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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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