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News
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News
Paola's
Catina's Haircut is on
Family Tree Magazine's Recommended Genealogy Reading List for its
May 2011 Book Remarks.
Penn State
University's radio station
WPSU selected Paola's Catina's Haircut as
part of its Amazon Associate Program. Check out the link for details.
Only-the-Blog-Knows-Brooklyn's Louise Crawford interviewed Paola for
Park Slope Patch.
Paola's
Catina's Haircut is on
Library Journal's
"First Novels: Fall Firsts" notable
list.
Catina's Haircut is featured in
the article
"Pearls on a String: The novel in stories is a
literary form worth trying" by Evan
Marshall on The Literary Life Psychology Today blog.
Paola
wrote about self-censorship and in the publishing industry in "From Without and From Within"
in Glimmer Train Bulletin No. 45, October 2010.
The
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review's Rege Behe wrote an
article
about how Paola fictionalized the immigrant experience in
Catina's Haircut.
Two of
Paola's poems were published in
Women's Review of Books
Jan./Feb. issue and will appear in her poetry collection
Once I Was Told the
Air Was Not for Breathing forthcoming in 2012.
2011 Appearances
JANUARY
Saturday, January 8, 2011
The Italian American Writers Association
5:45-7:45 p.m.
Cornelia Street Café
29 Cornelia Street, NYC
(212) 989-9319;
www.corneliastreetcafe.com.
The evening starts with Open Mic readings of five minutes each. IAWA is a
501(3)© not-for-profit corporation. Since 1991, the organization has given voice
to writers through its Open Reading series at Cornelia St. Café every month. For
membership information, visit www.iawa.net. Visit the Italian American Writers Cafe blog
http://www.i-italy.org/bloggers/italian-american-writers-cafe.
Paola will be reading with
Lisa Marie Basile.
More info at
http://www.i-italy.org/bloggers/16398/iawa-presents-award-winning-author-paola-corso-and-lisa-marie-basile-saturday-january.
FEBRUARY
Friday, February 11, 2011
The
Park Slope Food Coop's Wordsprouts
Reading Series
Open House with co-curators Paula Bernstein
and Paola Corso
7 p.m.
The Park Slope Food Coop Meeting Room
782 Union Street, Brooklyn 11215 (btw 6th and 7th Aves)
(718) 622-0560
Free and open to the public
Drop by for a refreshment and learn
about all the fab Coop authors, their books, and upcoming events. Wordsprouts
Reading Series co-curators Paula Bernstein and Paola Corso would love to hear
about your writing projects and news for an upcoming Wordsprouts column or
suggestions for future Wordsprouts events. Check out our bag of writing
resources. Sign up for a critique of your writing with Script Doctors Paula and
Paola.
Paula Bernstein is the co-author of
Identical Strangers: A Memoir of Twins Separated
and Reunited (Random
House, 2007). She has a Masters in Cinema Studies from NYU and has taught memoir
writing at mediabistro.com.
Paola Corso's most recent book of
fiction is Catina's Haircut: A Novel in Stories, included on Library
Journal's notable list of first novels last fall. She is a
writer-in-residence at Western Connecticut State University's MFA Program in
Creative and Professional Writing.
MARCH
Friday, March 18, 2011
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Centennial Commemoration Reading
6-8 p.m.
Bread and Roses Gallery or SEIU 1199 at 310 West 43rd Street, New York, NY 10036
http://rememberthetrianglefire.org/
Paola will read poems about the Triangle fire from
her forthcoming book,
Once I Was Told The Air Was Not for Breathing, due
out in 2012. The poems were originally published in
Feminist Studies
and were excerpted in the book
Teaching Italian American Literature, Film, and
Popular Culture edited by Edvige Giunta and Kathleen
Zamboni McCormick.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
The Park Slope Food Coop's Wordsprouts Reading Series
Open House with co-curators Paula Bernstein and Paola Corso
Noon
The Park Slope Food Coop Meeting Room
782 Union Street, Brooklyn 11215 (btw 6th and 7th Aves)
(718) 622-0560
Free and open to the public
Drop by for
a refreshment and learn about all the
fab Coop authors, their books, and upcoming events. Wordsprouts Reading Series
co-curators Paula Bernstein and Paola Corso would love to hear about your
writing projects and news for an upcoming Wordsprouts column or suggestions for
future Wordsprouts events. Check out our bag of writing resources. Sign up for a
critique of your writing with Script Doctors Paula and Paola.
Paula Bernstein is the co-author of
Identical Strangers: A Memoir of Twins Separated
and Reunited (Random
House, 2007). She has a Masters in Cinema Studies from NYU and has taught memoir
writing at mediabistro.com .
Paola Corso's most recent book of fiction is Catina's
Haircut: A Novel in Stories, included on Library Journal's notable
list of first novels last fall. She is a writer-in-residence at Western
Connecticut State University's MFA Program in Creative and Professional Writing.
APRIL
Saturday, April 9, 2011
The Unicorn Writers Conference
8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Saint Clements Castle
Portland, CT
Paola will lead a fiction workshop, "Gotta Have Story." More info at
http://www.unicornwritersconference.com/Speakers.html
Co-Curators Paula Bernstein and Paola Corso will host a
group reading of Park Slope Food Coop authors at the Union Hall this month,
featuring Tom Angotti, Michele Carlo, Vincent Collazo, Louise Crawford, Grace
Edwards, Ellen Freudenheim, Thomas Glynn, Fran Hawthorne, Daniel Levin, James
Luke, Torrey Maldonado, Donna Minkowitz, Matt Mitler and Thomas Rayfiel.
Paula Bernstein is the co-author of Identical
Strangers: A Memoir of Twins Separated and Reunited (Random
House, 2007). She has a Masters in Cinema Studies from NYU and has taught memoir
writing at mediabistro.com.
Paola Corso's most recent
book of fiction is Catina's Haircut: A
Novel in Stories, included on Library
Journal's notable list of first novels last fall. She is a
writer-in-residence at Western Connecticut State University's MFA Program in
Creative and Professional Writing.
Thursday-Saturday, April 28-30, 2011
"The 3 Fs in Italian Cultures: Critical Approaches to Food,
Fashion, and Film"
The John D. Calandra Italian American Institute
25
West 43rd Street, 17th floor, New York, NY 10036.
For further
information visit
www.qc.edu/calandra
or call
212-642-2094.
At the
conference, Paola will likely read an excerpt from her novel in stories,
Catina's Haircut, or a work-in-progress, both focused on food.
MAY
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Canzoniere Intergenerazionale:
An
intergenerational celebration of Italian American poets & book launch party
7-9 p.m.
Poets House
10 River
Terrace
(212)
431-7920
Free and open to the public
"Canzoniere
Intergenerazionale" brings together an intergenerational lineup of diverse and
powerful voices from the Italian American literary community. Spanning multiple
generations, this event features readings from poets Maria Lisella, Gil Fagiani,
Paola Corso, Amy Barone, Barbara Hoffman, Nicholas Matros, Marisa Frasca,
Kristina Gramlich, Anthony Buccino, Susan Scutti and Robert Viscusi. Hosted by
Angelo Zeolla, this event is also a celebration and launch of Michael Cirelli's
controversial new poetry collection, Everyone Loves The Situation, that explores
Guido culture (and loss of culture), and flips the cultural zeitgeist,
MTV's Jersey Shore, on its gelled and sprayed head. Book signing to follow.
Admission is free.
Thursday,
May 19, 2011
Fifth Annual
Edgy Mother's Day Reading
8 p.m.
The Old Stone House
Fifth Avenue and Third Street
in Park Slope's Washington Park
$5 donation includes free wine
and snacks
Paola will join
novelists Sophia Romero and Yona Zeldis-McDonnough, essayists Nancy McDermott
and Judy Antell, graphic novelist Jennifer Hayden and MORE for an annual reading
about motherhood and
mothers by writers with razor sharp wits and pointy pens.
Curated
by Sophia Romero and
Louise Crawford.
OCTOBER
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Between Two Shores Poetry Reading at B. Amore's Naples/New York Exhibit
2-5 p.m.
David Filderman Gallery in the Axinn Library Bldg 9th
Floor
Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY
(516) 463-5672
Join artist B.
Amore and invited Italian-American guest poets, including John Barrale, Louisa
Calio, Paola Corso, Pellegrino D’Acierno, Woody Dorsey, Jason Eisenberg, Marisa
Frasca, Fred Gardaphe, Daniela Gioseffi, George Guida, Maria Lisella, Charles
Sant’Elia, Maria Terrone, and Bob Viscusi for an afternoon of poetry. Poems will
cover themes touching upon the life and cultures of both Naples and New York.
Friday, October 21,
2011
An Evening of Memoirs Featuring Donna
Minkowitz, Jacob Slichter and You!
The
Park Slope Food Coop's Wordsprouts Reading Series
co-curated by Paula Bernstein and Paola Corso
7 p.m.
The Park Slope Coop Meeting Room
782 Union Street, Brooklyn 11215 (btw 6th
and 7th Aves) (718) 622-0560
Free and open to the public
Writer, drummer and Coop
food-processor Jacob Slichter
is the drummer for the platinum-selling
band Semisonic. Slichter’s memoir, So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star
(published by Broadway Books in 2004), is a behind-the-scenes look at the
workings of the music business as well as the mind of a performer who chases
after superstardom with failure ever at his heels. He has also written for
The New York Times and is anoccasional contributor to NPR’s
Morning
Edition.
Donna Minkowitz won a
Lambda Literary Award for her memoir
Ferocious Romance: What My Encounters
with the
Right Taught Me about Sex, God and Fury.
A former columnist for the Village Voice, she has also written for the
New York Times Book Review,
Salon and others. Minkowitz recently
completed a second memoir, The Marvelous Toy, which combines
approximately 87% true memoir with the fantasy that her mother created her as a
golem.
Minkowitz
and Slichter will read from their memoirs and then there will be an
open mic,
so you can read from your work (5-minute time limit, sign up at 6:45 p.m.).
Refreshments will be served.
NOVEMBER
Sunday, November 13,
2011
Editor's Panel Discussion and Q&A
Featuring Tom Angotti, Alexander Dwinell, and Judy
Goldberg
The
Park Slope Food Coop's
Wordsprouts Reading Series
co-curated by Paula Bernstein and Paola Corso
Noon
The Park Slope Coop Meeting Room
782 Union Street, Brooklyn 11215 (btw 6th
and 7th Aves) (718) 622-0560
Free and open to the public
Tom
Angotti is Professor of Urban Affairs and
Planning and Director of the Hunter College Center for Community Planning and
Development. He is co-editor of Progressive Planning Magazine, Participating
Editor for Latin American Perspectives and Local Environment, and co-edited
Service-Learning in Design and Planning: Education at the Boundaries, to be
released in Januuary 2012 by New Village Press.
Believing in the
role of books and the written word in creating social change,
Alexander
Dwinell has worked for the past decade as an Editor/Publisher with
South End Press and as a collective member of the Lucy Parsons Center, a radical
bookstore and community space. He has also worked as a freelance editor and
designer, toured in a punk band, and, with thousands of people, prevented the
passage of the FTAA (Free Trade Area of the Americas) agreement.
Judy Goldberg
is a senior editor at Parents magazine. She assigns and edits
features—everything from food stories, special reports, and essays, to straight
up service pieces. Previously she was at Scholastic where she was the editor
contemporary literature magazine for high school students. She has two kids, a
hilarious husband, and a golden retriever.
DECEMBER
Saturday,
December 3,
2011
Children's Poetry Workshop and Reading
by DuEwa Frazier
The Park Slope Food Coop's Wordsprouts Reading Series
co-curated by Paula Bernstein and Paola Corso
6 p.m.
The Park Slope Coop Meeting Room
782 Union Street, Brooklyn 11215 (btw 6th and 7th Aves) (718) 622-0560
Free and open to the public
DuEwa
Frazieris
an author, educator and performer. She is the author of
Ten Marblesand a Bag to Put Them In: Poems for Children,
Shedding Light From My Journeys
andStardust
Tracks on a Road.
DuEwa is the editor and publisher of the Image Award nominated anthology, Check the Rhyme: An Anthology of Female Poets & Emcee.She earned her M.Ed. degree in Curriculum and Teaching at Fordham University and
her M.F.A. degree in Creative Writing at The New School.
2012 Appearances
JANUARY
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
New Hungers for Old Anthology Group Reading
8 p.m.
Saint Mark's Poetry Project
10th Street and 2nd Avenue
New York, New York
Introduction by Editor Dennis Barone with readers J.T. Barbarese, David
Cappella, Christine Casson, Paola Corso, Peter Covino, Ray DiPalma, Elaine Equi,
Mary Giaimo, George Guida, Maria Mazziotti Gillan, Daniela Gioseffi, Vittoria
Repetto, Matthew Longabucco, Jerome Mazzaro, Nick Piombino, Clare Rossini, and
Maria Terrone.
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