Join us for a discussion with Rolling Stone editor and Penn faculty member Anthony DeCurtis about the life and music of Lou Reed. In his new book Lou Reed: A Life, DeCurtis, who knew Reed and…
MATTHEW NUSSBAUM is a White House reporter at POLITICO. He joined POLITICO in January, 2016 and covered the federal budget before hopping on the campaign trail in July, 2016 to cover GOP Vice…
HERMAN BEAVERS is Professor of English and Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, where he has been teaching African American Literature and Creative Writing since 1989.
Dani Blum, Ari Lewis, Carmen Machado, David Marchino, Jo Park, and Paul Saint-Amour
Oct 16, 2017
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Our annual "Writing about TV” program features personal essays, critical analysis, and smart talk about TV. For this year's event, six people will present about six different television shows, using the concept of “…
DAVID GAMBACORTA is a writer-at-large at the Philadelphia Inquirer who focuses on longform storytelling projects that cover politics, criminal justice and everything in between. He previously worked as…
Widely described as one of the rising new voices of Mexican literature, DANIEL SALDAÑA PARÍS is an essayist, poet and novelist. His first novel, Among Strange Victims (Coffee House Press), was…
Sponsored by the Creative Writing Program with Chloe Shakin, R.J. Bernocco, Mingo Reynolds, Dan Spinelli, and Dick Polman
Sep 18, 2017
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A roundtable discussion featuring students, staff and faculty devoted to how opportunities at Penn, from the Creative Writing Program's Journalistic Writing Minor to paid internship opportunities through the RealArts…
JENNIFER YU is a Boston resident and recent graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, where she studied creative writing. In her free time, she enjoys reading books she's too old for, roping unsuspecting…
HERMAN BEAVERS is Professor of English and Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, where he has been teaching African American Literature and Creative Writing since 1989.
