Adaptable: A Writers House Film Series Presents Wendy and Lucy

February 24, 2017 at 6:00 pm-9:00 pm – ADAPTABLE is a new Friday night series highlighting film adaptations of short stories, novels, plays, and longform journalism, accompanied by discussions with authors and Rutgers-Camden faculty. Please join us in the Writers House! Admission free and community members welcome.  Co-sponsored by the Campus Center and the Division of Student Affairs.  –         […]

Haiku Dojo – The Art of The Short Poem

March 1, 2017 at 12:00 pm-1:00 pm – Haiku is central to Camden’s literary legacy, beginning with the work of Nick Virgilio, haiku poet, advocate, and longtime Camden resident. This March, special guest and haiku artist Tazuo Yamaguchi presents Haiku Dojo, a workshop for writers. Tazuo says:  “Haiku has a deep rooted tradition in the place it originated in Japan. Being full blooded […]

Kireji: A Haiku Performance by Tazuo Yamaguchi

March 1, 2017 at 7:00 pm-8:30 pm – Haiku is central to Camden’s literary legacy, beginning with the work of Nick Virgilio, haiku poet, advocate, and longtime Camden resident. This March, we welcome special guest and haiku artist Tazuo Yamaguchi.  Kireji will be a performance by two-time world head to head Haiku champion Tazuo Yamaguchi. Raised in a Japanese family with a grandmother […]

What Are You Going To Do With That? The Arts and Humanities at Work

March 8, 2017 at 3:30 pm-6:00 pm – If you’re a student of the arts or humanities and a well-meaning relative has ever asked “what are you going to do with that?” this event is for you. Five panelists working in educational nonprofits, arts advocacy organizations, archives, and bookstores will speak to what it’s like to build a career outside the university that […]

Publishers Panel

March 22, 2017 at 7:00 pm-8:30 pm – This annual panel features an agent, a publisher, and an editor discussing the process of bringing a book into the world. Kirby Kim of Janklow and Nesbit is a native of Los Angeles and a graduate of Pomona College and UC Hastings College of the Law. Kirby moved out to New York in the spring of 2004 […]