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Purdue News
February 14, 1997
"Having Our Say," the play, is based on the best-selling book of the same name. The true story is about two sisters, Bessie and Sadie Delany, and their first 100 years of life. The play is set in the New York home of the sisters. The audience members become guests as the sisters prepare dinner in remembrance of their father's birthday. The Delanys invite the audience to travel through time as they recount a series of events and anecdotes ranging from their childhood in the early post-slavery South to turn-of-the-century Harlem and beyond.
Joel Siegel of ABC-TV says: "Their story is our story and it's all true. 'Having Our Say' is a national treasure. Don't miss it!" Reviewer Hedy Weiss of the Chicago Sun-Times reports, "I sat back and watched the 20th century unfold through the eyes of women endowed with purpose, pride and terrific genes in this charming, flawlessly acted feel-good chronicle of the remarkable lives of two remarkable sisters."
Tickets are $20 for the public and $12 for Purdue students at campus box offices and Ticketmaster. Charge by telephone at (765) 494-3933 or 800-914-SHOW.
CONTACT: Jeff Langford, Convocations publicist, (765) 494-5045; e-mail, jilangford@convos.purdue.edu
Written by Columbus, Ohio, playwright, actor and director James H. Chapmyn, "Womyn With Wings" deals with a broad range of social issues facing today's woman. Chapmyn uses humor, music, movement and pathos to explore topics such as sexual abuse, love relationships, breast cancer and women in religion.
This is the fourth time a Chapmyn production has been presented as part of the BCC's annual Cultural Arts Series. The performance has been moved from Fowler Hall to Loeb Playhouse in Stewart Center to accommodate a larger audience. Admission is free.
CONTACT: Renee Thomas, BCC director, (765) 494-3091, e-mail; rathomas@hfs.purdue.edu
The annual Windworks I concert will feature the University Concert Band, Collegiate Band and the Varsity Band. The Concert Band, under the direction of William Kisinger, will perform "First Suite in E-flat" by Gustav Holst, "Fanfare and Allegro" by Clifton Williams, and "Nobles of the Mystic Shrine March" by John Philip Sousa.
The Collegiate Band's performance will include Robert Jager's "Third Suite," "Chorale and Alleluia" by Howard Hanson, and Karl King's "Bombardier March." The Varsity Band will present "Variation Overture" by Clifton Williams, "Fantasy on American Sailing Songs" by C. Grundman, and "In All Its Glory" from James Swearingen.
The collegiate and varsity bands are directed by visiting instructor William Holland.
A second concert in the Windworks series is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 6, in the North Ballroom of the Purdue Memorial Union.
CONTACT: Jennifer Tucker, Department of Bands publicist, (765) 496-2697; e-mail, tuckerj@omni.cc.purdue.edu
The banquet will begin at 7 p.m. April 9 in the East and West Faculty Lounges in the Purdue Memorial Union. The event is open to the public, and tickets may be purchased at the English department office in Heavilon Hall for $10.50 for students and $15.50 for others.
Banks is the author of 11 novels and collections of stories including "Rule of the Bone," "Trailer Park" and "Continental Drift."
In addition to speaking at the banquet, Banks will give a reading of his work at 7:30 p.m. April 10 in the East Faculty Lounge. That session will be free and open to the public.
The awards banquet recognizes undergraduate and graduate students who compete for cash awards and bookstore gift certificate prizes in categories ranging from creative writing (including poetry, short story, drama, screenplay, novel-in-progress and science fiction) to expository prose (including African, African-American or black literature, business writing, ethnographic essay, foreign language, literature, journalism, literary criticism, medieval studies, rhetoric and composition, and technical writing).
Four new prizes have been added this year. They are the Walter Johnson Award for best English-as-a-second-language essay by a graduate student, the Little Professor Book Center Award for best short story, the Martha McKinney Award in poetry and the Teacher's Delight Award in children's literature.
Kneale awards will be presented for the best undergraduate essays in the following categories: Bible as literature, cultural criticism, economics, film criticism, government, history, informal essay, journalism, literary criticism, philosophy, science, Shakespeare, Third-World literature, women's studies, and the best of three papers originally written for English 101 or 103.
Authors who wish to submit their writing for the competition should pick up a green form from one of the posters around campus. Forms also are available at the English office at 324 Heavilon Hall and in the Chauncey Hill Mall at University Bookstore, Copymat, Folletts and Von's. Entries should be submitted by 5 p.m. March 19 to: Literary Awards Contest, Department of English, 324 Heavilon Hall, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. 47907.
For more information, contact Michael Quinn in the Department of English, (765) 494-3744.
"The Hoydens and Mr. Dickens" was published Feb. 15 by St. Martin's Press. It is the third in a series of Victorian-era murder-mystery novels by Palmer, a Charles Dickens scholar at Purdue.
"Hoyden" is a Victorian word for an outspoken woman, and the story takes its historical perspective from the feminist movement in England during the 1850s. Some of the characters include Florence Nightingale and Marian Evans, who later wrote as George Eliot.
Palmer's first novel, "The Detective and Mr. Dickens," was a main selection of the Literary Guild, the Mystery Book Club and the Doubleday Book Club in 1990. The second book in the series, "The Highwayman and Mr. Dickens," was an alternate selection of the Book of the Month Club in 1992.
CONTACT: Palmer, (765) 494-3729; e-mail, wjpalmer@purdue.edu
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Compiled by J. Michael Willis, (765) 494-0371; e-mail, mike_willis@purdue.edu
