Two members of the English department at Hamilton College will give a public reading on Friday, Sept. 21, at 8 p.m. in the Red Pit, Kirner-Johnson building, on the Hamilton campus.
Naomi Guttman, assistant professor of English, will be reading poetry and Tina Hall, visiting professor of English, will read fiction. The reading is free and open to the public.
A member of the Hamilton faculty since 1996, Guttman holds a MFA degree from the Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College, and a Ph.D. in English literature from the University of Southern California.
Her book, Reasons for Winter, (Brick Books, 1991), won the A.M. Klein Award for Poetry in Quebec. In 2000, she received a grant for professional writers from the Canada Council for the Arts for her current poetry manuscript, Galactopoiesis. Guttman has worked as a Teaching Artist for the Arts in Education Institute, and run poetry workshops locally for children and senior citizens. Her work has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, including The Malahat Review, The Emily Dickinson Awards Anthology, and River Styx.
Hall received her Ph.D. from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Although twentieth-century literature is her primary field, Hall is also an expert on gender studies and experimental women's literature. Her publications include book reviews for The Missouri Review, journal articles and numerous short stories. Hall is the winner of the Center 2000 fiction prize and was nominated for the Pushcart Prize in 1998.
