East End Ink

The Pulitzer Prize winning poet Philip Schultz discovered he was dyslexic when one of his own children was diagnosed with the learning disability.   He read from his memoir My Dyslexia and talked about how he overcame his handicap at Canios Books in September of 2011.   Listen here My Dyslexia was published  in 2011 by W.W.Norton Philip Schultz received the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for poetry for his collection Failure published by Harcourt. Other collections include: The God of Loneliness, Living in the Past   and   The Holy Worm of Praise  – all from Harcourt and Like Wings   from Viking Penguin   more: An extended interview with Mr. Schultz about his dyslexia conducted by Francesca Rheannon is available at writersvoice.net   Philip Schultz reads from Failure and The God of Loneliness on East End Ink.

Each February the John Jermain Library in Sag Harbor celebrates the work of African American Writers with a ‘read – in’ of their work by members of the community.    Today we present excerpts from last year’s read in at Canios Books and this year’s read-in at the Library.  Authors include: Zora Neale Hurston, Margaret Walker, Langston Hughes, James Baldwin, Tracy K. Smith and Carol Spencer.   Readers are Margaret Bromberg, Gloria Primm Brown, Frank Rizzo, Kathryn Szoka, Sandra Dunn and Carol Spencer.  Also John Jermaine Library Director Cathy Creedon tells a folk tale from Zimbabwe. listen here

Today we present Journalist Mirta Ojito talking about her book Hunting Season: Immigration and Murder in an all-American Town (Beacon Press, September 2013) The book examines the murder of an Ecuadorean immigrant by high school students in Patchogue New York.   Ms. Ojito spoke in November 2013 at Canios Books, Sag Harbor.   She was introduced by Canio’s Kathryn Szoka. listen here

Today we present poet, critic and professor of literature, Grace Schulman, reading from her latest collection “Without A Claim” (Harcourt - Sept, 2013)  Grace Schulman’s work includes the poetry collections “The Broken String”, “Days of Wonder” and “The Paintings of Our Lives” and a critical work “ Marianne Moore: The Poetry of Engagement “ Ms. Schulman was recorded in October 2013 at Canio’s Books, Sag Harbor.  She was introduced by Canio’s Maryann Callendrille. Listen: Also:  Grace Schulman can be heard on previous East End Ink programs, archived here