Ithaca College

The Department of Writing is pleased to announce its first Handwerker Reading of the spring semester, which will take place at 6:00 PM on Tuesday, February 7th in the Handwerker Gallery (Gannett Center).

Tuesday's reading will feature readings by Writing faculty member Augusto Luiz Facchini and Writing majors Jasmine Gayle and Emma Sheinbaum. You can read more about these writers below.

Augusto Luiz Facchini is a recent PhD graduate in Fiction from Binghamton University. Originally from Brazil, his work delves into issues of exile and isolation, immigrant identities, and magical realism. His short story, "The Lemon Tree," has been published in the Rio Grande Review. He currently teaches writing at Ithaca College.

Jasmine Gayle is a senior Writing major and English minor. She has an aspiration to become a novelist, essayist, as well as a teacher. She loves the idea of traveling, to eat good food, and thrives on good conversation with others. She hopes that these experiences with others will inspire her work. She also hopes to create thought-provoking work that will move others. 

Emma Sheinbaum is a junior Writing major with minors in English, Counseling, and the Honors program. She grew up in Northern New Jersey and has been writing for as long as she can remember. She is involved in more campus organizations and publications than she has time for and supports the Oxford Comma. Emma primarily writes memoir, poetry, and half-thought out journal entries that eventually turn into essays and poems.

An Open Mic will follow these readings. All students, faculty members, or staff members are invited to bring a work of creative writing to read that speaks out, pushes back, or simply responds in some way to the cultural crisis unfolding around us. 

Please contact the Handwerker Reading Series Coordinator Jacob White in the Department of Writing with any questions: jrwhite@ithaca.edu

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Jacob White at jrwhite@ithaca.edu or (904) 501-9860. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.