“It’s just too dangerous now to take a lot of drugs. I got a job, I got kids… I’m just too busy. I can’t take those amazing drugs because I know I have to teach tomorrow,” Ben Marcus said. “But I was thinking about how these stories actually change you biologically; they can make you scared, they can make you delighted, they can confuse you…all … Continue reading Ben Marcus at MARS: Addicted to Literature
DANIEL MOLINA STAFF WRITER In an almost full Hayden Hall Auditorium, professor, poet and writer Jen McClanaghan kicked off the Major Authors Reading Series (MARS), presenting her last book, “River Legs” in front of students and teachers at Manhattan College. In a very charming and familiar way, McClanaghan read her favorite parts of her book and shared the anecdotes in which the poems are based. … Continue reading Poet Jen McClanaghan Kicks Off MARS Season
Poet Jane Springer Reads at Second MARS Event When Assistant Professor of English Dominika Wrozynski stood in front of an almost full room in Hayden 100 to introduce poet Jane Springer, she spoke of how she returns to Springer’s poetry again and again. Wrozynski, a friend of Springer’s, introduced the poet to an attentive room of Manhattan College students and faculty. Springer, a poet from … Continue reading Not Shakespeare, Not Whitman, but Jane Springer
While introducing speaker Kwame Dawes at the first MARS event of the spring semester, Assistant Professor of English Dr. Adam Koehler ended with his favorite Dawes quote: “Adjectives are butter.” Just before spring break on Wednesday, March 12 Dawes was on campus for a Major Authors Reading Series (MARS) event. MARS events are periodical lectures by well-known authors sponsored by the MC English department. The talk took place in … Continue reading “Adjectives are Butter”: Celebrated Poet Kwame Dawes Reads to MC
