Past Events



Profiles in Mental Health Courage

Book Launch & Signing
May 22, 2024 at -

Join New York Times bestselling co-authors Patrick J. Kennedy, the nation's leading voice on mental health and addiction policy, and …



The Parent-Artist: A Panel Discussion

Alumni Day Program
May 18, 2024 at -

moderated by Catherine Ricketts (C'09)

Please join us for a panel of parent writers, artists, and musicians. Moderated by Catherine Ricketts (C'09), author of the forthcoming The Mother Artist, the…



Paul Hendrickson | Fighting the Night: Iwo Jima, WW II and a Flyer’s Life

in conversation with Wil Haygood
May 16, 2024 at -

hosted by the Free Library of Philadelphia



Creative Writing Program Honors Thesis Reading

May 1, 2024 at -

Tonight we'll showcase the amazing final projects Penn graduating seniors have written this spring as part of the Creative Writing Honors Thesis Program. Four students, introduced by their faculty advisors, will read…



A Conversation with Maggie Nelson

Kelly Writers House Fellows Program
Apr 30, 2024 at -

MAGGIE NELSON is a poet, scholar, and nonfiction writer who currently teaches in the School of Critical Studies at the California Institute of the Arts. On top of her many publications, she has received grants…



A Reading by Maggie Nelson

Kelly Writers House Fellows Program
Apr 29, 2024 at -

MAGGIE NELSON is a poet, scholar, and nonfiction writer who currently teaches in the School of Critical Studies at the California Institute of the Arts. On top of her many publications, she has received grants…



Living the Hard Promise: Student Journalism During Unprecedented Times

moderated by Dick Polman
Apr 29, 2024 at -

Come hear from the leaders who oversee a team of hundreds of students working for The Daily…



Elysha Chang and Abbey Mei Otis: A Reading

hosted by Julia Bloch
Apr 16, 2024 at -

sponsored by the Creative Writing Program

The Creative Writing Program is thrilled to present new work by two fiction writers practicing at the cutting edge of their craft: Elysha Chang and Artist in…



Reginald Dwayne Betts

Brave Testimony Poetry Reading
Apr 15, 2024 at -

hosted by the Center for Africana Studies

REGINALD DWAYNE BETTS is a poet and lawyer. A 2021 MacArthur Fellow, he is the Executive Director of Freedom Reads…