Past Events



Breathless/Living: Histories/Crises/Poetry

featuring Arielle Julia Brown, Julia Bloch, Ricardo Bracho, Roz Lee, Sof Sears, and Syd Zolf
Mar 1, 2024 at -

sponsored by the Program in Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies & the Center for Research in Feminist, Queer, and Transgender Studies

In celebration of 50 years since the founding of Women’s Studies…



A Reading by Joseph Earl Thomas

hosted by Lise Funderburg
Feb 28, 2024 at -

sponsored by the Creative Writing Program

JOSEPH EARL…



A Conversation with Jamaica Kincaid

Kelly Writers House Fellows Program
Feb 27, 2024 at -

JAMAICA KINCAID is an Antiguan-American novelist, essayist, and gardener from St. John’s Antigua. She now lives in Vermont and works as a Professor of African American Studies in Residence at Harvard University. In…



A Reading by Jamaica Kincaid

Kelly Writers House Fellows Program
Feb 26, 2024 at -

JAMAICA KINCAID is an Antiguan-American novelist, essayist, and gardener from St. John’s Antigua. She now lives in Vermont and works as a Professor of African American Studies in Residence at Harvard University. In…



Gemini Wahhaj: A Reading and Conversation

Cheryl J. Family Fiction Program
Feb 22, 2024 at -

hosted by Karen Rile

GEMINI WAHHAJ is the author of the…



Live at the Writers House: VoteThatJawn

A monthly radio show produced in collaboration with WXPN
Feb 19, 2024 at -

hosted by Alli Katz

Join us Monday, January 19, at 6:30 PM for a recording of LIVE at the Writers House, a long-standing collaboration of the people of Kelly Writers House and WXPN (88.5 FM).



A Conversation with Brian Hiatt of Rolling Stone

hosted by Anthony DeCurtis
Feb 15, 2024 at -

presented by RealArts@Penn & sponsored by the Povich Journalism Program

BRIAN…



Mad Poets Society Reading

featuring Laynie Browne, Pattie McCarthy, and Claire Marie Stancek, hosted by Sibelan Forrester
Feb 7, 2024 at -

The Mad Poets Society invites you to join us for the next First Wednesday reading, featuring three wonderful poets: Laynie Browne, Pattie McCarthy, and Claire Marie Stancek!



But Company: A Celebration of Young Writers

hosted by Michelle Taransky
Feb 6, 2024 at -

Join us for the inaugural But Company reading.



Lorene Cary's Ladysitting: Monologue, Dialogue, and Discussion

Lorene Cary and Melanye Finister, in conversation with Terrence Nolen
Feb 5, 2024 at -

presented in collaboration with the Arden Theater Company and co-sponsored by the Center for Africana Studies, the Creative Writing Program, the English Department, and the Theatre Arts Program

Join us for…