Hamilton, NY — 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s Native American studies program will feature Geary Hobson, author of Deer Hunting and Other Poems, on Monday, February 11. Hobson will read from his work at 7:30 p.m. in the Ho Lecture Room, 105 Lawrence Hall. The reading is free and open to the public.
Hobson, who is Cherokee-Quapaw/Chickasaw, was named 2001 Fiction Writer of the Year by the Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers, for his novel, The Last of the Ofos. He is project director for the Native Writers’ Circle of the Americas and serves as associate editor for literature for The American Indian Quarterly and on the advisory board for Wicazo Sa Review. Hobson has worked as a farm laborer, U.S. Marine, salesman, construction worker, surveyor’s assistant, semi-pro baseball player and bookstore clerk, and has taught at several universities, currently at the University of Oklahoma.
Hobson has published poems, short stories, critical articles, book reviews, and historical essays in The Greenfield Review, Arizona Quarterly, Contact/II, Western American Literature, World Literature Today, Y’Bird, and other journals. Among his current projects are The Literature of Indian Country, a critical and historical study of Native American writing and publishing from 1968 to 1990; a second novel; a second book of poems; and an anthology of Southeastern Indian writings. His book of essays, The Rise of the White Shaman: Essays and Reviews, 1970-2000, is currently on press.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø, founded in 1819, is located in Hamilton, New York. A highly selective, independent, liberal arts college with 256 faculty members and 2,750 undergraduate men and women enrolled in programs that lead to the bachelor of arts, 51³Ô¹ÏÍø also offers a small graduate program. The university’s general education core curriculum embodies 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s longstanding commitment to integrated learning. The American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) recently designated 51³Ô¹ÏÍø as one of 16 Leadership Institutions that offer a national model for excellence in innovative education. Students currently enrolled at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø hail from 44 different states, 3 U.S. territories and 26 countries. Log on to www.colgate.edu to learn more about 51³Ô¹ÏÍø.
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