Past Events



Creative Writing Program Honors Thesis Reading

Apr 27, 2022 at -

A number of our graduating seniors have been working hard to complete their Creative Writing thesis projects — long-form creative literary works in poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, screenwriting, and mixed…



FAYYAZ VELLANI: READING, CONVERSATION, AND BOOK PARTY

hosted by: Sara Byala
Apr 20, 2022 at -

Tea With Ms. Tanzania by Fayyaz Vellani is the story of a woman’s struggle to reconcile her estranged son with her revolutionary past. After the death of her husband in London, Gulnar Jaffar writes letters to her son…



A Conversation with John Freeman hosted by Paul Hendrickson

Applebaum Editors and Publishers Series
Apr 11, 2022 at -

JOHN FREEMAN is founder of the literary annual Freeman's, executive editor at Alfred A. Knopf, and the author and editor of ten books including The Park, The Penguin Book of the Modern…



Noticing As a Writer: Beltran Family Program

curated by: Sam Apple, 2021-2022 Beltran Family Award winner
Apr 4, 2022 at -

Penn students, alumni, and guest writers will celebrate the art of "noticing as a writer" by sharing some of the strange and absurd things they've observed of late.



A Conversation with Dan Rottenberg: The Education of a Journalist

Hosted by Dick Polman
Apr 4, 2022 at -

DAN ROTTENBERG has been chief editor of seven innovative publications, most recently Broad Street Review, an online arts and culture salon he created in 2005. As an advocate for free expression and…



THE MUSIC OF DAVID BOWIE

Featuring Richard Barone
Mar 31, 2022 at -

In an event hosted by Anthony DeCurtis, Richard Barone will discuss the music and career of David Bowie, and perform a number of his songs.



THE CLAW: A READING

Featuring Piyali Bhattacharya, Ariel Delgado Dixon, Stephanie Feldman, Carmen Maria Machado, Sara Nović, and Asali Solomon
Mar 24, 2022 at -

PIYALI BHATTACHARYA is the editor of the NEA grant-winning anthology, Good Girls Marry Doctors: South Asian American Daughters on Obedience and Rebellion . She is currently finishing her first novel, and is Writer in…



JULIA BLOCH, MAXE CRANDALL, AND LARISSA LAI

A Poetry Reading
Mar 15, 2022 at -

JULIA BLOCH grew up in Northern California and Sydney, Australia. Her most recent book of poetry is The Sacramento of Desire. She is the recipient of the Joseph Henry Jackson Literary Award from the San Francisco…



MARY KAY ZURALEFF

A fiction reading
Feb 25, 2022 at

hosted by: MAX APPLE
co-sponsored by: the CREATIVE WRITING PROGRAM
watch: a video recording of this event via …



MIXTAPE POETRY PROJECT

Beltran Family Program
Feb 25, 2022 at

watch: a video recording of this event via KWH-TV
listen: to an …