NYS Writers Institute’s Spring Slate

Write on!

The New York State Writers Institute has announced its schedule of readings and classic films for the 2010 spring season, and not surprisingly, there are more than a few heavyweights on the slate.

Here are a few highlights:

Thursday, March 4: Short story master (and MacArthur Foundation fellowship winner) Lydia Davis @ UAlbany’s Campus Center Assembly Hall, Albany

Tuesday, March 16: Cartoonist-playwright-screenwriter (and winner of the Pulitzer Prize and an Academy Award) Jules Feiffer @ the New York State Cultural Education Center’s Terrace Gallery, Albany

Monday, April 12: Award-winning playwright and UAlbany grad Stephen Adly Guirgis @ UAlbany’s Performing Arts Center Recital Hall, Albany

Wednesday, April 14: Booker Prize-winning novelist Michael Ondaatje and non-fiction writer Linda Spalding @ RPI’s Darrin Communication Center, Troy

Thursday, April 22: Award-winning crime novelist Walter Mosley @ UAlbany’s Page Hall, Albany