Past Events



STORIES FROM THE SAFE SPACE

Dec 8, 2021 at -

An intimate reading of stories written and curated by students in Kathryn "Kitsi" Watterson's course Writing & Remembering: A Memoir Workshop.



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…



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…



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…



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…



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…



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…



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…



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 (…