Past Events



A Night with XFic

A Class Reading
Dec 11, 2023 at -

Join Jay Kirk and the students of English 3353 for a reading from…



An Evening with the Students of Poetry and Fiction

A Class Reading
Dec 6, 2023 at -

Please join us for a reading by the students in English 3010, Introduction to Creative Writing: Poetry and Fiction. Gather to hear original work inspired by writers such as Gwendolyn Brooks, Sylvia Plath, Zbigniew…



A Slice of Life: Memoir Writing

A Class Reading
Dec 6, 2023 at -

In this workshop, we’ve been excavating the territory of our lives. Unearthing truths. “I find myself being truthful.” “We have diverse lived experiences, but we’re in discussion.” “In our workshop, we consider…



Evie Shockley and Simone White: A Poetry Reading

hosted by Al Filreis
Nov 30, 2023 at -

Poet & literary scholar EVIE SHOCKLEY thinks, creates, and writes with her eye on a Black feminist horizon. Her books of poetry include suddenly we, semiautomatic, and the…



My Life in Paper: Adventures in Ephemera

with Beth Kephart
Nov 28, 2023 at -

Renowned for her ability “to generalize from her personal experience to the greater human one” (The Washington Post), …



Stories of the Unseen: On Writing from Incarceration

A conversation with Fong Lee and Zeke Caligiuri, hosted by Abbey Mei Otis
Nov 28, 2023 at -

Join us for a conversation with two of the editors of American Precariat: Parables of Exclusion (Coffee House Press, 2023), a groundbreaking anthology of essays, co-edited by a collective of award-winning…



Joe Conason in Conversation with Dick Polman

The Midterm Elections Are Over. What's Next for America?
Nov 15, 2023 at -

JOE CONASON is editor-in-chief of The National Memo, a political commentary website, and an editor at The Investigative Fund. A widely published columnist and reporter, he is the…



Arts at Homecoming: Emerging Screenwriters

With Jay Elias (C'14), Benjamin Finkel (C'16, G'17), Isabelle Mecattaf (C'17) and Nihaar Sinha (W'14). Hosted by Kathy DeMarco Van Cleve
Nov 4, 2023 at -

How does a screenwriter break into the industry? What should storytellers be thinking about right now in an industry that has been turned upside down by tech? Join us for a panel discussion of these and other…



A Celebration of the Life and Work of Bernadette Mayer

hosted by Laynie Browne with Julia Bloch, Philip Good, Lee Ann Brown, Brenda Coultas, Marie Warsh and Emily Rush
Oct 25, 2023 at -

Reception at 5:00 | Readings and reminiscences at 6:00

Please join us for a very special evening celebrating the life and work of poet and artist Bernadette Mayer (May 12, 1945 – November 22, 2022). Mayer's…



Whenever We Feel Like It

A Reading by Caren Beilin & Hilary Plum hosted by Michelle Taransky
Oct 17, 2023 at -

CAREN BEILIN is the author of the novel Revenge of the Scapegoat (Dorothy, 2022), winner of the Vermont Book Award for fiction. Other books include Blackfishing the IUD (Wolfman…