Past Events



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…



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…



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…