Past Events



POETRY, PROSE, AND LANGUAGE EXCURSIONS

Students of Julia Bloch & Laynie Browne
Dec 6, 2016 at -

Come hear readings by students in Laynie Browne's Writing Philadelphia first-year seminar, together with the students of Julia Bloch's Poetry Writing Workshop, who will present work from across the semester. Students…



REALARTS@PENN SUMMER INTERNSHIPS

Information and lunch
Dec 1, 2016 at -

Have you been dreaming of the perfect summer internship? The one that will change your life forever? RealArts@Penn can help make that dream a reality!…



REALARTS@PENN PRESENTS LELAND SUNDRIES

hosted by Anthony DeCurtis
Nov 10, 2016 at -

Singer-songwriter Nick Loss-Eaton leads the Brooklyn band (and performs under the name of) LELAND SUNDRIES. He has been praised by the New York Times ("dedicated to storytelling in a…



AFGHAN WOMEN'S WRITING PROJECT: A READING

Ruba Ahmed, Navya Dasari, Becca Lambright, Wazhmah Osman, Yolanda Wisher, Zahra W., and Marzia; hosted by: LAYNIE BROWNE
Nov 1, 2016 at -

In honor of the Afghan Women's Writing Project and Afghan women writers we have invited seven readers including students, faculty, poets and special guests Afghan writers Zahra and Marzia to read from the…



WRITING ABOUT TV: HOME

featuring Tyler Burke, Molly Eichel, Jamie-Lee Josselyn, Syra Ortiz-Blanes, Brad Pettigrew, and Sameer Rao
Oct 26, 2016 at -

This year’s Writing about TV program will feature seven different TV fans/critics/watchers who will each select a show to discuss, using “home” as the driving theme or thread to guide their remarks. “Writing…



PARADIGM SHIFTING: EDWIN TORRES AND WILL ALEXANDER IN CONVERSATION

Co-sponsored by: the Creative Writing Program and the Caroline Rothstein Oral Poetry Fund
Oct 25, 2016 at -

WILL ALEXANDER and EDWIN TORRES, both practitioners in the fields of poetry, art, and commitment to making the creative process visible, will read from their works and…



THE WRITER IN RELATION TO SCIENCE

Sam Apple, Marcella Durand, Eli Kintisch, and Michelle Taransky; Creative Writing Program
Oct 19, 2016 at -

What is the role of the writer with respect to science? Can writers, as scientific outsiders, provide meaningful critiques of the scientific process? Can writers act as scientific insiders, using the scientific…



A READING BY NICOLE DENNIS-BENN

Creative Writing Program Event
Oct 18, 2016 at -

NICOLE DENNIS-BENN's highly anticipated debut novel, Here Comes the Sun, debuted from W. W. Norton/Liveright in July 2016. Her writing has been awarded a Richard and Julie Logsdon Fiction Prize…



WORST. PRESIDENT. EVER.

lunch with Robert Strauss - Kauders Lunch Series
Oct 5, 2016 at -

ROBERT STRAUSS, the author of Worst. President. Ever. is a former reporter for Sports Illustrated, feature writer for the Philadelphia Daily News and news and sports…



LIVE AT THE WRITERS HOUSE

Sep 26, 2016 at -

LIVE at the Writers House is a long-standing collaboration of the people of the Kelly Writers House and of WXPN (88.5 FM). Six times annually…