Past Events



Gregory Djanikian returns to Penn for poetry reading

Mar 19, 2020 at

Gregory Djanikian reads from his new collection,



Finding an Agent: A Lunchtime Panel Discussion

Mar 4, 2019 at

How does a book make it from the author’s hand to your bookshelf? And what role does an agent play in this? Beth Kephart led a panel of writers and agents at the Kelly Writers House to dig into the business of…



LUNCH WITH COMEDY WRITER CHRISTINE NANGLE

hosted by: Karen Rile
Feb 25, 2019 at -

CHRISTINE NANGLE is a comedy writer, producer and actor living in New York City. She most recently served as Executive Producer and Head Writer of Netflix's late night variety show The Break with Michelle…



LUNCH WITH JOURNALIST HELEN UBIÑAS

hosted by: Dick Polman
Feb 18, 2019 at -

HELEN UBIÑAS is an award-winning columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News and Philly.com. Prior to coming to Philadelphia, Ubiñas was a longtime reporter and columnist for…



FIVE UP ON WALT

Davy Knittle, Ujjwala Maharjan, Frank Sherlock, Ron Silliman, and Simone White
Feb 5, 2019 at -

Five Up on Walt will feature five people — poets and members of the Kelly Writers House community — each talking briefly about a Walt Whitman poem that has meant something to their poetry or writing practice.



A READING BY NATHAN LONG

hosted by: Karen Rile
Feb 4, 2019 at -

NATHAN ALLING LONG's work has appeared on National Public Radio and in over fifty publications, including Tin House, Glimmer Train, Story Quarterly and The Sun.



A POETRY READING BY DEB BURNHAM

Introduced by Julia Bloch
Jan 23, 2019 at -

DEBORAH BURNHAM has lived in Philadelphia and worked at the University of Pennsylvania for over 30 years. She has served as an undergraduate advisor in the College office, directed an academic writing program,…



ESSAY, BLOG, TWEET, NONFICTION NOW!

A reading by students of Lorene Cary
Dec 11, 2018 at -

Come find out what Lorene Cary’s improvisational workshop has been up to this semester, with students reading from work that explores the personal and political lives of young people. This course was designed as a…



LEVELS OF THE GAME: AN EVENING OF SPORTS NARRATIVES

Students of Jamie-Lee Josselyn
Dec 10, 2018 at -

Join Jamie-Lee Josselyn’s English 010 students for readings of excerpts from personal essays, short stories, and journalistic profiles that center around sports. Whether writing from the perspective of a fan, an…



A NIGHT OF EXTREME NOTICING

A reading by students of Sam Apple
Dec 6, 2018 at -

Come hear the students in Sam Apple's Extreme Noticing workshop share the funny, strange, subtle, and profound things they noticed during the semester. With noticing by Julia Pan, Amanda Bello, Roshan Benefo, Eloise…