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All events take place at the Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk, Philadelphia (U of P).
Saturday, 9/1
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Sunday, 9/2
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Monday, 9/3
- (Labor Day)
- 10:00 AM-1:30 PM: New Student Orientation Resource Fair
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Tuesday, 9/4
- 8:00 pm: Speakeasy Open Mic Night: Class of 2005! Co-sponsored
by Office of the Provost as part of the Provost's Spotlight Series/New
Student Orientation
Join the students at Writers House for this year's first of the popular
bi-weekly series, Speakeasy: Poetry, Prose, & Anything Goes, an open mic
performance night spotlighting the Class of 2005. Bring your stories, songs, poems, monologues,
comedies, or simply come to listen and soak it all in!
An audio recording of this event can be found here.
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Wednesday, 9/5
- 2:00-3:30 PM: Penn Reading Project (some groups will meet at Writers House as well as at many other sites across campus).
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Thursday, 9/6
- First Day of Classes
- 6:30-8:30 PM: Mellon Writing Group Orientation
- 4:00-6:00 PM in Annenberg: Graduate and Professional New Student Reception and Resource Fair, hosted by New Student Orientation
- 6:30-8:30 PM in Arts Cafe: Mellon Writing Group
- 10:30-12:00 noon in Room 209: English 003.314: Literature and Society (Stephanie Harzewski: sharzews@english)
- 1:30-3:00 PM in Room 202: English 197.009.301: Writing About Narrative (Gautier)
- 1:30-4:30 PM in Room 209: English 115: Advanced Fiction Writing (M. Apple)
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Friday, 9/7
- 4:00 PM in Room 209: Suppose An Eyes: A Poetry Working Group
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Saturday, 9/8
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Sunday, 9/9
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Monday, 9/10
- 10:00-11:00 AM in Room 202: English 260: Linguistics: Writing About Narrative (Labov)
- 2:00-5:00 PM in Room 202: English 112: Fiction Writing (Rile)
- 2:00-5:00 PM in Room 209: English 145.302: Advanced Nonfiction (Strauss)
- 5:15 PM in Room 202: Penn & Pencil Club
- 7:00-10:00 PM in Room 202: Philosophy Circle (Geoff Anders: ganders@wharton.upenn.edu)
- 7:30 PM in Room 209: The Fish Writing Group (Nancy Hoffman: nhohh@english.upenn.edu)
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Tuesday, 9/11
- 10:30-12:00 noon in Room 209: English 003.314: Literature and Society (Stephanie Harzewski: sharzews@english)
- 1:30-3:00 PM in Room 202: English 197.009.301: Writing About Narrative (Gautier)
- 1:30-4:00 PM in Room 209: English 145 (Hendrickson)
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Wednesday, 9/12
- 4:30 PM: Planning Committee Meeting and Gathering
- 8:00 PM: Speakeasy: Poetry, Prose, and Anything Goes, an open mic performance night. All are welcome!
- 10:00-11:00 AM in Room 202: English 260: Linguistics: Writing About Narrative (Labov)
- 12:00-3:00 PM in Room 209: English 589.301: Modern and Contemporary American Poetry (Filreis)
- 2:00-5:00 PM in Room 202: English 155.301: Writing in the Documentary Tradition (Paul Hendrickson)
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Thursday, 9/13
- 7:00 PM: A reading by poet Tom Paulin, hosted by the English Department and the Kelly Writers House. Paulin's recent collection includes The Wind Dog. He has produced an acclaimed body of work that encompasses poetry, plays and criticism. Well known for his trenchant observations on The Late Show, he is also the G.M Young Lecturer in English at Hertford College, Oxford. This program was introduced by Damien Keane. A text of Keane's introduction is here.
- 10:30-12:00 noon in Room 209: English 003.314: Literature and Society (Stephanie Harzewski: sharzews@english)
- 1:30-3:00 PM in Room 202: English 197.009.301: Writing About Narrative (Gautier)
- 1:30-4:30 PM in Room 209: English 115: Advanced Fiction Writing (M. Apple)
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Friday, 9/14
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Saturday, 9/15
- Today through October 15:
The Kelly Writers House Electronic Alumni
Book Group 9 begins, and presents a sampling
of contemporary poetry written
by Penn women -- led by Al Filreis, Tahneer Oksman, and Heather Starr!
What's going
on in poetry today? This
online discussion will feature a
sampling of very recent
poetry by
Penn women. Several such poets
will themselves be leading the
discussion!
Join them
and other teachers and writers
affiliated with the Kelly
Writers House at
Penn for a
fascinating look at new art in
the making. The Writers House
was founded
in 1995 as
an alternative learning and
writing community by students,
staff, faculty and
alumni of
Penn--housed in a Victorian
cottage at 3805 Locust Walk.
With this program
the Writers
House community is proud to be
part of the celebration of 125
years of
women at
Penn.
To find out more and to participate in the Book Group, go here.
For more on the 125 Years of Women at Penn series of programs, click here.
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Sunday, 9/16
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Monday, 9/17
- 10:00-11:00 AM in Room 202: English 260: Linguistics: Writing About Narrative (Labov)
- 2:00-5:00 PM in Room 202: English 112: Fiction Writing (Rile)
- 2:00-5:00 PM in Room 209: English 145.302: Advanced Nonfiction (Strauss)
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Tuesday, 9/18
- 10:30-12:00 noon in Room 209: English 003.314: Literature and Society (Stephanie Harzewski: sharzews@english)
- 1:30-3:00 PM in Room 202: English 197.009.301: Writing About Narrative (Gautier)
- 1:30-4:00 PM in Room 209: English 145 (Hendrickson)
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Wednesday, 9/19
- 7:00 PM: A reading by poets Lamont B. Steptoe and Ron
Price
Lamont B. Steptoe is a poet, Vietnam veteran, photographer and the publisher/founder of Whirlwind Press. Steptoe is the author of eight books of poetry, including Mad Minute, Crimson River, and Uncle's South China Sea Blue Nightmare. His work has been anthologized in Life on the Line: Poems of Healing, Brother to Brother, In Search of Color Everywhere, and Aloud: Voices from the Nuyorican Poet's Cafe, among others. Steptoe was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 1994 and received a 1995-1996 Literary Fellowship from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. He was also a Discipline Winner in the Literature category of the 1995-1996 Pew Charitable Trusts Fellowship Program.
Ron Price is Poet in Residence at the Juilliard School. His poems have appeared in various magazines and anthologies, including The American Poetry Review, Poetry, and New Rain: Our Fathers, Ourselves. He is a past U.S.I.A. Visiting Poet in Belgium, and the recipient of a Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship. He is the author of Surviving Brothers, a chapbook, and the recording, A Crucible for the Left Hand. His most recent collection, A Small Song Called Ash from the Fire, was published by Rattapallax Press.
This program was recorded and is available through PENNsound
- 10:00-11:00 AM in Room 202: English 260: Linguistics: Writing About Narrative (Labov)
- 12:00-3:00 PM in Room 209: English 589.301: Modern and Contemporary American Poetry (Filreis)
- 2:00-5:00 PM in Room 202: English 155.301: Writing in the Documentary Tradition (Paul Hendrickson)
- 7:00-8:00 PM in Room 209: Penn Review Literary Magazine (Stephanie Langin-Hooper: smlangin@sas.upenn.edu)
- 7:00 PM in Room 202: Al Filreis leads and teaches a preceptorial (mini-course) on modern poetry for the Student Committee on Undergraduate Education (SCUE)
- 7:30 PM in Room 209: Manuck!Manuck!, a group that meets every other Wednesday throughout the semester to share and discuss fiction written by its members (Fred Ollinger: follinge@sas.upenn.edu)
- 8:00 PM in Room 202: Film Studies Advisory Board (Marc Brunswick: marcab@sas.upenn.edu)
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Thursday, 9/20
- 10:30-12:00 noon in Room 209: English 003.314: Literature and Society (Stephanie Harzewski: sharzews@english)
- 1:30-3:00 PM in Room 202: English 197.009.301: Writing About Narrative (Gautier)
- 1:30-4:30 PM in Room 209: English 115: Advanced Fiction Writing (M. Apple)
- 8 PM in Room 209: Philosophy Circle: a group that meets weekly throughout the semester (Geoff Anders: ganders@wharton.upenn.edu)
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Friday, 9/21
- 4:00 PM in Room 209: Suppose An Eyes: A Poetry Working Group
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Saturday, 9/22
- 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM: Laughing Hermit Reading Series presents a celebration program and benefit for the literary
magazine One Trick Pony, edited by poet Louis McKee. Hosted by Robin Hiteshew, readers will
include Nat Anderson, Deb Burnham, Eileen D'Angelo, Shulamith Caine, Melisa Cahnman, Harry Humes, Paul Martin, Elaine
Terranova, Jeanne Murray Walker & others.
Listen to an audio recording of this event.
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Sunday, 9/23
- 4:00 to 6:00 PM: Dickinson Alumni Writing Group in Room 209 (Karen Nevers: kander3@aol.com)
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Monday, 9/24
- 7:00-8:00 PM: The Hollywood Club (Marc Brunswick: marcab@sas.upenn.edu)
- 10:00-11:00 AM in Room 202: English 260: Linguistics: Writing About Narrative (Labov)
- 2:00-5:00 PM in Room 202: English 112: Fiction Writing (Rile)
- 2:00-5:00 PM in Room 209: English 145.302: Advanced Nonfiction (Strauss)
Tuesday, 9/25
- 6:00-7:45 PM: Artist Reception for Jerry Di Falco, who has exhibited extensively in both solo and group
shows over the last 27 years. Crossing genres and styles, and working in
oil, watercolor and acrylic mediums,
his works are represented in collections around the world. Di Falco is the recipient of the Rutgers University
Award in Creative Writing (1974) and a PA State Council on the Arts Fellowship Award in Painting (1992).
- 8:00 PM: The Writers House community welcomes eminent novelist,
story-writer, and memorist Max Apple. Reading, discussion and
reception.
Max Apple's award-winning collection of stories, The Oranging of America
and Other Stories (1976) startled readers with its brilliant, moving
satire
of American life. Howard Johnson (the motel man) travels across the country
in search of new sites for his orange roofs. There's a murder on a daytime
television game show. Fidel Castro toes the rubber on a pitcher's mound.
The Oranging of America amazed reviewers ("ethereal and moving... Howard
Johnson is God, but don't push it," wrote Elliot Fremont-Smith in New York)
and Max Apple has been amazing readers and critics ever since. He has been
called "a fantasist of the first rank." Zip, a Novel of the Left and the
Right, in which Ira Goldstein, managing a middleweight named Jesus,
falls
in with such giants of zip as Jane Fonda, Tom Hayden, Fidel Castro (again!)
and J. Edgar Hoover, was published by Viking in 1987. A play, Trotsky's Bar
Mitzvah, was produced in 1983. Roommates, Max's grandfather's story,
and I
Love Gootie, his grandmother's, were published in 1994 and 1998. And
more,
including stories published regularly in Esquire, an introduction to
L.
Frank Baum's Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, and "Caring for
the Older
Dog" in the New York Times Magazine.
Now Max Apple has come to Philadelphia -- and to Penn. He will teach
writing
workshops as a member of the English department's creative writing faculty.
(This semester he teaches "Advanced Fiction Writing" Thursday afternoons
in the small seminar room of the House.) And we are very pleased that he
has joined the writers and teachers and students and friends of writing at
the Kelly Writers House who call our house a literary home away from home.
To hear a recording of this event in mp3 format, click here.
- 10:30-12:00 noon in Room 209: English 003.314: Literature and Society (Stephanie Harzewski: sharzews@english)
- 1:30-3 PM in Arts Cafe: Al Filreis office hours for Holocaust course
- 1:30-3:00 PM in Room 202: English 197.009.301: Writing About Narrative (Gautier)
- 1:30-4:00 PM in Room 209: English 145 (Hendrickson)
- 9:00 in Room 202: Punch Bowl Magazine Meeting (contact Jesse at jessef2@sas.upenn.edu for details)
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Wednesday, 9/26
- 8:00 PM: Speakeasy: Poetry, Prose, and Anything Goes, an open mic performance night. All are welcome!
- 10:00-11:00 AM in Room 202: English 260: Linguistics: Writing About Narrative (Labov)
- 12:00-3:00 PM in Room 209: English 589.301: Modern and Contemporary American Poetry (Filreis)
- 2:00-5:00 PM in Room 202: English 155.301: Writing in the Documentary Tradition (Paul Hendrickson)
- 7:00-8:00 PM in Room 209: Penn Review Literary Magazine (Stephanie Langin-Hooper: smlangin@sas.upenn.edu)
- 8:00 PM in Room 202: Film Studies Advisory Board (Marc Brunswick: marcab@sas.upenn.edu)
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Thursday, 9/27
- 5:00-7:00 PM: Afro-American Studies presents "Book Talk" on Thicker Than Blood: How Race Statistics Lie, by Dr. Tukufu Zuberi, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Afro-American Studies Program at the University of Pennsylvania. Book signing and reception to follow.
- 7:30 PM: Penn ACLU presents a Banned Books Week event: "Censorship in our schools: a look at how censors try to restict the written word."
- 10:30-12:00 noon in Room 209: English 003.314: Literature and Society (Stephanie Harzewski: sharzews@english)
- 1:30-3:00 PM in Room 202: English 197.009.301: Writing About Narrative (Gautier)
- 1:30-4:30 PM in Room 209: English 115: Advanced Fiction Writing (M. Apple)
- 8 PM in Room 209: Philosophy Circle: a group that meets weekly throughout the semester (Geoff Anders: ganders@wharton.upenn.edu)
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Friday, 9/28
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Saturday, 9/29
- 3:00 PM: Laughing Hermit Reading Series: A very special group meeting of area graduates of the Warren Wilson MFA Writing program--An afternoon of poetry by graduates with local poet Eleanor Wilner, who has been associated with Warren Wilson's program for many years. The readers include: Katherine Barham, Mary Lynn Ellis, Ken Hart, Charles Mann Elaine Terranova & J. C. Todd
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Sunday, 9/30
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.