Sunday, January 24, 2010
Creative writing workshop will begin Wednesday
YOUNGSTOWN — The Pig Iron Literary & Art Works, Inc., announces the schedule for the monthly “Work in Progress” Creative Writing Workshop for 2010.
The group meets from 7-9 p.m. on the fourth Wednesday of each month at Pig Iron Press, 26 N. Phelps St., downtown. Jim Villani facilitates the meetings. Enrollment is open to adults or students of any age or level of experience.
Meeting dates for 2010 are Wednesday, Feb. 4, March 24, April 28, May 26, June 23, July 28, Aug. 25, Sept. 22, Oct. 27, Nov. 17 and Dec. 22. Nov. 17 is the exception to the fourth Wednesday meetings to accommodate the Thanksgiving holiday.
Reservations are not required to attend. There is a per-session donation of $3, and an annual subscription pass is $25.
The meetings are informal and casual. Participants read from the work they have generated since the last meeting. Fiction, poetry or articles are eligible for sharing. Constructive response and discussion is invited.
Villani is the founding editor and publisher of Pig Iron Press. He teaches English at Walsh University in North Canton. For more information, call (330) 747-6932.
LITERARY gifts
Potok bequeaths papers to U. of Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania is home to papers documenting the literary career and life of rabbi-turned-author Chaim Potok.
The collection includes correspondence, writings, lectures, sermons, articles, memorabilia and fan mail for the man who wrote “The Chosen.”
The 1967 novel follows the friendship between two Jewish boys with different backgrounds. Subsequent books, including “My Name is Asher Lev,” also explore the conflicts between religious and secular Jewish life.
Penn announced that the Potok collection is housed at the university’s rare book and manuscript library. Potok left the papers to Penn in his will.
Potok was a Penn alumnus who also taught at the Ivy League school in Philadelphia. He died of brain cancer in 2002 at age 73.
Vindicator staff/wire reports