April 3, 2008

Donna Distel, Outreach & Engagement, read a variety of seasonal selections from Baseball: A Literary Anthology. Sy Kleinman, Faculty Emeritus, shared the George Meyer essay “My Undoing” which was published in the New Yorker in May 2007.

April 10, 2008

Featured a program of Russian and Georgian poetry presented by Center for Slavic & East European Studies colleagues Irma Murvanishvili, Maryann Walther-Keisel and Justin Cade.

April 17, 2008

Ignacio Corona, Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese, read Ray Bradbury’s short story “Calling Mexico“. Ted Riedinger, University Libraries, read “Once Upon a Time in Ipanema” from Traveler’s Tales: Brazil.

April 24, 2008

Sharon Oliver reads from the work of poet David Krohn, sharing reflections from his cabin in the woods of Maine. Joe Shaw, Office of Research, shared some of his short stories, including “The Move”.

May 1, 2008

Library Security students Kristen Depp, Calvin McCammon, Jason Patch and Steve Paul shared a variety of readings.

May 8, 2008

OSU Libraries Diversity Committee presents a program commemorating American Negro League baseball. Gerry Greenberg, University Libraries, read a selection on Satchel Paige from The Fireside Book of Baseball. Eboni Francis, University Libraries, engaged the audience in a participatory reading of Say hey: a song of Willie Mays.

May 15, 2008

Rick Brown, editor of Naked Sunfish and fellow contributors to the popular e magazine including avant-garde poet Dr. John Bennett, and Marilou Suszko, featured author at this year’s Ohioana Book Festival, shared spontaneous and sporadic highlights from their own work. Yvonne Brown joined Rick on the musical selections.

May 22, 2008

featured Dr. Cynthia Dillard, from the College of Education and Human Ecology and author of On Spiritual Strivings: Transforming an African American Woman’s Academic Life.