Past Events



A CONVERSATION WITH FASHION CRITIC RACHEL SEVILLE TASHJIAN

A RealArts@Penn program
Feb 24, 2022 at -

Hosted by: Anthony DeCurtis

Sponsored by: Creative Ventures

RACHEL SEVILLE TASHJIAN (C'11) is the fashion critic at GQ and the creator of the newsletter Opulent Tips. She was…



HELED TRAVEL GRANT PRESENTATIONS: GRACE LEAHY AND IAN MCCORMACK

Feb 24, 2022 at -

This program is online only.

Heled Travel and Research Grants enable students to travel and conduct research for significant writing projects. Join us for presentations by two Heled Grant recipients: Grace…



A FOREST ON MANY STEMS: ESSAYS ON THE POET'S NOVEL

A celebration of a new anthology edited by Laynie Browne
Feb 17, 2022 at -

Please join us to celebrate the publication of the anthology, A Forest on Many Stems: Essays on the Poet's novel, edited by Laynie Browne, with contributors Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Julia Bloch, Marcella Durand,…



A CONVERSATION WITH SHARON HAYES AND BROOKE O'HARRA

Creative Ventures program
Feb 16, 2022 at

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SUPPLEMENT LAUNCH PARTY

hosted by Ariel Resnikoff and Orchid Tierney
Feb 16, 2022 at

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A BOOK LAUNCH FOR WEIKE WANG'S JOAN IS OKAY

A reading and Q&A, with Weike Wang and special guest Sully Burns
Feb 7, 2022 at -

Sponsored by: the Creative Writing Program

Deceptively spare yet quietly powerful and laced with sharp humor, Joan Is Okay — the new novel by Weike Wang — touches on matters that feel deeply resonant:…



FRANNY CHOI: READING AND CONVERSATION

Caroline Rothstein Oral Poetry Program
Feb 3, 2022 at -

co-sponsored by: the Asian American Studies Program, Excelano Project, Creative Writing Program, and the English Department

In honor of their daughter Caroline, whose longstanding presence and…



WE ALL FEEL LIKE IT

hosted by: Michelle Taransky
Feb 2, 2022 at -

Twelve years after Michelle Taransky’s Whenever We Feel Like It series hosted its first “We All Feel Like It” reading in the Kelly Writers House Arts Café, the fifth “We all Feel Like It” reading will feature poets…



WRITERS HOUSE SALON

Featuring Piyali Bhattacharya, Skye Lucas (C'21), Wes Matthews (C'23), and Hillary Reinsberg (C'11), with Al Filreis
Dec 9, 2021 at -

The Writers House Salon takes the place of our annual "Writers House New York," held each fall since 2002 in Soho at the Louis K. Meisel Gallery. This year’s special virtual salon, held in support of the outreach…



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.