BOOK EVENTS
Digging to Wonderland: An Evening with David Trinidad
7-8 p.m. July 25, virtual
Join celebrated gay poet, memoirist and editor David Trinidad for a reading and Q&A hosted by the Center for Creativity. Trinidad’s numerous books include “Digging to Wonderland: Memory Pieces,” “Notes on a Past Life,” “Peyton Place: A Haiku Soap Opera” and “The Late Show.” He edited the Lambda Award winning “A Fast Life: The Collected Poems of Tim Dlugos,” “Punk Rock Is Cool for the End of the World: Poems and Notebooks of Ed Smith” and “Divining Poets: Dickinson,” an Emily Dickinson tarot deck. This program is a part of In Our Own Write, a creative writing workshop for LGBTQ elders, but is free and open to all. Register here
I Don't Want to Be Understood: An Evening with Joshua Jennifer Espinoza
7-8 p.m. Aug. 1, virtual
Join trans woman poet Joshua Jennifer Espinoza for a reading and Q&A hosted by the Center for Creativity. Espinoza’s work has been featured in Poetry Magazine, The Nation, Split Lip, Poets.org's Poem-a-day and more. She is a Pushcart recipient and has had multiple poems anthologized. She is the author of “I’m Alive / It Hurts / I Love It” (2014), “THERE SHOULD BE FLOWERS” (2016), and “I Don’t Want To Be Understood” (2024). This program is a part of In Our Own Write, a creative writing workshop for LGBTQ elders, but is free and open to all. Register here
NEW BOOKS
“Vaulting Through Time” by Nancy McCabe, professor of writing, Pitt–Bradford (CamCat Books, 2023)
Nancy McCabe’ seventh book, “Vaulting Through Time,” is a young adult novel that will be published July 25, when the Bradford Area Public Library will host a book launch party. Five of her previous books were autobiographical stories. In 2016, she published her first novel, “Following Disasters.” The protagonist of McCabe’s new book for ages 13 to 18 is Elizabeth Arlington, a 16-year-old competitive gymnast with fear issues when it comes to throwing herself over a vault table. But then Elizabeth finds that she has much bigger problems when she discovers a mystery surrounding her birth. With the help of a watch that turns out to be a time machine, she catapults into the past — through her family history and great moments in gymnastics history — to solve that mystery and stop a fellow time traveler whose actions may prevent her from being born at all. Much of the story takes place in Bradford in 1929, 1972 and 2018. The book is being released in hardcover, large print and digital formats as well as in an audiobook narrated by voiceover actress Sura Siu. The Bradford Area Public Library will hold a launch party at 6 p.m. July 25. The party is free and open to the public. Copies of the book will be available at the library. To learn more about McCabe or her writing, visit www.nancymccabe.net.
“Diversity in Higher Education Remote Learning: A Practical Guide,” edited by Paula K. Davis, Associate Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Health Sciences; Ellen R. Cohn, part-time instructor, Department of Communication and Rhetoric; Jerome C. Branche, professor, Department of Hispanic Languages and Literature (Palgrave MacMillan, 2023)
This book provides fundamental principles of remote instruction and classroom management for diversity. Twenty-three chapters explore the requisite characteristics of higher education administration and infrastructure that support diversity in both online and hybrid learning. Chapter sections include: Administration, Pedagogy, Populations and Discipline-Rich Perspectives. Foreword by Provost Ann Cudd. Pitt contributors: Michael Bridges, Stephen Butler, Bianca DeJesus, Thistle Elias, Barbara A. Frey, Amanda Godley, Meredith Guthrie, Ako Inuzuka, Kati Von Lehman, Sarah Liez, Rae Mancilla, Sera Mathew, Lindsay Onufer, Alvin Primack, Jawanza Kalonji Rand, Richard Rubin, Christina "Tilly" Sheets, Martha Terry, Aryanna Wagner, and Gabby M.H. Yearwood.