OSU Libraries ReadAloud - 2009

RThe Libraries Diversity Committee presented a program in honor of Black World Month featuring Deidra Herring, who read excerpts from Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America by Ayana D. Byrd and Lori L. Tharps. Eboni Francis read passages from Tenderheaded:A Comb Bending Collection of Hair Stories.

Ohioana Library presented their 3rd annual Valentine"s Day program featuring author Donna MacMeans from the Central Ohio Fiction Writers. Donna shared selections from her novel The Trouble With Moonlight and a selection from her latest novel The Seduction of a Duke.

Kevin Cordi, Academic Storytelling in Residence working in partnership with the MCC and Ph.D Candidate in the College of Education and Human Ecology, presented a special program featuring stories collected in his ongoing Story Box Project. Christina Cappelletti, Multicultural Center and Talia Weisz, Comparative Studies, each shared a story from their own experiences with the Story Box project.

Jason Gray, University Press, shared selections from his recent book . Susan Ritchie, North Unitarian Universalist Congregation Parish Minister, shared two essays from her work in progress: "But Enough About Me" and "Everything Spins".

Michael Mercil and students from the Department of Art Embodied Knowledge Ensemble and Volunteer Corps read selected Art Manifestos both historical and contemporary:How to write a Manifesto by Nicole Debrabandere, What is Art For? by Tom Marioni, Instructions for reading an Srt Manifesto (in public and aloud) by Paula Gaetano Adi, Karawane by Hugo Ball (1916), No Manifesto by Yvonne Rainer (1965) The Advantage of Being a Woman Artist by Guerilla Girls, Statement by the International Faction of Constructivists (1922), 15 Lines of Words on Art Statement by Ad Reinhardt, The Future of Music - Credo by John Cage (1937), Manifesto by Group BMPT, Bruce Nauman, Does Money Manipulate Art? by The Art Workers Coalition (1969).