Past Events



GENERATION PANDEMIC

A presentation by Alan Jinich by Max Strickberger
Alan Jinich, Max Strickberger
Dec 7, 2021 at -

Generation Pandemic is an oral history archive that documents the impact of COVID-19 on young adults in America. During the spring of 2021, ALAN JINICH by MAX…



A READING BY THE STUDENTS OF XFIC

sponsored by the creative writing program
Dec 6, 2021 at -

Xfic is Penn's first and only experimental nonfiction journal. Students spend a semester working on one piece and building a magazine from the ground up. Our reading will feature excerpts from students'…



A CELEBRATION OF 1960, A NEW BOOK BY AL FILREIS

hosted by Charles Bernstein and Laynie Browne
Dec 2, 2021 at -

Join us for a celebration of the newest book by Kelly Writers House Faculty Director Al Filreis, 1960: When Art and Literature Confronted the Memory of World War II and Remade the Modern.

In 1960, when World…



A CONVERSATION WITH JOURNALIST BOB SCHIEFFER

A Povich Journalism Program
Bob Schieffer
Nov 17, 2021 at -

Hosted by: Al Filreis

BOB SCHIEFFER has been a reporter all his adult life. He got his first job in journalism in 1957 at age 20, the summer of his sophomore year at Texas Christian University. The job was in…



A CONVERSATION WITH CLAYTON NEUMAN

A RealArts@Penn event, sponsored by Creative Ventures
Nov 11, 2021 at -

hosted by: Anthony DeCurtis

In his twelve years with AMC, CLAYTON NEUMAN has been influential in developing their social and digital content programs and building the company's award-winning gaming business…



WRITING FOR YOUNG ADULTS

Alumni Authors Series: Zach Sergi and Jennifer Yu
Zach Sergi, Jennifer Yu
Nov 6, 2021 at -

Alumni writers Zachary Sergi (C’10), author of Major Detours (Running Press Kids, 2021), and Jennifer Yu, (C’16), author of Four Week, Five People (Harlequin Teen 2017) and Imagine Us Happy (Harlequin Teen 2018),…



A CONVERSATION WITH JESSICA GOODMAN

A RealArts@Penn event, sponsored by Creative Ventures
Jessica Goodman
Oct 28, 2021 at -

hosted by: Anthony DeCurtis

JESSICA GOODMAN is the New York Times bestselling author of young adult thrillers They Wish They Were Us, They’ll Never Catch Us, and The Counselors (out in 2022) from Razorbill…



A READING BY JULIAN BROLASKI AND CYNTHIA ARRIEU-KING

co-sponsored by the Creative Writing Program, Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies, and the Penn Program in Environmental Humanities
Julian Brolaski, Cynthia Arrieu-King
Oct 27, 2021 at -

JULIAN TALAMANTEZ BROLASKI is the author of Of Mongrelitude (Wave Books 2017), Advice for Lovers (City Lights 2012), and gowanus atropolis (Ugly Duckling Presse 2011), as well the recipient of the 2020 Cy Twombly…



A POETRY READING BY EDWIN TORRES

Sussman Poetry Program
Edwin Torres
Oct 20, 2021 at -

EDWIN TORRES is the author of twelve poetry collections, including The Animal's Perception of Earth (DoubleCross Press), Xoeteox: the infinite word object (Wave), Ameriscopia (University of Arizona Press), Yes Thing…



CAREERS IN JOURNALISM AND NEW MEDIA: ALUMNI PANEL

Povich Journalism Program
Oct 7, 2021 at -

co-sponsored by: the Daily Pennsylvanian and the Nora Magid Mentorship Prize

Hoping to work in journalism, media, or publishing after college? Our annual Careers in Journalism and New Media alumni panel —…