The Georgia Poetry Circuit will present poet, David St. John on Wednesday, January 28, 2009. The reading and Q&A will take place at 11 am in the H/SS Theatre. Books will be on sale. Samples of St. John’s work are available at Poets.org.
Supported by the Artists and Lecturers Committee
Heather Braun will host the book group’s discussion of William Thackeray’s Vanity Fair March 6 at 130 p.m. Directions will be forthcoming in an email. See you there!
The Humanities Department created an informal book group–a venue where we get together and talk about what we love–literature. Interested faculty suggested titles from Great Books, Classic Texts, or Pulitzer winners that we wish we had read but did not or that we read too quickly to savor because it was assigned or became a film before we read the print version. Titles with the most votes generated the year’s reading list. During 2008-2009 we will read The Kite Runner, Vanity Fair, and The Year of the Locust.
The Rules of Engagement ask only for an interest in the book, but completing the book is not a requirement for attending. There are no assigned leaders, no formal discussion structure, and no expectations for critical methodology. The book group provides an opportunity to gather informally and share our readings with each other. All are welcome!
“Borderlines: Reading, Writing, Performing Within American Spaces” is the theme for the Macon State College 2009 Arts Festival. Scheduled for March 3-5, the Arts Festival will feature Caribbean poets Lorna Goodison and Lillian Allen, African American novelist Tayari Jones, and Cuban American storyteller and children’s author Carmen Agra Deedy. All presentations will be on the Macon State College main campus in Macon or satellite campus in Warner Robins. All presentations are free and open to the public.
March 3, Tuesday
March 4, Wednesday
March 5, Thursday
Georgia Poetry Circuit
April 3, Friday
Poet, Kelly Cherry, 7:00 pm
Cherry will read as part of the first MSC undergraduate conference.
Supported by the Artists and Lecturers Committee.
What was once LitMUSE has become “MSC Humanities Online.”
I have installed the Moodle course management system on the upgraded Humanities server. I used to be on a separate server, but since updating our departmental Xserve to Leopard, I was able to finally get Moodle to run on the Mac. Other than a server relocation, nothing has changed about LitMUSE but the name. Therefore, current users will login in with their same credentials. You should have no problems.
You can login by clicking the large, square banner on the upper-right of our web site. If you want more information about Moodle, or are a faculty member who would like to use this system for your classes, let me know.
