Community Corner
Eco Galleria Hosts Book Signing for Oradell Resident & River Dell HS Graduate Chris Campanioni
"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.