UB Literary Series to Feature Achievement of UB Faculty, Students, Alumni

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- "Wednesdays at 4 PLUS," the bi-annual literary series sponsored by the Poetics Program in the University at Buffalo Department of English, has announced its Spring 1999 schedule of readings and performances. It will feature several faculty members in UB's Poetics Program and UB graduate students and recent graduates with established literary careers.

The series will open Jan. 27 with a visit from award-winning fiction writer and MacArthur fellow Joanna Scott and poet and critic James Longenbach, both professors in the University of Rochester English Department.

Other series' highlights are a poetry reading/hypertext performance on March 31 by Loss Pequeño Glazier, director of UB's Electronic Poetry Center, and Jim Rosenberg, a prominent hypertextual/Web poet and theorist from Pittsburgh.

On April 9-10, extensive collaborative events featuring distinguished guests in the literary and art world will accompany two weekend programs: a special tribute to SUNY Distinguished Professor Raymond Federman, acclaimed writer of experimental fiction, and "In Company: Robert Creeley's Collaborations," which will open in the Castellani Art Museum at Niagara University. Creeley has produced a large body of collaborative works with many noted musicians and visual artists.

Other literary figures to appear during the semester are Kenneth Goldsmith, conceptual poet and installation artist; Joanne Kyger, author of 15 poetry collections and a prominent figure in San Francisco poetry circles; author Nancy Shaw, former editor of Writing; New York City poet Kevin Davies, and renowned French poet Michel Deguy, editor of Pos & Sie.

The complete Wednesdays at 4 Plus Spring 1999 schedule can be accessed electronically at . All events are free and open to the public.

"Wednesdays at 4 Plus" is sponsored by the James H. McNulty Chair in English (Dennis Tedlock), the Samuel P. Capen Chair of Poetry and the Humanities (Robert Creeley) and the David Gray Chair of Poetry and Letters (Charles Bernstein), all in the UB Department of English; the Poetry and Rare Books Collection curator (Robert Bertholf), and the Melodia E. Jones Chair in French (Raymond Federman) in the UB Department of Modern Languages and Literatures.

The series is produced with the cooperation of the UB Center for the Arts, the Department of Media Study and Talking Leaves bookstore. Call (716) 645-3810 for more information.