Etruscan Press Hosts Reception at Wilkes University On October 6th, 2007, Etruscan Press held a reception to introduce the press to invited members of the Northeastern Pennsylvania region. The event was hosted with the assistance of Wilkes University in the shared headquarters of Etruscan Press and the Wilkes Graduate Creative Writing Programs. Phil Brady gave an overview of the press's history and future, and noted poet, William Heyen, read from his latest work. Phil also made an appeal for financial support, and Managing Editor, Mike Burnside, described our new Adopt-A-Book program. A silent auction was conducted with signed books from Heyen, H. L. Hix, Norman and Norris Church Mailer, David Poyer, Lenore Hart, Becky Bradway, and Nina Solomon. The event generated substantial interest from the attendees and has already prompted generous donations from members of the community.
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 Director
of the Wilkes University Graduate Creative Writing Programs, Bonnie
Culver, and Etruscan Press Executive Editor, Phil Brady welcome the
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| Bill Heyen reading from his new work, A Poetics of Hiroshima. Bill's involvement with Etruscan Press goes back to the press's origins with his conception and editing of September 11, 2001: American Writers Respond. A member of the Etruscan advisory board, Etruscan is proud to have published his works, including Shoah Train, a National Book Award finalist in poetry, The Confessions of Doc Williams & Other Poems, and the forthcoming A Poetics of Hiroshima. Bill is also a member of the advisory board for the Graduate Creative Writing Programs at Wilkes. |
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Wilkes
University Provost, Reynold Verret (right) chats with award-winning
photographer, Mark Cohen