BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:iCalendar-Ruby BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Concerts & Performances,Lectures & Presentations DESCRIPTION:The Quarter After Eight literary journal kicks off a Fall 2022 reading series featuring Ohio University's creative writing English graduat e students and QAE staff reading their stories\, essays\, and poems on Oct. 26.\n\n \n\nFree refreshments will be served\, and issues of the Quarter A fter Eight journal will be available for purchase.\n\n \n\nAt each evening\ , several writers will present their work for 10-15 minutes each. This is t he first of three readings\, with the second reading on Nov. 2 and the last in the series on Nov. 30.\n\n \n\nOct. 26 Readers\n\nSpecial guest: alumna Sarah Haak\, who earned an M.A. in English (Nonfiction) in 2019 from the C ollege of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. Haak is an essayist from Albu querque\, New Mexico\, and a doctoral candidate at the University of Cincin nati and an now an assistant editor at Acre Books.Ali NowacJessica LickerLa ura PostAmy StrieterAustin Tucker \n\n"We welcome you to turn up\, find a c omfortable armchair\, and enjoy the work in an informal atmosphere. Afterwa rd\, you're welcome to chat with the writers about their projects\, ask que stions\, and comment on what you noticed\," said QAE co-editor Candace Wals h.\n\n \n\nWalsh noted that the reading series replaces English Department series that were not revived after the pandemic\, including Moon Tunnel and Dogwood Bloom.\n\n \n\n"Designing a reading series from the ground up gave us rich opportunities to do it differently. The setting\, the 1804 Lounge\ , is a warm\, carpeted space with cozy woodwork and comfortable\, plush cha irs. Because our readings will be taking place during dinnertime\, we’ll be providing free food from Mauvette’s Jamaican Food Catering (vegan curry an d rice) and Athens Bread Company (sandwiches and cookies)\, along with spar kling water. Unlike most readings\, in which a writer reads from a stage or podium\, elevated from the audience\, our reading series’ atmosphere is th at of a literary salon: intimate\, supportive\, and comfortable\, Walsh sai d.\n\n \n\n"Because Quarter After Eight is a student organization\, we were able to apply for funding from Ohio University’s Senate Appropriations Com mittee via the Campus Involvement Center. The funding will cover free refre shments at each event and promotion\," she noted.\n\n \n\nAbout Quarter Aft er Eight\n\n"Quarter After Eight\, a crucible for the ongoing experiment we call literature\, is now offering a reading series where our community can come together and hear the writers who will define our literary future\," says Eric LeMay\, Associate Professor and Stocker Professor of Creative Wri ting and Quarter After Eight faculty advisor.\n\n \n\nQuarter After Eight i s an English graduate student-produced journal focused on innovative and of ten experimental writing and art. It is committed to including writers from underrepresented groups\, including Appalachians. Notable contributors ove r the past 28 years include Diane Seuss\, Negesti Kaudo\, Dani Putney\, Mar y Ruefle\, Tobias Wolff\, Denise Duhamel\, Ander Monson\, Peter Ho Davies\, Michael Martone\, Brenda Miller\, and Oliver De La Paz.\n\n \n\n"Our contr ibutors have been nominated for Pushcart Prizes and reprinted in anthologie s\, including the Best American series\," Walsh noted.\n\n \n\nQAE was char tered as a student organization in May 1994 by a small volunteer staff of E nglish Department graduate students at Ohio University who conceived of and published the first issue. The journal’s name commemorates the start time of the founder’s first official meeting. DTEND:20221027T000000Z DTSTAMP:20241123T143136Z DTSTART:20221026T223000Z GEO:39.324863;-82.101742 LOCATION:Baker University Center\, 1804 Lounge\, 5th floor. Take stairs or elevator up. The 1804 Lounge overlooks Park Place. SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Quarter After Eight Reading Series kicks off Oct. 26 UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_41351714523789 URL:https://calendar.ohio.edu/event/quarter_after_eight_fall_2022_reading_s eries_october_26 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR