• Sunday, June 19th at 7:30 P.M. (Reading)

James Tate & Charles D’Ambrosio will read in the Flavin Auditorium of the Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.   Open to the public for a suggested donation of $5-10.   Juniper Summer Writing Institute

• Monday, June 20th at 7:30 P.M. (Reading)

Jenny Offill, Eileen Myles & Steve Almond will read in the Flavin Auditorium of the Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.   Open to the public for a suggested donation of $5-10.   Juniper Summer Writing Institute

• Tuesday, June 21st at 7:30 P.M. (Reading)

Mark Doty & Noy Holland will read in the Flavin Auditorium of the Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.   Open to the public for a suggested donation of $5-10.   Juniper Summer Writing Institute

• Wednesday, June 22nd at 7:30 P.M. (Reading)

Matthea Harvey & Rachel Glaser will read in the Flavin Auditorium of the Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.   Open to the public for a suggested donation of $5-10.   Juniper Summer Writing Institute

• Thursday, June 23rd at 8:00 P.M. (Reading)

Thomas Sayers Ellis & Dara Wier will read in the Flavin Auditorium of the Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.  Please note: Kate Bernheimer, who was scheduled for this day, has had to cancel.   Open to the public for a suggested donation of $5-10.   Juniper Summer Writing Institute

• Friday, June 24th at 7:30 P.M. (Reading)

Joy Williams & Dorothea Lasky will read in the Flavin Auditorium of the Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.   Open to the public for a suggested donation of $5-10.   Juniper Summer Writing Institute

• Saturday, June 25th at 7:30 P.M. (Book launch party)

Matthew Zapruder & Paul Lisicky will read in the Flavin Auditorium of the Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.   Open to the public for a suggested donation of $5-10.   Juniper Summer Writing Institute

• Thursday, June 30th at 4:00 P.M. (Book launch party)

Help us celebrate the publication of Bill Israel’s long-awaited book, A Nation Seized: How Karl Rove & the Political Right Stole Reality, Beginning With the News.   Israel, who used to teach in the Journalism Department here at the University of Massachusetts, is now at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas.   Based on his experience teaching with Karl Rove during the 2000 presidential campaign, Israel’s book “explains exactly how Rove & the political right falsely ‘frame’ information for the news media & the American people, effectively distorting & re-defining reality in order to manufacture consent.   It should be a wake-up call to every American, especially journalists” (Charles Lewis, founder, Center for Public Integrity).   Bringing his analysis of Rove up to date, Israel also projects why Rove & the Right will likely win in 2012, & for the next generation.