33 years as a UAW worker at General Motors, she now teaches in the creative writing department of the University of Michigan Residential College.
For more information, please contact Sarah Williams-Devereux at sewilliams412@carlow.edu or
Jan Beatty at jpbeatty@carlow.edu
Sponsored by Carlow University’s English Department, Creative Writing Program, and Women’s and Gender Studies Program.
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Primary Contact Person
Sarah Williams-Devereux
Primary Contact Email
sewilliams412@carlow.edu
Telephone
412-578-6346
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Is this an open mic event?
No
Is this a book signing?
Yes
Will author's books be for sale?
Yes
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3333 Fifth Avenue
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City
Pittsburgh
State
PA
Zip
15213
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Madwomen in the Attic Writing Workshops
Website
www.carlow.edu
Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Madwomen-in-the-Attic/179500971966
Twitter
http://twitter.com/MadwomenCarlow
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