Centenary Adjunct Professor, Jared Harel, Will Conduct a Reading for the Body Double on October 9, 2012

Hackettstown, N.J. – Centenary College Adjunct Professor Jared Harel will conduct a reading of his chapbook, The Body Double, at 5 p.m. October 9, 2012 at the Taylor Memorial Library at Centenary College.

The Body Double is a long poem that explores the nature of self, challenging conventional notions of identity. It centers around a downtrodden young man who wakes one morning to discover a mysterious doppelganger living with him. Together they go through life, hanging out with his girlfriend and more, but as the body double becomes more self-aware, things begin to change, and tensions between the original and copy quickly escalate.

“Professor Harel is a skilled educator and a gifted poet,” says Dr. Christopher Adamo, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the English and Foreign Languages Department.  “We are proud to see him and his work recognized in this manner and hope that many people from the community will come to this event.”

BJ Ward, fellow New Jersey poet and Creative Writing professor at Warren County Community College, called The Body Double “an impressive achievement of imagination and wordplay. With this, his first collection, Harel enters the American literary scene already accomplished.”

Harel’s poems have appeared, or are forthcoming in such journals as Tin House, Ecotone, The Threepenny Review and The American Poetry Review.  He holds degrees from Binghamton University and Cornell University, and plays drums for the New York City-based rock band, The Dust Engineers.

For more information about The Body Double, please visit www.brooklynartspress.com, and to R.S.V.P. to this event please call (908) 852-1400, ext. 2021.  The cost of the chapbook is $8.  Copies are available that evening.

Founded in 1867 by the Newark Conference of the United Methodist Church, Centenary College’s academic program integrates a solid liberal arts foundation with a strong career orientation. This mix is designed to provide an educational experience that prepares students to succeed in the increasingly global and interdependent world.

Centenary College’s main campus is located in Hackettstown, N.J., with its equestrian facility in Washington Township (Morris County).  The Centenary College School of Professional Studies offers degree programs in three locations: Hackettstown, Parsippany and Edison, and at corporate sites throughout New Jersey.  The School of International Programs recruits international students for study at Centenary and Centenary students for study abroad.