SUNY Adirondack offers free Writers Project series

QUEENSBURY, New York (Sept. 16, 2024) — SUNY Adirondack’s Writers Project kicks off at 12:40 p.m. today with Helena María Viramontes reading from her acclaimed novels and sharing her experiences in Scoville Learning Center, Room 206.

Viramontes, a distinguished professor at Cornell University, is author of “The Moths and Other Stories,” “Under the Feet of Jesus” and “Their Dogs Came With Them.”

She is recipient of numerous honors, including John Dos Passos Award for Literature and a United States Artist Fellowship. Her works are widely anthologized and her writings adopted for classroom use and university study. 

Her appearance at SUNY Adirondack is sponsored in part by the Office of the Chief Diversity Officer in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month.

The Writers Project continues with the following events:

• 12:40 p.m. Monday, Sept. 23: SUNY Adirondack faculty will read from their works in the Visual Arts Gallery in Dearlove Hall;
• 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26: SUNY Adirondack students are invited to share their works in Student Poetry Slam, a celebration of 100 Thousand Poets for Change, in the Student Center;
• 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27: Celebrate 100 Thousand Poets for Change, an international movement, with a Local Poets’ Reading in the Visual Arts Gallery, Dearlove Hall;
• 12:40 p.m. Monday, Oct. 14: Bernice Mennis presents “Under 300 Words, Letters to a Local Newspaper” in the Visual Arts Gallery;
• 12:40 p.m. Monday, Oct. 28: Soma Mei Sheng Frazier, professor at SUNY Oswego and author of “Off the Books,” will speak in the Visual Arts Gallery.
• 12:40 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18: SUNY Adirondack Distinguished Professor Nancy White, a poet and editor, will speak in the Visual Arts Gallery.
• 12:40 p.m. Monday, Nov. 25: Poet Sarah Giragosian will speak in the Visual Arts Gallery.

All Writers Project events are free and open to the public. Viramontes' presentation is also available via zoom at https://us06web.zoom.us/my/mccoyoffice?omn=81230172909.