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CANCELLED: November 14 – Brandon Hobson, Fiction Reading, Alumni Hall 202 Memorial Hall
Nov. 8, 2024—♦ CANCELLED: November 14 – Brandon Hobson, Fiction, Alumni Hall 202 Memorial Hall Dr. Brandon Hobson is the author of the novels, The Removed, Where the Dead Sit Talking, finalist for the National Book Award, and other books. His fiction has won a Pushcart Prize and has appeared in...
October 31: V.V. Ganeshananthan, Fiction Reading, Begonia Labs (2805 West End Ave)
Oct. 28, 2024—October 31: V.V. Ganeshananthan, Fiction, Begonia Labs (2805 West End Ave) V. V. Ganeshananthan is the author of the novels Brotherless Night, a New York Times Editors’ Choice, and an NPR Book of the Year, and Love Marriage. Her work has appeared in Granta, The New York Times, and The Best American Nonrequired Reading,...
Nov. 18, 4:10 PM – Humanities Expertise and Careers: Paula M. Krebs
Sep. 30, 2024— Monday, November 18: Humanities Expertise & Careers Paula M. Krebs Divinity School G29, 4:10 PM Paula M. Krebs is executive director of the Modern Language Association, the largest disciplinary association in the humanities with 20,000 members from 100 countries. Her role includes national advocacy work for language, literature, writing, and culture research...
October 17: Edward P. Jones, Fiction Reading – Alumni Hall 206 Reading Room
Sep. 29, 2024—All events will be held on Thursday evenings. Book signings and ‘Meet the Author’ events will begin at 6:00 pm, followed by the readings which begin promptly at 7:00 pm. ♦ October 17: Edward P. Jones, Fiction, Alumni Hall 206 Reading Room Edward P. Jones is the author...
September 26: Ilya Kaminsky, Poetry Reading – Buttrick Hall 101
Sep. 19, 2024—♦ September 26: Ilya Kaminsky, Poetry, Buttrick Hall 101 The reading will take place in Buttrick Hall 101. The book signing will start at 6:00 pm, followed by the reading which will begin promptly at 7:00 pm. Ilya Kaminsky is the author of Deaf Republic, The New York...
September 12: Paisley Rekdal, nonfiction reading – 7 PM, Buttrick 102
Sep. 9, 2024—♦ September 12: Paisley Rekdal, Poetry, Buttrick Hall 102 Paisley Rekdal is the author of essays and poetry including Animal Eye, Imaginary Vessels, Nightingale, and West: A Translation, longlisted for the 2023 National Book Award in Poetry and winner of the 2024 Kingsley Tufts Prize. Her newest works of...
April 18: Rebecca Makkai, fiction reading – 7 PM, Buttrick 101
Apr. 4, 2024—♦April 18, 7 PM, Buttrick 101: Rebecca Makkai, Fiction Rebecca Makkai is the Chicago-based author of the novels The Great Believers, The Hundred-Year House, and The Borrower, as well as the short story collection Music for Wartime. The Great Believers was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and received the ALA Carnegie Medal and the...
April 4, 2023: Bianca Stone, poetry reading – 7 PM, Buttrick 101
Mar. 25, 2024—♦April 4, 7 PM, Buttrick 101: Bianca Stone, poetry Bianca Stone is the author of the poetry collections What is Otherwise Infinite (Tin House, 2022), which won the 2023 Vermont Book Award in Poetry; The Möbius Strip Club of Grief, Someone Else’s Wedding Vows and collaborated with Anne Carson on the illuminated version of Antigonick. Her work has appeared in many...
March 21, 2024: Carlson-Wee, Jiménez, and Kunz — Alumni Reading Event @ 7 PM, Buttrick 101
Mar. 10, 2024—March 21, 2024 @ 7PM, Buttrick 101: Alumni Reading Event featuring Anders Carlson-Wee, Claire Jiménez, and Edgar Kunz Anders Carlson-Wee is the author of Disease of Kings, forthcoming from W.W. Norton in October 2023. He is also the author of The Low Passions, and Dynamite, winner of the Frost Place Chapbook Prize. His work has...
February 22, 2024: Sidik Fofana, fiction reading – 7 PM, Buttrick 101
Feb. 14, 2024—February 22, 7 PM: Sidik Fofana, Buttrick 101 Sidik Fofana is the author of Stories from the Tenants Downstairs, his debut short story collection composed of eight narratives about residents of a fictional building in Harlem. His work has appeared in the Sewanee Review and Granta. Fofana is a graduate of NYU’s MFA program and...