Past Events



Elysha Chang and Abbey Mei Otis: A Reading

hosted by Julia Bloch
Apr 16, 2024 at -

sponsored by the Creative Writing Program

The Creative Writing Program is thrilled to present new work by two fiction writers practicing at the cutting edge of their craft: Elysha Chang and Artist in…



Reginald Dwayne Betts

Brave Testimony Poetry Reading
Apr 15, 2024 at -

hosted by the Center for Africana Studies

REGINALD DWAYNE BETTS is a poet and lawyer. A 2021 MacArthur Fellow, he is the Executive Director of Freedom Reads, a not-…



Majors and More Dinner

Apr 11, 2024 at -

Please join program faculty, students, and staff for a conversation about Creative Writing at Penn. Learn more about upcoming classes, declaring a major or minor, and unique opportunities like the Bassini…



Singer-Songwriter Alejandro Escovedo

in conversation with Anthony Decurtis
Apr 11, 2024 at -

ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO, a celebrated singer and songwriter, has as eclectic a background and body of work as any rock artist of his generation. As comfortable performing with a string ensemble as he is with an amped-up…



Mira Jacob: Reading and Conversation

hosted by Piyali Bhattacharya
Apr 8, 2024 at -

hosted by Creative Writing Faculty member Piyali…



Close Readings in a Virtual Space

with Ron Silliman
Apr 4, 2024 at -

hosted by The Flow Chart Foundation



The American Poet Laureate: A Conversation with Amy Paeth and Robert Casper

hosted by Julia Bloch
Apr 3, 2024 at -

cosponsored by the Creative Writing Program and the Kauders Fund

Amy Paeth's new book The American Poet Laureate shows how the…



A Conversation with Harryette Mullen

Kelly Writers House Fellows Program
Apr 2, 2024 at -

HARRYETTE MULLEN is a poet and professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles. She earned a BA from the University of Texas and a PhD from the University of California Santa Cruz. Her collections…



A Reading by Harryette Mullen

Kelly Writers House Fellows Program
Apr 1, 2024 at -

HARRYETTE MULLEN is a poet and professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles. She earned a BA from the University of Texas and a PhD from the University of California Santa Cruz. Her collections…



Ariel Djanikian, Dan Finkel, Sanaë Lemoine, and Alicia Oltuski

A reading by former students of Max Apple
Mar 19, 2024 at

Beltran Family Program

Creative Writing faculty member…