ONEONTA, N.Y. -- As an installment of the Red Dragon Reading Series at the SUNY College at Oneonta, author Eric Gansworth will present a reading from his work and a slide presentation of his paintings on Thursday, October 16, at 7:30 p.m. in the Craven Lounge of the Morris Conference Center. Admission to the event is complimentary, and members of the community are invited to attend.
An enrolled member of the Onondaga Nation, Gansworth was born and raised at the Tuscarora Indian Nation in western New York. He is Professor of English and Lowery Writer-in-Residence at Canisius College in Buffalo. Gansworth is the author of six books--Indian Summers, Nickel Eclipse: Iroquois Moon, Smoke Dancing, Mending Skins, Breathing the Monster Alive, and A Half-Life of Cardio-Pulmonary Function--all of which feature paintings as integral parts of their narratives. He also edited the anthology Sovereign Bones, New Native American Writing.
Gansworth has been recognized with a PEN Oakland-Josephine Miles National Literary Award, a residency from the Seaside Institute, a Special Opportunities Stipend Award from the New York Foundation for the Arts, and an Individual Artist's Grant from the Constance Saltonstall Foundation. His writings have appeared in many anthologies and journals including The Boston Review, The Kenyon Review, Third Coast, Cold Mountain Review, Shenandoah, The Cream City Review, and American Indian Quarterly.
More information about Eric Gansworth's appearance at SUNY-Oneonta is
available from the College's
Department of English
at (607) 436-3446.
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For more information about the College, please call the Community Relations Office at (607) 436-2748 or send e-mail to Carol Blazina, Vice President for Community Relations.SUNY College at Oneonta - Ravine Parkway - Oneonta, NY 13820 - 607.436.3500
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