From the Director
Anyone who remembers that personal computers were supposed to give us the “paperless office” knows better than to think books are going to disappear any time soon, but books and magazines are supplemented by any number of online resources, and the Piper Center remains committed to working with readers and writers in both old and new ways.
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Upcoming Events
Jan. 28
An Evening with Visiting Canadian Fulbright
Rishma Dunlop
Public Reading, 7:30 p.m.
University Club
ASU Tempe Campus
Feb. 3
Poet R. Dwayne Betts
Public Presentation, Noon
Armstrong Hall
ASU Tempe Campus
Public Craft Q&A, 2 p.m.
Piper Writers House
ASU Tempe Campus
Public Reading, 7 p.m.
Changing Hands Bookstore
6428 S. McClintock Dr.
Tempe
March 3
Novelist Francine Prose
Public Reading, 7 p.m.
Phoenix Art Museum
1625 N. Central Ave.
Phoenix
March 11
Poet Bob Hicok
Public Reading, 7:30 p.m.
Pima Auditorium (Room 230)
Memorial Union
ASU Tempe Campus
March 25
Author Charles D'Ambrosio
Public Reading, 7:30 p.m.
Pima Auditorium (Room 230)
Memorial Union
ASU Tempe Campus
ALL EVENTS
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Piper Online Book Club
January Selection
A Question of Freedom
by R. Dwayne Betts
A coming-of-age story from award-winning poet R. Dwayne Betts, with the unique twist that it takes place in prison. Utterly alone—and with the growing realization that he really is not going home any time soon—the author confronts profound questions about violence, freedom, crime, race, and the justice system. Above all, A Question of Freedom is about a quest for identity—one that guarantees his survival in a hostile environment and that incorporates an understanding of how his own past led to the moment of his crime.
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Register Now for Piper Writers Studio
The Piper Center for Creative Writing is pleased to announce the return of the popular Piper Writers Studio.
We are offering eight inspiring classes—from one-day to 8-week—in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. Resolving to establish a regular writing routine? See award-winning novelist (and personal trainer) Vyvyane Loh's online class (and all the rest) HERE.
The Piper Writers Studio offers classes and workshops for writers of all levels. Each course is led by an experienced writer and teacher. In-person courses take place at the Piper Writers House on the ASU Tempe Campus. Online courses are a convenient way to take advantage of the Piper Writers Studio from anywhere in the world.
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Canadian Poet Rishma Dunlop Kicks Off 2010 Events Calendar
“That last night in Paris, the smell of rain-slick streets was narcotic, a mineral swarm that clung to us, our flame visible under pink-fisted trees as the night hours bent and laid us down”
(From The Lover in Paris).
On Jan. 28 at 7:30 p.m. at the University Club on the ASU Tempe Campus, Rishma Dunlop, the 2010 Distinguished Visiting Canadian Fulbright, will read excerpts from her new work in progress, as well as selections from her books of poetry.
To read more about Dunlop and her work, click HERE.
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R. Dwayne Betts: From Prison to Poetry
R. Dwayne Betts' life changed forever when, at the age of 16, he performed a carjacking at gunpoint. The years he spent reading and writing in prison helped him turn his life around. In an interview with Tavis Smiley he said, “And not only the writer I am, but reading literature helped me define myself while I was in a place that wanted to define me solely by those 30 minutes.”
Betts will give a public presentation at ASU’s Armstrong Hall in the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law on Feb. 3 at noon. That evening he will read from his debut book of poetry, Shahid Reads His Own Palm, and his 2009 memoir, A Question of Freedom, at Changing Hands Bookstore at 7 p.m. Photo courtesy of Atlantic Monthly.
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HFR Featured Contributor: Sean Lovelace
Lovelace’s quirky piece, “How Some People Like Their Eggs,” included in HFR issue #45, looks at famous folks and their yolks (forgive us). It’s set to become a cult favorite.
Read the story here and then read the story behind his story in the HFR blog post he wrote. It includes writing tips like this: “The entire world is a structure, a scaffolding. Grab onto everything. Write to it! Rip something off the walls. John McPhee once wrote an essay about oranges and the structure of the essay was an orange slowly unpeeling.”
Visit the Rose Metal Press website for information about his chapbook.
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ASU's Rae Paris Earns NEA Fellowship
We congratulate ASU fiction teacher Rae Paris, who just received a $25,000 NEA Literature Fellowship.
“Too many writers I know are struggling, working two or three jobs, with no time to breathe. I keep telling people how shocked I am to receive this. It’s an incredible validation of the writing, but I’m still shocked, and there’s this other sobering reality of I still have to finish the book.”
To learn more about what she’s working on, click HERE.
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Alumni Update
A Look at Chapbook Publishing
by Meghan Brinson
Chapbooks have become the venue of debut collections and interesting side projects. It’s an over-boiling pot of creative tidbits and new ideas, the experiments of established writers and the first buds of newbies.
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Trivia Time
Name one of the authors (or more than one!) that R. Dwayne Betts names
"whose work molded [him] into the person [he] is today" during his interview
with Tavis Smiley.
The first person to email editor Beth Staples with the answer will receive
a copy of our current Piper Online Book Club selection, A Question of Freedom by R. Dwayne Betts.
Hayden's Ferry Review
Issue #45 is available now. Click here for subscription information.
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