Vincent Quatroche
Celebrate Homecoming Weekend with Vincent Quatroche and the SUNY Fredonia Communication Department as Quatroche will offer a reading/presentation of his creative projects.
The event will take place at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, at 201 McEwen Hall on the second floor at SUNY Fredonia.
Many Fredonia students and alumni know Quatroche best as an instructor and visiting assistant professor in the Department of Communication, but he has had a long and varied career as a creative artist as well. Those are the aspects of his career that will come into focus with this performance.
Quatroche is a published author of multiple creative projects, including numerous books and audio/video recordings. His poetry has been distributed widely throughout the United States and abroad. A profile of his work has been featured on PBS and NPR.
His latest book, “3 Nylon Lemons,” was published in August. His style and work have been described as “difficult to summarize. … Fiercely independent and militantly individual. Audiences will have the opportunity to witness a remarkably unique voice that is consistently defiant and challenging. You can expect from his public performances a one-of-a-kind singular event ignited by the context of the moment.”
As Quatroche puts it, he has been “creating and publishing in book, audio and video formats for the past 30 years … and largely ignored in the U.S. and abroad.” He is a veteran of the New York City poetry scene at venues such as Otto’s Shrunken Head, The Stark, the Jujo Tea Lounge and the Nightingale.
He has taught at SUNY Fredonia since the late 1980s and has also taught at Jamestown Community College, Empire College System (as an adult mentor) and Erie 2 BOCES at the Chautauqua County Jail.
Light refreshments will be served. Attendees are encouraged to stay, renew acquaintances and enjoy a meet-and-greet after the presentation.
It’s possible that 201 McEwen may be in use for Civil Service exams at the time of the presentation, in which case the presentation will be moved across the hall to 202 McEwen.
For more information, contact Elmer Ploetz at ploetz@fredonia.edu or 716-984-7503.
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