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All events take place at the Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk, Philadelphia (U of P).

During the spring of 1997, seven events were held in the series called "Theorizing in Particular."

• Writing Advisors: Sunday thru Thursday, 7-10 PM in Rear Reading Room
• Creative Writing, too!
• Other Regular Events/Meetings

• 3:00 PM: Building Committee meets, Dining Room
• 3:30 PM: Graduate Poetry Group, 2nd floor Seminar Room
• 4:30-6:30 PM: Urban Studies Undergraduate Advisory Board (UAB) information session in the downstairs cafe and dining room. Contact Alexandra Caccavella for more information.
• 7 PM: Theorizing in Particular: Approaches to Cultural Interpretation with Rita Barnard: Apartheid, Literature, and the Politics of Place, Arts cafe
• 8 PM: Punch Bowl meets, 2nd floor Seminar Room
• 9 PM: Penn Poets Society meeting, 2nd floor Rear Reading Room.

• 4:30 PM: Jewel Parker Rhodes Reading (more details on a possible dinner to follow)
• 5-7:30 PM: Rebekah A. Grossman's Creative Writing Seminar (2nd floor, Rear Reading Room)
• 7:30-10 PM: Writers Circle, 2nd floor, Rear Reading Room
• 8:00 PM: Generation XX meets in 2nd floor, Seminar Room

• 4:30 PM: Reading by Penn alumni Jay Rogoff and Michael Jennings (reception afterward)
  hosted by the Creative Writing Department
• 8-10 PM: House Band

• 2:30-4:00 PM: Mosaic Magazine hosts Asian American poetry readings in Front Reading Room. Contact Albert Lee for more details.
• 3:30 PM: Writers House Class, 2nd floor Seminar Room

• 9:00-11:00 PM: Open Mic with Lorene Cary's Advanced Fiction class. Contact Noah Krasner for details.

• Jewish Arts Exhibit in Arts Cafe begins
• 4:30 PM: Jewish Arts Symposium
• 6 PM: Poetry Workshop with Simone Zelitch, 2nd floor, Rear Reading Room

• 4:30 PM: Fawaz Turki reading in Arts cafe
• 6-8 PM: Poetry Workshopwith Mary Colangelo, 1st floor, Rear Reading Room
• 7:15-8:15 PM: Engl 401, 2nd floor, Seminar Room

• 3:00 PM: Building Committee meets, Dining Room
• 3:30 PM: Graduate Poetry Group, 2nd floor Seminar Room
• 6-8 Jewish Arts Faculty Reading, Arts Cafe
• 7 PM: Theorizing in Particular: Approaches to Cultural Interpretation with Thierry de Duve, 2nd Floor seminar room
• 9 PM: Penn Poets Meeting; Rear Reading Room, 2nd Floor. Contact Scott Glassman for details.

• 5 PM: Lamont Steptoe Reading in Arts Cafe
• 5-7:30 PM: Rebekah A. Grossman's Creative Writing Seminar (2nd floor, Rear Reading Room)
• 7:30-10 PM: Writers Circle, 2nd floor, Rear Reading Room
• 7:30-9:30 PM: Symposium: Synapse of Art--Metaphor and Audience, with speakers Suzi Whitmer from the ICA and Dr. Brownlee from the Art History Dept, Arts Cafe
• 8:00 PM: Generation XX meets in 2nd floor, Seminar Room

• 7-10 PM: Jewish Arts Faculty Reading
• 8-10 PM: House Band

• 10-11:30 AM: Mary Gordon will be at the House for brunch and bagels & an interactive discussion on the subject of Memoir. RSVP to attend.
• 3:30 PM: Writers House Class, 2nd floor Seminar Room
• 5 PM: Special Evening Honoring John Wieners with Charles Shively and Alan Davies. Refreshments will be served.

  A free and downloadable recording of this event is available here.

• 1 PM: Brunch with reading by Alan Davies
• Midnight: WXPN Live at Writers House

• 6 PM: Poetry Workshop with Simone Zelitch, 2nd floor, Rear Reading Room

• 6-8 PM: Poetry Workshopwith Mary Colangelo, 2nd floor Seminar Room
• 6-10 PM: Penn African Student Association hosts a poetry reading in the Arts Cafe. Contact Temilayo Okeowo for details.
• 7:15-8:15 PM: Engl 401 meeting, 2nd floor Rear Reading Room

• 3:00 PM: Building Committee meets, Dining Room
• 3:30 PM: Graduate Poetry Group, 2nd floor Seminar Room
• 4:30 PM: Joan Retallack Reading in Arts Cafe
• 7 PM: Theorizing in Particular: Approaches to Cultural Interpretation with Craig Saper and Dick Higgins, Arts Cafe

• 5-7 PM: Reading by Dick Higgins in Arts Cafe. Contact Vance Bell for details.
• 5-7:30 PM: Rebekah A. Grossman's Creative Writing Seminar (2nd floor, Rear Reading Room)
• 6 PM: Writing Advisor Dinner; 2nd Floor, Front Reading Room. Contact Hilary Schaefer for details.
• 7:30-10 PM: Writers Circle, 2nd floor, Rear Reading Room
• 7:30 PM: Open Mic featuring acclaimed journalist Daisy Fried; hosted by Cecily Kellogg and Charlie O'Hay
• 8:00 PM: Generation XX meets in 2nd floor, Seminar Room

• 3 PM: John Felstiner hosts a discussion on translations and poet Paul Celan; 2nd Floor Seminar Room. Contact Josh Schuster for more information. Click here for more information on Felstiner.
• 5 PM: 1 Year Anniversary Bash
• 7 PM: Free Jazz Project plays their tunes
• 8-10 PM: House Band

Writers House Closes for Renovations
April 18th through October 15th, 1997

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