by Bryan Waterman | Sep 30, 2013 | Books, Teaching
In anticipation of the NYUAD Theater Program and Theater Mitu’s presentation of MD (Or, The Whale) later this week, the Program in Literature and Creative Writing is sponsoring a marathon reading of novel, which the play takes as its inspiration. The reading...
by Bryan Waterman | May 31, 2012 | Music, Neighborhood Scenes, Pop Culture, Teaching
Dinosaur, “Kiss Me Again,” 12-inch, side A, 1978. Composed by Arthur Russell. Remix by Jimmy Simpson. The personnel for this record blows my mind: Arthur Russell (cello, organ) David Byrne (guitar) Sammy Figueroa (percussion) Frank Owens (piano) Henry...
by Bryan Waterman | May 25, 2012 | Art, Books, People, Teaching
Joe Brainard at work. My office is perilously close to looking like this right now. p.s. You know about this, right?
by Bryan Waterman | May 22, 2012 | People, Teaching, Writing New York
Frank O’Hara at frankohara.org & at poetryfoundation.org. Frank O
by Bryan Waterman | May 21, 2012 | Neighborhood Scenes, Teaching, Writing New York |
For the past couple summers I’ve taught two versions of the same course, though with separate titles and a few tweaks that suggest multiple possibilities for ordering the material we examine. The undergrad version of the course is called Downtown Scenes,...
by Bryan Waterman | Sep 29, 2011 | City on Stage, Teaching, Writing New York
Following on yesterday’s Q&A with Alex Roe, who directed The Contrast for the Metropolitan Playhouse in 2009, today we’re happy to host a Q&A with Professor Cynthia Kierner of George Mason University, who edited the play with a substantial...
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