Past Events



VISIONS OF DYLAN

RealArts@Penn Program
Feb 9, 2017 at -

hosted by: ANTHONY DECURTIS
curated by: SARAH WILSON

watch: a video recording of this event…



BRIAN KOPPELMAN WITH KATHY DE MARCO VAN CLEVE

on screenwriting
Feb 2, 2017 at -

watch: a video recording of this event via KWH-TV



WHY FORMALIST POETRY SPEAKS TO US AND WHY WE LOVE TO PRACTICE IT

John Timpane, Miriam Kotzin, and Ernest Hilbert, moderated by Lynn Levin
Jan 31, 2017 at -

Formalist poetry has staying power because it delights the ear as much as it attempts to make sense of the human experience. The panelists, all formalist poets, critics, editors, and teachers, will…



STUDENTS OF KATHY DEMARCO VAN CLEVE

A Short Story Reading
Dec 12, 2016 at

Staged readings of original stories, including but not limited to: science fiction that's better than Arrival, coming-of-age stories better than Good Will Hunting and a political satire that will make…



STUDENTS OF JAMIE-LEE JOSSELYN

A Personal Essay Reading
Dec 12, 2016 at -

The students of Jamie-Lee Josselyn's English 10 have spent the semester writing personal essays about their grade school days, their complex relationships, objects that are both extraordinary and ordinary, and places…



STUDENTS OF ANNA MARIA HONG

A Fiction Reading
Dec 12, 2016 at -

Students in Anna Maria Hong’s creative writing course studied and practiced writing focused on the real and imagined lives of animals, including ancient fables and 21st-century stories, poems, essays, and hybrid-…



STUDENTS OF JASON ZUZGA & MELISSA JENSEN

A Speculative Fiction Reading
Dec 8, 2016 at -

Students of Melissa Jensen’s speculative fiction course will join students of Jason Zuzga’s poetry and prose course for an evening of imagined futures, alternate histories, sci-fi, and great poetry and prose, honed…



STUDENTS OF KAREN RILE

An Advanced Fiction Reading
Dec 8, 2016 at -

Students of Karen Rile’s advanced fiction writing course spent the semester focusing on their narrative craft. Join them in celebrating a semester of intensive writing and revision.

 

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STUDENTS OF KATHRYN WATTERSON

A Personal Essay Reading
Dec 7, 2016 at -

Personal essayists — at their best — tell us what they don’t know, as well as what they imagine to be true. Following this ideal, students in Kathryn Watterson’s writing seminar wrote personal essays about…



GETTING WHIPPED IN THE RUSSIAN SPA, ROOFTOP THIEVES, AND A GEOMETRY OF FEAR

Students of Jay Kirk: A Narrative Non-Fiction Reading
Dec 6, 2016 at -

Join us for readings by students in Jay Kirk’s class (Narrative Nonfiction: The Art of Experience) as they close out an extraordinary semester of work. Open to the public; refreshments served.

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