OSU Libraries ReadAloud - 2009

In celebration of Amy Tan"s campus visit, Georgina Dodge, Assistant Vice Provost of the Office of Minority Affairs and Judy Tzu-Chun Wu, Associate Professor in the Department of History and Women"s Studies, shared selections from her best selling novel Joy Luck Club.

The Libraries Diversity Committee presented a reading in honor of Asian Pacific Heritage month featuring Gerry Greenberg. The reading was about Sohn Kee-chung, sometimes referred to as "the Korean Jesse Owens." He was the winner of the marathon at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, but was forced to run under the Japanese flag using a Japanese version of his name - Kitei Son.

Inspiration of Spring: Masttepieces of Chinese Poetry through Time- DEALL faculty and graduate students shared their selections of poems ranging from the Book of Odes to contemporary writings.

Michael Mercil, Department of Art, Read the Daily News as a continuing public service of The Ohio State University Department of Art Living Culture Initiative.

Erin McGraw, Department of English, read from The Seamstress of Hollywood Boulevard, which was named one of the best books of 2008 by The Seattle Times. Andrew Hudgins, Department of English, read from his newly released book Shut Up, You"re Fine! Poems for Very, Very Bad Children.

Members of Simply Living, shared a variety of memorable and informative readings in honor of Earth Day and everyday. Simply Living: Becoming the change we seek for the world, is an organization based in Columbus, whose members and friends share a desire to live more lightly and joyfully by learning and practicing environmental awareness, sustainability, and voluntary simplicity.

Medieval Reading Group members Lisa Kiser, Amanda Gerber and Ryan Judkins presented a wonderfully entertaining and enlightening program featuring a variety of Medieval Animal Fables.

Naked Sunfish ReadAloud featuring Rick Brown, editor of Naked Sunfish and fellow contributors to the popular e magazine including avant-garde poet Dr. John Bennett , and Elisa Philips , who shared spontaneous and sporadic highlights from their own work. Yvonne Brown joined Rick on the musical selections.

Pam Frost Gorder, Assistant Director for Research Communications and Jeff Grabmeier, Director for Research Communications shared selections from their favorite works on science and nature. Pam read the introduction to Chaos: making a new science by James Gleick and shared a selection from Beethoven: the universal composer by Edmund Morris. Jeff shared an essay he wrote, "Storms of Life", which is included in the book Soul of the Sky:exploring the human side of weather. Jeff also shared two selections from Sightings: extraordinary encounters with ordinary birds by Sam Keen.

African and Asian American Encounters: Layered Identities, Intertwined Histories and Coalitional Possibilities

Georgina Dodge, Assistant Vice Provost of the Office of Minority Affairs and Judy Tzu-Chun Wu, Associate Professor of History and Women"s Studies shared readings in commemoration of Black History Month and the Day of Remembrance which explore the intertwined experiences of African Americans and Asian Americans. Georgina read a short story set in Columbus, Ohio: "Feeding the Stick" by Nancy Zafris. Judy shared a passage from The Necessary Hunger by Nina Revoyr.