October 8 Reading Is the Second Event in the Fall Visiting Writers Program
(Long Island, NY) Poet Douglas Basford will read from his collected works at Farmingdale State College on Thursday, October 8. The reading – the second event in the fall Visiting Writers Program – will be held in the University Club, Knapp Hall, at 11 a.m. The public is invited and the event is free.
Poet Douglas Basford. Photo Credit: Farmingdale State College.
Basford’s poetry, translations and critical prose have appeared in publications such as Poetry, Western Humanities Review, Subtropics, and American Poetry Review. He has received awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Santa Fe Art Institute. He teaches writing and oversees the Composition Program at the University of Buffalo; co-edits the online poetry journal Unsplendid; and is the Italian language editor for Coeur Publishing. He was a Paumanok Award runner-up in 2014.
The final event in the fall series features poet/essayist Sherry B. Hanson on November 12.
Farmingdale’s Visiting Writers Program has featured readings by more than 150 American and international authors. The program highlights the importance of literature to education and culture. The annual Paumanok Award is an international award judged by faculty in Farmingdale’s English/Humanities department.
Farmingdale State College continues to prepare students with the education, skills, and critical thinking needed to meet the challenges of tomorrow. As the largest of SUNY’s colleges of technology (with over 8,400 students), Farmingdale equips students with the resources and knowledge sought by today’s emerging industries. Offering bachelor and associate programs, Farmingdale will soon offer its first graduate degree. At Farmingdale, students also have abundant opportunities in experiential learning—internships, clinical training, and guided research—that provide practical instruction and personal growth. Small, personalized classes, a residence hall with suite-style living, a lush 380-acre campus undergoing major renovation, and a highly successful NCAA Division III athletics program with modern facilities make Farmingdale State College one of the fastest-growing colleges in the region.In addition, in 2014 U.S. News & World Report ranks Farmingdale #27 among regional colleges in the north (up from #31) and in 2013 Farmingdale was the only SUNY school (and the only LI school) listed in the LEAST debt category in the section titled Student Debt Load at Graduation for regional colleges in the north. UniversityPrimeTime.com lists FSC the fifth safest college in the nation. For more information, contact Kathryn Coley at 631-420-2400 or kathryn.coley@farmingdale.edu. Look on our website www.farmingdale.edu. Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/farmingdale.
