A regular host on Hellenic Public Radio (Cosmos FM on WNYE 91.5 FM), Bill will share his special combination of scholarship and "you-are-there" humanity through a mix of contemporary subjects and pieces drawn from Greek mytho/historical themes. Here you can listen to audio of one of his past programs from Cosmos' 2004 archives.
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Stamford Town Center
100 Greyrock Place Suite H009
Stamford, CT 06901
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Prior to his August appointment, Bill was known not just for his poetry and a measured, authoritative presentation style, but for his dedicated video chronicling of PoemAlley gatherings and special readings, such as this latest YouTube offering of PA member Carly Pierre "Long Time Lovers".An equally devoted online presence, Bill manages several blogs (see the full list here), most notably "Just My Eyes" (http://billbuschel.wordpress.com/), whose frequent focus is on all things Hellenic in academic and popular culture, like this interview with the Parlapanedes brothers, writing team behind The Immortals, the latest Hollywood interpretation of Gods, humans and Titans, centering on the exploits of Theseus.
Bill's companion blog, "Things We Need [to make it thru the day]" (http://thingsweneed.tumblr.com/) lists events and incidental imagery distilled from the media, other bloggers and Bill's own camera, scoping out everything from the controversy over a former porn star visiting public schools to promote literacy and assorted portrait tributes to the late Steve Jobs, to the six-month anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe.
As a survivor of Russia's own Chernobyl nuclear disaster from 1986, Tuesday's November 15 guest speaker at Curley's has explored a resultant fascination with crisis and dramatic social change via a series of historical novels, beginning with 2009's Wynfield's Kingdom and its sequel, Wynfield's War (2010), meting out gritty treatment to class struggle in Victorian England and the subsequent trials of key historical and composite characters during the Crimean War. As with such figures as Florence Nightingale, Marina Julia Neary's new sequence sets the record straight on the Irish struggle for autonomy, the secret Republican Brotherhood and the maligned Bulmer Hobson and his role in the 1916 Easter Rising.
Coined by critics as examples of "Irish noir", Marina's Brendan Malone: the Last Fenian and Martyrs & Traitors: a Tale of 1916 (both published this year) are the latest projects from an author who is also an actress, former PA poet, journalist and playwright. Marina's past activities include appearances in several independent art and horror films shot in the Connecticut/New York area, the writing of "Hugo in London", a tragicomedy about the French literary genius in England during the Crimean War and its sequel, "Lady with a Lamp: An Untold Story of Florence Nightingale", produced in Greenwich and New York, 2008-2009, respectively.
In 2007, Marina was commissioned to collect and publish the memoirs of over 40 senior residents from a Stamford-based retirement community. Click here, here and here for additional details on Marina's work from this blog; her homepages are http://mjneary.webs.com and www.marinajulianeary.com.
