March 2, 2010
Michael Aaron Rockland
Our author Michael Aaron Rockland will read and discuss his new novel STONES at the Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life at Rutgers University on Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 7:30pm.
STONES is a novel about a complex Jewish-American family. Simultaneously serious and comic, STONES takes place in Brooklyn, Queens, and Long Island. Its protagonist, Jack Berke, accompanies his aged mother Rachel as they visit their family graves during the Days of Awe. Jack contemplates the tombstones and the lives of family members who lie under them, the stones that, according to Jewish custom, he places on those tombstones, and the stone that has for a lifetime resided in his own heart.
Location:
The Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life
Rutgers University
12 College Ave.
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
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February 23, 2010
Saint, of course. Joe just emailed me from New Orleans. His play Tennessees’ Final Curtain has been selected as a finalist in the full-length play contest held at the Eighth Saints and Sinners Literary Festival, March 13-16. We wish you the best of luck!
Joseph M. Paprzcki’s play LAST RITES was recently publishing by Hansen Publishing Group.
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February 22, 2010
Congratulations to Gregg Barrios! Gregg has been elected to a three-year term to the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) governing board by its membership. Gregg’s tenure on the NBCC board begins in March 2010 at its annual meeting in New York City. Founded in 1974, the National Book Critics Circle boasts over 600 active book reviewers providing an independent voice to book reviewing.
Gregg Barrios’ election to the NBCC board adds a voice outside of the New York literary establishment. Gregg makes his home in San Antonio, Texas where he spends his time writing plays, poetry and feature news articles about the arts and social issues.
Gregg Barrios is the author of RANCHO PANCHO (Hansen Publishing Group), a play about the stormy relationship of playwright Tennessee Williams and Pancho Rodriguez. RANCHO PANCHO has been performed in San Antonio, New Orleans and Provincetown. His forthcoming collection of poetry entitled LA CAUSA will be released by Hansen Publishing Group later this year. LA CAUSA is a group of poems written about the Hispanic civil rights movement.
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December 20, 2009
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December 20, 2009
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