Past Events



A TALK BY NATE CHINEN

hosted by: Anthony DeCurtis
Oct 11, 2018 at -

NATE CHINEN is the author of Playing Changes: Jazz for the New Century (Pantheon, 2018). He has been writing about jazz for more than twenty years, notably for The New York Times, …



XFIC INFORMATION LUNCH

hosted by: Jay Kirk
Oct 10, 2018 at -

Students interested in joining Penn's new Experimental Nonfiction journal, XFIC, are invited to an information lunch with faculty adviser, Jay Kirk. XFIC will count for course credit in ENG 145 (Spring…



DEAD PARENTS SOCIETY MEETS MODERN LOSS

hosted by Jamie-Lee Josselyn
Sep 24, 2018 at -

REBECCA SOFFER is the co-founder and CEO of Modern Loss, a publication and community offering candid original essays and resources on loss. She is also coauthor of Modern Loss: Candid Conversation about…



LUNCH WITH MAYA RAO

hosted by Dick Polman
Sep 17, 2018 at -

MAYA RAO is a D.C. correspondent for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and has written for the Philadelphia Inquirer, Houston Chronicle, Atlantic, Awl and Longreads. She is the author of…



CAREERS IN JOURNALISM & NEW MEDIA

Jill Castellano (C'16), Jess Goodman (C'12), and Ashley Parker (C'05) with moderator Stephen Fried (C'79)
Sep 13, 2018 at -

Hoping to work in journalism, media, or publishing after college? Our annual Careers in Media alumni panel — sponsored by KWH, the Daily Pennsylvanian, the Creative Writing Program, and the Nora Magid Mentorship…



A CONVERSATION WITH PATTERSON HOOD

Hosted by Anthony DeCurtis
Apr 12, 2018 at -

PATTERSON HOOD is a prolific writer and performer whose character-driven stories are packed with political subtext. He is best known as front-man, singer, songwriter and guitar player for the critically…



A CONVERSATION WITH TRAVEL WRITER ROLF POTTS

hosted by: Jamie-Lee Josselyn
Apr 3, 2018 at -

ROLF POTTS has reported from more than sixty countries for the likes of National Geographic Traveler, The New Yorker, Outside, and the Travel Channel. More than twenty of his essays have been…



LUNCH WITH SCOTT GOULD

hosted by: Jamie-Lee Josselyn
Mar 29, 2018 at -

SCOTT GOULD's work has appeared in Kenyon Review, Carolina Quarterly, New Madrid Journal, The Bitter Southerner, Black Warrior Review, Eclectica, The Raleigh Review, New…



FROM JOURNALISM TO SHOW BIZ: ADAPTING NONFICTION FOR NETWORK TV

Lunch with Michael Sokolove
Mar 28, 2018 at -

Povich Journalism Program
hosted by: Dick Polman



HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE: JEFFREY GAINES ON THE BEATLES

hosted by Anthony DeCurtis
Mar 15, 2018 at -

he inimitable Anthony DeCurtis, who is teaching a Beatles seminar this spring, will interview singer-songwriter-guitarist Jeffrey Gaines, a charismatic performer who regards the Beatles as a decisive influence on…