Past Events



Creative Writing Program Honors Thesis Reading

May 1, 2024 at -

Tonight we'll showcase the amazing final projects Penn graduating seniors have written this spring as part of the Creative Writing Honors Thesis Program. Four students, introduced by their faculty advisors, will read…



A Conversation with Maggie Nelson

Kelly Writers House Fellows Program
Apr 30, 2024 at -

MAGGIE NELSON is a poet, scholar, and nonfiction writer who currently teaches in the School of Critical Studies at the California Institute of the Arts. On top of her many publications, she has received grants and…



A Reading by Maggie Nelson

Kelly Writers House Fellows Program
Apr 29, 2024 at -

MAGGIE NELSON is a poet, scholar, and nonfiction writer who currently teaches in the School of Critical Studies at the California Institute of the Arts. On top of her many publications, she has received grants and…



Living the Hard Promise: Student Journalism During Unprecedented Times

moderated by Dick Polman
Apr 29, 2024 at -

Come hear from the leaders who oversee a team of hundreds of students working for The Daily…



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