February 14, 2008 (Vol. 7, No. 2)

12th Annual Student/Faculty Read-In Set for Feb. 27

Poet and artist Trapeta B. Mayson will be the featured guest author at the 12th Annual Student/Faculty Read-In on Wednesday, February 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Leonard Lief Library's second floor south atrium. Hosted by the Women's Studies Program, this event is free and open to the entire community.

A native of Liberia, Mayson emigrated in 1975 to Philadelphia, where she has been an active member in the city's various artist communities. She is a 2002 Pew Fellow, as well as a 2000 and 2004 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts fellow. Her work has been published in Strong RX Medicine, published by the American Journal of Poetry, and Cave Canem's Black Issues Book Review.

The Read-In is part of Lehman's Black History Month series, and it celebrates the prose, poetry, and song of black women. Students and faculty will have an opportunity to read their works from 10 - 11 a.m. Mayson will give a reading from 11 a.m. - 12 p.m., followed by a question and answer session and book signing. From 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., guests will have a chance to mingle during the "Meet-the-Author" luncheon.

For more information on this event, call 718-960-1160.

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