Brown University Library News

Angela Stone Lorenz is an American artist who has been living and producing artist’s books in Bologna, Italy since 1989. Lorenz received her B. A. from Brown University in 1987, concentrating in Art-Semiotics. She also studied Book Arts in the Graphics Department of the Rhode Island School of Design. This exhibition of artist’s books and bookmaking process archives, drawn from the collections of the John Hay Library, Brown University, and the Artists Books Collection at the Fleet Library, Rhode Island School of Design will run from October 23 – December 2006. Exhibition hours: The Fleet Library at Rhode Island School of Design 15 Westminster Street, Providence, RI Monday – Thursday 9am to 7 pm; Friday 9 am to 4:30 pm; Sunday 11 am to 7 pm and The John Hay Library, Brown University 20 Prospect, Providence, RI Monday – Friday 9am to 5pm For more information see: http://www.brown.edu/library/exhibits/ An opening reception with the artist is a Friends of the Library Event – Join the Friends! Monday, October 23rd, 5-7pm Archives + Special Collections Reading Room, 2nd floor of The Fleet Library at RISD Signed catalogs will be available for purchase. For driving or parking instructions, call 401-709-5923 *Please note: the John Hay venue closes at 5 pm on the day of the reception

A Friends of the Library Event – Join the Friends!
Reception
Thursday, October 5, 5:00-6:30 p.m., John Hay Library
Poetry Reading
Thursday, October 5, 8:00 p.m., Salomon Hall 101
John Ashbery, Ann Lauterbach, Robert Kelly and Peter Gizzi
For two and a half decades, Conjunctions has been at the vanguard of innovative fiction and poetry. First planned as a single volume, Conjunctions has remained committed to literature willing to take chances.
Conjunctions and Brown University have enjoyed a long association with many Brown faculty and graduates as frequent contributors. The John Hay Library is home to the Conjunctions archive including manuscripts, correspondence, original artwork and production records.
The Conjunctions Festival, which runs from October 5 – 7, offers readings and panels including more than a dozen writers, all open to the public. Expected participants include John Ashbery, John Barth, Mary Caponegro, Robert Coover, Rikki Ducornet, William Gass, Peter Gizzi, Shelley Jackson, Robert Kelly, Ann Lauterbach, Jonathan Lethem, Ben Marcus, Rick Moody, Bradford Morrow, Joyce Carol Oates, Joanna Scott, Peter Straub and John Edgar Wideman. For more information, see Literary Arts Program Events.
A major exhibit drawn from the Conjunctions archive will be available for viewing at the John Hay Library through October 13. The John Hay Library is open to the public, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday.