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Eco Galleria Hosts Book Signing for Oradell Resident & River Dell HS Graduate Chris Campanioni

Book Signing at Eco Galleria at the Oradell Train Station
"Going Down" by Chris Campanioni
Sat. Oct 12 from 10am to 4pm

Chris Campanioni (of Cuban-Polish heritage) was born in Manhattan and raised in Oradell. He is a River Dell High School graduate.  He is also a journalist and model, and winner of the 2013 Academy of American Poets Prize for poetry from his collection, "In Conversation".

 

"Going Down", his debut novel, is the first in a trilogy that explores communication and language, commodities and media, tourism and terrorism.

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Campanioni's work has been published and reprinted in the Star-Ledger, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Bergen Record, the Herald News, The Brooklyn Rail, and other literary magazines. He has also worked as an actor with a number of recurring roles on All My Children and One Life to Live, and has been a guest on The Today Show and The View. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Lehigh University and a Master of Arts from Fordham University, and he teaches English literature and creative writing at the City University of New York.

 

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In the month leading to Going Down's release, Campanioni created an interactive video calendar featuring film adaptations from various scenes in the novel. 

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