Writers in Progress, with Professors Lenora Champagne and Maria Hodermarska, took place on February 15, 2007 at the Gallatin School. Champagne read from a scholarly essay on feminist adaptations of Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter by Suzan-Lori Parks, Phyllis Nagy, and Naomi Wallace, and Hodermarska read from an essay tentatively titled "Perfume: The Drama of Countertransference When Babies Smell Bad," about her work with infants and children of substance-abusing and/or dependent mothers.
Gallatin Teachers Reading, held on March 27 at NYU's Bronfman Center, featured Professors Sinan Antoon, Kathy Engel, Cris Beam and Stephen Duncombe. Antoon read from English translations of a collection of poems, The Baghad Blues, and a novel, An Iraqi Rhapsody, published by City Lights; Engel read from a book of prose and poetry, Ruth's Skirts; Beam, from Transparent: Love, Family and Leaving the T with Transgender Teenagers, about transsexual street kids in Los Angeles; Duncombe (pictured) read from DREAM: Re-Imagining Progressive Politics in an Age of Fantasy, which makes a case for a political strategy he calls "ethical spectacle."
The Gallatin Review Publication and Reading: The 25th volume of The Gallatin Review was published in late spring 2007. The book is comprised of 76 pages of writing and photographs, selected from more than 300 submissions by a team of student editors. The book was designed by Writing Program Assistant Sam Gogolak. The Herbert J. Rubin Prize for Poetry was awarded to Axel Wilhite, for "Carpentry." The Gallatin Writing Program Prize for Prose went to Lisa Locascio, for "White Dog Day," with Honorable Mentions to Hasan Altaf, for "Guilty Pleasures" and Laura Elena Willwerth, for "Birthday Girl." The Gallatin Writing Program Prize for Visual Art was awarded to Beatrice Kim, for "Watch the Dove" (pictured) and "Everyday Is a Chance for Discovery." The Gallatin Review Reading, celebrating the 25th anniversary of the student literary and visual art magazine, took place on April 19 at NYU's Bronfman Center. Moderated by 2007 Gallatin Review faculty adviser Professor Karen Hornick, the event consisted of readings by the following published students: Sam Gogolak, Annette Frost, Briana Severson, Danielle Goldstein, Allyson Paty, Daniel J. Bloch, Cristina Gonzalez, Hasan Altaf, Patrisha Zabrycki, Lisa Locascio, and Axel Wilhite. Copies of the 2007 Review were mailed to all Gallatin students. All other Gallatin community members who would like a copy should contact Writing Program Director June Foley at jaf3@nyu.edu.
The Literacy Review Publication and Celebration: May 1 marked the publication of The Literacy Review, the annual anthology of writing by adults in Basic Education, GED and ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) programs throughout New York City. This fifth volume was created by student-editors Phoebe Fox (editor in chief), Sari Bernstein, Mara Dajevskis, Molly Miller-Petrie, Allyson Paty, and Kristen Van Autreve; photographers Isabella Alexander and Dave Aakhus; and designer Sam Gogolak, supervised by Writing Program Director June Foley. The editorial team welcomed 175 guests, including the 67 writers whose work was chosen from 402 submissions, their teachers, tutors, and site supervisors, to NYU's Kimmel Center for a dinner and reading. Among the 22 writers who read their work aloud were Liliya Moyzhes (pictured), who immigrated from Russia and studies English at the New York City Department of Education's Mid-Manhattan Adult Learning Center. The NYU Office of Community Service and Gallatin alumna Claire Morris Stern (BA '89, MA '98) fund the publication and event. All Gallatin community members who would like a copy of The Literacy Review should contact Writing Program Director June Foley at jaf3@nyu.edu.