OSU Libraries ReadAloud - 2009

E. Gordon Gee will share his favorite reading. Maryann Walther-Keisel, Center for East European and Slavic Studies, will read from Viy by Nikolai Gogol, a Slavic supernatural tale and possibly other scary tales.

Ann Hamilton shares four texts that inspired her floor installation project in Thompson Library.

Candace Stout and Cody Henderhan, Department of Art Education, shared readings from The Flower Teachers: Stories for a New Generation--- a collection of stories of public school art teachers" narratives of their early experiences in teaching.

In celebration of Amy Tan"s campus visit, Georgina Dodge, Assistant Vice Provost of the Office of Minority Affairs and Judy Tzu-Chun Wu, Associate Professor in the Department of History and Women"s Studies, shared selections from her best selling novel Joy Luck Club.

The Libraries Diversity Committee presented a reading in honor of Asian Pacific Heritage month featuring Gerry Greenberg. The reading was about Sohn Kee-chung, sometimes referred to as "the Korean Jesse Owens." He was the winner of the marathon at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, but was forced to run under the Japanese flag using a Japanese version of his name - Kitei Son.

Inspiration of Spring: Masttepieces of Chinese Poetry through Time- DEALL faculty and graduate students shared their selections of poems ranging from the Book of Odes to contemporary writings.

Michael Mercil, Department of Art, Read the Daily News as a continuing public service of The Ohio State University Department of Art Living Culture Initiative.

Erin McGraw, Department of English, read from The Seamstress of Hollywood Boulevard, which was named one of the best books of 2008 by The Seattle Times. Andrew Hudgins, Department of English, read from his newly released book Shut Up, You"re Fine! Poems for Very, Very Bad Children.

Members of Simply Living, shared a variety of memorable and informative readings in honor of Earth Day and everyday. Simply Living: Becoming the change we seek for the world, is an organization based in Columbus, whose members and friends share a desire to live more lightly and joyfully by learning and practicing environmental awareness, sustainability, and voluntary simplicity.

Medieval Reading Group members Lisa Kiser, Amanda Gerber and Ryan Judkins presented a wonderfully entertaining and enlightening program featuring a variety of Medieval Animal Fables.

Naked Sunfish ReadAloud featuring Rick Brown, editor of Naked Sunfish and fellow contributors to the popular e magazine including avant-garde poet Dr. John Bennett , and Elisa Philips , who shared spontaneous and sporadic highlights from their own work. Yvonne Brown joined Rick on the musical selections.

Pam Frost Gorder, Assistant Director for Research Communications and Jeff Grabmeier, Director for Research Communications shared selections from their favorite works on science and nature. Pam read the introduction to Chaos: making a new science by James Gleick and shared a selection from Beethoven: the universal composer by Edmund Morris. Jeff shared an essay he wrote, "Storms of Life", which is included in the book Soul of the Sky:exploring the human side of weather. Jeff also shared two selections from Sightings: extraordinary encounters with ordinary birds by Sam Keen.

African and Asian American Encounters: Layered Identities, Intertwined Histories and Coalitional Possibilities Georgina Dodge, Assistant Vice Provost of the Office of Minority Affairs and Judy Tzu-Chun Wu, Associate Professor of History and Women"s Studies shared readings in commemoration of Black History Month and the Day of Remembrance which explore the intertwined experiences of African Americans and Asian Americans. Georgina read a short story set in Columbus, Ohio: "Feeding the Stick" by Nancy Zafris. Judy shared a passage from The Necessary Hunger by Nina Revoyr.

RThe Libraries Diversity Committee presented a program in honor of Black World Month featuring Deidra Herring, who read excerpts from Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America by Ayana D. Byrd and Lori L. Tharps. Eboni Francis read passages from Tenderheaded:A Comb Bending Collection of Hair Stories.

Ohioana Library presented their 3rd annual Valentine"s Day program featuring author Donna MacMeans from the Central Ohio Fiction Writers. Donna shared selections from her novel The Trouble With Moonlight and a selection from her latest novel The Seduction of a Duke.

Kevin Cordi, Academic Storytelling in Residence working in partnership with the MCC and Ph.D Candidate in the College of Education and Human Ecology, presented a special program featuring stories collected in his ongoing Story Box Project. Christina Cappelletti, Multicultural Center and Talia Weisz, Comparative Studies, each shared a story from their own experiences with the Story Box project.

Jason Gray, University Press, shared selections from his recent book . Susan Ritchie, North Unitarian Universalist Congregation Parish Minister, shared two essays from her work in progress: "But Enough About Me" and "Everything Spins".

Michael Mercil and students from the Department of Art Embodied Knowledge Ensemble and Volunteer Corps read selected Art Manifestos both historical and contemporary:How to write a Manifesto by Nicole Debrabandere, What is Art For? by Tom Marioni, Instructions for reading an Srt Manifesto (in public and aloud) by Paula Gaetano Adi, Karawane by Hugo Ball (1916), No Manifesto by Yvonne Rainer (1965) The Advantage of Being a Woman Artist by Guerilla Girls, Statement by the International Faction of Constructivists (1922), 15 Lines of Words on Art Statement by Ad Reinhardt, The Future of Music - Credo by John Cage (1937), Manifesto by Group BMPT, Bruce Nauman, Does Money Manipulate Art? by The Art Workers Coalition (1969).

Melanie McGurr, University Libraries and readers from her class shared a collection of readings in honor of Jane Austen.

Chiquita Mullins Lee, Pamela Talbert Hamilton, Jeannetta Holliman and Rodlyn H. Douglas reading a piece they wrote collaboratively called Twelve, a creative nonfiction work. The dramatic reading recounts and weaves together the individual stories of the authors at the age of 12. The stories are told in the voices of the 12-year-old girls.

Sandra Alexander read from The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise And Fulfill A Dream and also presented scenes from her brother, Durand Alexander's indie film Grandpa's House.

Los Estados Unidos dentro y fuera: Narrativas de Marti y Galeano. Ignacio Corona, Professor, Spanish and Portuguese Dept.

Julia and Joyce: Two Fifties Outsiders Tell their stories: David Stebenne, Department of History will read selections from Julia Child's memoir entitled My Life in France and Karen Simonean, director of Media and Public Relations for the Wexner Center, will read from Joyce Johnson's Minor Characters: A Beat Memoir.

Doug Dangler, Associate Director of The Center for the Study and Teaching of Writing and host of Writers Talk on WCBE (90.5 FM) shared Shut up You are Fine by Andrew Hudgins, Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut and The Patriot Witch by C.C. Finlay.

Chan Park-Miller, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, performed Geomungo Sanjo and a piece of p¡¯ansori, ShimgChung-ga, Korean Storysinging.