The Sweetest Fruits Launch Party

The Sweetest Fruits Launch Party

You are invited to the launch and book party for THE SWEETEST FRUITS, by Monique Truong (CRF 2013) tomorrow, Tuesday September 10th at the Center for Fiction (across the street from BAM). More info here.
Du Yun: A Composer’s 10 Cultural Influences

Du Yun: A Composer’s 10 Cultural Influences

Composer and Civitella Ranieri Foundation Board Director Du Yun (CRF 2015)’s works — including the opera “Angel’s Bone,” which won the Pulitzer Prize in Music in 2017 — are elaborately theatrical, full of collaborations with visual and performance artists and bursting...
Announcing the Winners of the American Academy of Poets Prizes

Announcing the Winners of the American Academy of Poets Prizes

The Academy of American Poets is pleased to announce the winners of the 2019 American Poets Prizes, which are among the most valuable and venerable poetry prizes in the United States. This year the organization has awarded more funds to poets than any other...
Jennifer Scappettone and Nicholas Calvin Mwakatobe Presentations

Jennifer Scappettone and Nicholas Calvin Mwakatobe Presentations

Join us Thursday, September 12th at the Castle for presentations by current Fellows, Jennifer Scappettone and Nicholas Calvin Mwakatobe. Jennifer Scappettone, CIMA Fellow, (Writing, USA)Scappettone works at the crossroads of scholarship, translation, and transmedia...
Civitella XXV #17: Chang-rae Lee Presentation

Civitella XXV #17: Chang-rae Lee Presentation

Chang-rae Lee (Director’s Guest, 2019), a Korean-American novelist whose celebrated work often draws upon the immigrant experience in the US, will read from a work in progress at the castle on Wednesday, September 11th. Chang-rae Lee is the author of the...
Isabel Mundry and Peter Fahey Presentations

Isabel Mundry and Peter Fahey Presentations

Join us Monday, September 9th at the Castle for presentations by current Fellows, Isabel Mundry and Peter Fahey.  Isabel Mundry, Fellow, (Music, Germany)Born in Schlüchtern and raised in West Berlin, Mundry studied musical composition in Berlin and Frankfurt, and...