Category: Readings
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Black Poetry in Times of Crisis: A Reading and Conversation with Kevin Young and Evie Shockley
On Thursday, April 16th, at 6pm in the Stevenson Library, poets Kevin Young and Evie Shockley will come together for a reading and conversation on writing and poetry in times of crisis. This event will launch the Black Poetry Day Collection in the Stevenson Library. All are welcome to attend. Poet…
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The Why of What We Do: A Reading and Conversation with Ayana Mathis
Photo by Beowulf Sheehan. On Monday, March 30 at 6pm in the Campus Center North Multipurpose room, writer Ayana Mathis will read and discuss her work. This event is free and open to the public. Ayana Mathis is the author of The Twelve Tribes of Hattie (Knopf, 2012) and most recently, The Unsettled (Knopf, 2023), the…
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A Reading with Stephanie Wambugu
On Monday, April 6th, at 6pm in the László Z. Bitó ’60 Auditorium, Reem-Kayden Center, writer and Bard alum Stephanie Wambugu ’20 will read from her work. This reading is free and open to the public. Stephanie Wambugu lives in New York City. She was born in Mombasa, Kenya and grew…
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A Reading with DM Aderibigbe
On Monday, February 9, at 6pm in the László Z. Bitó ’60 Auditorium, Reem-Kayden Center, poet and Center for Ethics and Writing Fellow DM Aderibigbe will read from his work. This reading is free and open to the public. D.M. Aderibigbe is from Lagos, Nigeria. He’s the author of 82nd…
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On Writing Everything: Amitava Kumar’s Takes on the World
On Monday, March 31 at 5:30pm in the László Z. Bitó ’60 Auditorium, Reem-Kayden Center (RKC), Amitava Kumar will discuss and read from his work. Introduced and moderated by John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of the Humanities and director of the Written Arts Program Dinaw Mengestu, this event is free and open…
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Literary Radicals: How Literature and Politics Have Shaped Our World
On Monday, March 24 at 5:30 pm in the László Z. Bitó ’60 Auditorium, Reem-Kayden Center (RKC), Joel Whitney will read from his work. Introduced and moderated by John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of the Humanities and director of the Written Arts Program Dinaw Mengestu, and follwed by…
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Writing the Present: A Conversation Between Editor and Writer
On Tuesday, March 4 at 5:30pm in the Stevenson Library, Hua Hsu and Thomas Gebremedhin will come together for a discussion on their careers in writing and publishing, followed by a reading from Hua Hsu’s 2022 memoir Stay True. Introduced and moderated by John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of the Humanities and director…
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From Page to Screen, the Adaption of Fiction: A Screening and Discussion with Samantha Hunt
On Monday, February 24 at 5:30pm in the László Z. Bitó ’60 Auditorium, Reem-Kayden Center (RKC), Samantha Hunt will discuss her work after a screening of her short film The Yellow. Introduced and moderated by Dinaw Mengestu, this event is free and open to the student body. This event will be the first of the Center…
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A Reading and Workshop with Will Alexander
On Tuesday, December 3, at 5:30pm, in the Bitó Conservatory Building Performance Space, poet Will Alexander will read from his work. Introduced by David and Ruth Schwab Professor of Languages and Literature Ann Lauterbach, this reading is free and open to the public. Before this reading, Will Alexander will visit Erica Kaufman‘s class The…
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Root Fractures: A Poetry and Multimedia Reading and Workshop with Diana Khoi Nguyen
On Tuesday, October 22 at 6:30 pm in Blithewood, Diana Khoi Nguyen will read from her work. The reading will be followed by a moderated Q&A. Before this reading, she will lead a miscroworkshop with Dawn Lundy Martin‘s class The Prose Poem: Hybridity and Its Discontents. A poet and multimedia artist, Diana Khoi Nguyen is the author…