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The Richard Cleaveland Memorial Reading by Robert Morgan & Ernesto Quiñónez

Thursday, February 7, 2019 at 4:30pm

Klarman Hall, Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium (G70 Klarman Hall)
232 East Ave, Ithaca, NY 14853

The Spring 2019 Barbara & David Zalaznick Creative Writing Reading Series kicks off with the Richard Cleaveland Memorial Reading featuring Robert Morgan, poet & novelist, and Ernesto Quiñónez, writer.

Robert Morgan is the author of fifteen books of poems, most recently Terroir and Dark Energy. He has published eleven works of fiction, including Gap Creek and Chasing the North Star. Nonfiction works include Boone: A Biography and Lions of the West. Recipient of awards from the Guggenheim Foundation and the American Academy of Arts and Letters, he is a member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers. A native of western North Carolina, he is currently Kappa Alpha Professor of English at Cornell University.

Ernesto Quiñónez is a product of public education, from kindergarten to his Masters at the City College of New York. He is the author of the novel Bodega Dreams and an associate professor of English at Cornell University.

The Richard Cleaveland Memorial Reading was created in 2002 by family and friends of Richard Cleaveland, Cornell Class of ’74, to honor his memory.

Reception and book signing to follow in the English Lounge, 258 Goldwin Smith Hall

Free and open to the public

This event is presented by the Department of English / Creative Writing Program at Cornell University

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Event Type

Reading, Author Appearance

Departments

English

Tags

cashum, engdep, cwpweb

Website

http://english.cornell.edu/zalaznick

Cost

Free

Contact E-Mail

creativewriting@cornell.edu

Contact Name

Lynn Lauper

Contact Phone

607.255.7847

Speaker

Robert Morgan, Ernesto Quiñónez

Speaker Affiliation

Cornell University

Dept. Web Site

english.cornell.edu

Disability Access Information

The venue is wheelchair accessible and equipped with assistive listening technology. If you need additional accommodations to participate in this event, please contact us as soon as possible.

Open To

Public

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