Past Events



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…



Bartok's Monster

inspired by Jay Kirk's Avoid the Day
Jan 21, 2024 at -

Join us as Pig Iron collaborates with the acclaimed Daedalus Quartet and visionary visual designer Sebastienne Mundheim in a production that springs from Hungarian composer Bela Bartok's 3rd String Quartet.



Yetzirah Reading Series

with Susan Aizenberg, Lauren Camp and Taije Silverman
Jan 14, 2024 at -

Join poets Susan Aizenberg, Lauren Camp and Taije Silverman for the January installment of the the Yetzirah Reading Series.

The Yetzirah Reading Series celebrates the publication of recently released…