E.M. Lewis, Kathleen Graber, Peter Murphy and Vanni Thach Get Readings at Literary Artist Fellowship Showcase, 10/17-18

The New Jersey State Council on the Arts Literary Artist Fellowship Showcase features public performances of works from recipients of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowships in poetry, prose, and playwriting. Writers are chosen through a highly competitive national peer panel review process focusing on artistic merit. The Arts Council's Fellows are some of the best artists working in their genres.

Poets will perform their own works, prose writers have the option of performing their own work, or having a rehearsed reading with a professional actor, playwrights receive a rehearsed concert reading of their play.

The showcase is a collaboration between the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey. Fellowships are awarded in a project co-sponsored by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation.

More about the program, including information of the writers and a schedule of readings, can be viewed on the website.

Playwrights Theatre is partnering with the New Jersey State Council on the Arts for two months of Artist Fellowship Showcases on Thursdays in October and March. There is a suggested donation of $10 for the entire evening of readings. All tickets will be available at the door on the evening of the readings.

E.M. Lewis will have a reading of her play Magellanica: A New and Accurate Map of the World on October 17, 2013 at 7:30pm .

The reading will take place at
in the Chase Room
of the Madison Public Library
39 Keep Street
Madison, NJ 07940
Click here for directions.

To learn more about EM, visit the website.

Kathleen Graber will be reading a selection from her poems. The reading will be held on October 18, 2013 at 7:30pm.

The reading will take place at
The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences
120 Long Beach Blvd.
Loveladies, NJ 08008
Click here for directions.

To learn more about Kathleen, visit the website.

Peter Murphy will read poems from his new manuscript, Anonymous Fever, including several in the voice of "John Doe," a man lost in time and space, disconnected from others and increasingly, from himself. The reading will be held on October 18, 2013 at 7:30pm .

The reading will take place at
The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences
120 Long Beach Blvd.
Loveladies, NJ 08008
Click here for directions.

To learn more about Peter, visit the website.

And be sure to check out a 5 Question interview with him!

Vanni Thach will be reading an excerpt from her book I Heard Ma Swimming Through The Mekong. The reading will be held on October 18, 2013 at 7:30pm.

The reading will take place at
The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences
120 Long Beach Blvd.
Loveladies, NJ 08008
Click here for directions.

To learn more about Vanni, visit the website.

And be sure to check out a 5 Question interview with her!

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