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All events take place at the Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk, Philadelphia (U of P).
Thursday, 1/1
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.
Friday, 1/2
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.
Saturday, 1/3
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, 1/4
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, 1/5
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, 1/6
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, 1/7
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, 1/8
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.
Friday, 1/9
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.
Saturday, 1/10
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, 1/11
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, 1/12
- Spring Semester Classes Begin
- Art Gallery exhibit opening:
Nightwalk: Photography by Matthew Kime. Exhibit will remain through January 31, 2003.
- 1-2:00 PM in Room 202: English 003.307 with Darren Jaspan (djaspen@english.upenn.edu)
- 2-5:00 PM in Room 202: English 116.301 with Marc Lapadula (lapadula@dept.english.upenn.edu)
- 2-5:00 PM in Room 209: English 115.302 with Lorene Cary (lorene.cary@verizon.net)
- 2-5:00 PM in Arts Cafe: English 285 with Al Filreis (afilreis@english.upenn.edu)
- 5:30-7:30 PM in Room 202: Penn and Pencil Club. For more information, or to join, contact John Shea at john.shea@uphs.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, 1/13
- 1:30-4:30 PM in Room 202: English 145.301 with Paul Hendrickson (phendric@english.upenn.edu)
- 1:30-4:30 PM in Room 209: English 115.301 with Max Apple (maxapple@dept.english.upenn.edu)
- 6-8:00 PM in Room 209: Suppose An Eyes, a poetry workshop. Any interested in writing poetry is welcome to attend. For more information, please contact Pat Green (patgreen@vet.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.
Wednesday, 1/14
- 8:00 PM: Speakeasy: Poetry, Prose and Anything Goes
- 1-2:00 PM in Room 202: English 003.307 with Darren Jaspan (djaspen@english.upenn.edu)
- 2-5:00 PM in Room 202: English 155.301 with Paul Hendrickson (phendric@english.upenn.edu)
- 2-5:00 PM in Room 209: English 10.302 with Daisy Fried (daisyf1@juno.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.
Thursday, 1/15
- 1:30-4:30 PM in Room 202: English 135.301 with Lorene Cary (lorene.cary@verizon.net)
- 1:30-4:30 PM in Room 209: English 10.301 with Tom Devaney (tdevaney@writing.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, 1/16
- 1-2:00 PM in Room 202: English 003.307 with Darren Jaspan (djaspen@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.
Saturday, 1/17
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, 1/18
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, 1/19
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (observed; no classes)
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, 1/20
- 5:30-7:00 PM: Art Gallery
Reception
NIGHTWALK
Photography by Matthew Kime
January 12th thru January 31st
Curated by Peter Schwarz
- 1:30-4:30 PM in Room 202: English 145.301 with Paul Hendrickson (phendric@english.upenn.edu)
- 1:30-4:30 PM in Room 209: English 115.301 with Max Apple (maxapple@dept.english.upenn.edu)
- 5:15-7:30 PM in Room 209: The Eighteenth Century Reading Group. For more information contact Dahlia Porter or Jared Richman.
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, 1/21
- 4:30 PM: The Poet & Painter Series presents a talk and reading with Susan Bee and Charles Bernstein,
in
collaboration with the
School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania and the Creative
Writing Program.
Susan Bee is an artist, editor, and designer who lives and works in New York City. She shows her paintings at A.I.R. Gallery in New York and has had numerous shows around the country. Bee has published eleven artist’s books, including collaborations with poets: Bed Hangings, with Susan Howe, A Girl’s Life, with Johanna Drucker, and Log Rhythms and Little Orphan Anagram with Charles Bernstein. She is coeditor of M/E/A/N/I/N/G: An Anthology of Artist's Writings, Theory, and Criticism, with writings by over 100 artists, critics, and poets, that was published by Duke University Press in 2000.
Charles Bernstein is a poet, essayist, and Professor of English at Penn. He has collaborated with visual artists Susan Bee and Richard Tuttle. In May 2004, Shadowtime, an opera about Walter Benjamin, with music by Brian Ferneyhough, for which he has written the libretto, will premier at the Munich biennale. His most recent books are Republics of Reality: 1975-1995 (Sun & Moon), With Strings (University of Chicago Press, 2001) and My Way: Speeches and Poems (Chicago, 1999).
- 1-2:00 PM in Room 202: English 003.307 with Darren Jaspan (djaspen@english.upenn.edu)
- 2-5:00 PM in Room 202: English 155.301 with Paul Hendrickson (phendric@english.upenn.edu)
- 2-5:00 PM in Room 209: English 10.302 with Daisy Fried (daisyf1@juno.com)
- 5-7:00 PM in Room 202: Latitudes (a roundtable discussion with Greg Urban)
- 6:30 to 8:00 PM in Room 209: Lacan Study Group. For more information, email lamasc@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, 1/22
- 12:30-1:30 PM in the Arts Cafe: A Lunchtime Reading of Martin Luther King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail" --
RSVP to wh@writing.upenn.edu
The Writers House joins Penn's university-wide celebration of Martin Luther King's life and achievements with a reading of King's classic & moving letter. To read or just to attend, please RSVP to wh@writing.upenn.edu. All are welcome to participate. Lunch provided.
For more events this week commemorating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., click here
- 5:30 PM: "A Mind of Winter": The Writers House Planning Committee's Winter Gathering. To learn more about this event, please see our Mind of Winter page.
- 1:30-4:30 PM in Room 202: English 135.301 with Lorene Cary (lorene.cary@verizon.net)
- 1:30-4:30 PM in Room 209: English 10.301 with Tom Devaney (tdevaney@writing.upenn.edu)
- 7-8:30 PM in Room 202: English 001.307, Reading in the Drawing Room group readings with Myra Lotto (mlotto@dept.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.
Friday, 1/23
- The WATU Training Sessions for the Critical Writing Program in the Arts Cafe and the Dining Room. For more information contact Valerie Ross: vross@writing.upenn.edu
- 1-2:00 PM in Room 202: English 003.307 with Darren Jaspan (djaspen@english.upenn.edu)
- 1:00 PM in Room 209: Talk Poets meeting
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, 1/24
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, 1/25
- 8:00 PM in Room 202: Write On! syllabus planning meeting. For more information email Rachel Kreinces.
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, 1/26
- 8:00 PM: Live at the Writers House featuring Trapeta B. Mayson,
Lamont B. Steptoe, Mark Sacharoff, Maleka Fruean, Daughters of the Diaspora, and musical guest Monica McIntyre will
tape in the Arts Cafe.
Trapeta B. Mayson is a poet and social worker who immigrated from Liberia to the US as a young child and grew up in North Philly and Germantown. She has been writing poetry and reading for nearly 15 years and currently teaches poetry to young students at the Art Sanctuary and hosts the Painted Bride ARTLab monthly for young audiences. Ms. Mayson is a past Callaloo Fellow and a current Cave Canem Fellow She self-published Mocha Melodies in 1998 and has published in several journals. She was the winner of PA Council on the Arts, Poetry 2000 and the Pew Fellowship 2002, poetry. Ms. Mayson is working each day to maintain a sense of peace and happiness.
Lamont B. Steptoe was born and raised in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania. He has lived in Philadelphia the last 33 years and is the author of nine collections of poetry. Steptoe is the founder of Whirlwind Press,a Vietnam veteran and photographer. His collection Uncle's South China Sea Blue Nightmare was just published by Plan B Press. Steptoe has twice been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and was awarded a Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship in 1996, the same year he was declared a Discipline Winner in the Pew Fellowship competition. He has read his work in Nicaragua, The Netherlands and France. His work has appeared in over fifty anthologies.
Mark Sacharoff graduated from Wesleyan University and received his PhD from City University of New York. He has written three novels, five plays, a memoir, and numerous short stories, one of which was published in the anthology, Contemporary American Fiction. He is currently working on a new memoir, My Life As a Beat, and on an adaptation of a Turgenev play, The Bachelor.
Daughters of the Diaspora is a Philadelphia based poetry collective that utilizes spoken word/movement/music to create choreo-poems and informances that promote spiritual, political, and social empowerment and change. One of our primary goals is to produce hard hitting and culturally relevant socio-political poetry informances. Daughters is currently comprised of the WordArt wisdom of Na Tanya' Davina Stewart and Felicia Webster. These two mid-western writers, educators, workshop facilitators and creatives have over 10 years of experience writing, informing and producing works for the stage and community venues.
Maleka Fruean writes poetry/chants and dabbles in journalistic and memoir writing. Born on the island of Samoa, raised in New Jersey, she uses imagery from the Pacific islands to detail and describe life in Philadelphia and beyond. She organized and performed at Ladyfest Philly, and later helped with the Black Women's Arts Festival. She teaches through a Montessori preschool, and uses craft as revolution through the new non-profit "Makin' It Philly: A Skillshare Collective".
MUSICAL GUEST
Monica McIntyre is a talented cellist, vocalist, and lyricist originally from Hyattsville, MD; where she studied classical cello for 11yrs. Being in Philadelphia has introduced Ms. McIntyre to different genres of music such as: jazz, rhythm & blues, folk, funk, blues, and middle-eastern music. Her debut album Blusolaz, was released in October 2003 and incorporates many of these genres. Ms. McIntyre has been featured at: The Black Lily, The 2003 Black Women's Art Festival, and The 2003 Philadelphia Fringe Festival. She is currently being featured in BInformed Magazine, Jan. 5, 2004 Issue, and The Writer Blocks, Jan. 11, 2004 Issue.
- 1-2:00 PM in Room 202: English 003.307 with Darren Jaspan (djaspen@english.upenn.edu)
- 2-5:00 PM in Room 202: English 116.301 with Marc Lapadula (lapadula@dept.english.upenn.edu)
- 2-5:00 PM in Room 209: English 115.302 with Lorene Cary (lorene.cary@verizon.net)
- 2-5:00 PM in Arts Cafe: English 285 with Al Filreis (afilreis@english.upenn.edu)
- 5:00-6:00 PM in Room 202: Write On! Event planning meeting. For more information email Rachel Kreinces.
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, 1/27
- 8:00 PM in the Arts Cafe: Philomel Poetry Slam Competition (For more information, contact Philomel at philomathean.org.)
- 1:30-4:30 PM in Room 202: English 145.301 with Paul Hendrickson (phendric@english.upenn.edu)
- 1:30-4:30 PM in Room 209: English 115.301 with Max Apple (maxapple@dept.english.upenn.edu)
- 6-8:00 PM in Room 209: Suppose An Eyes, a poetry workshop. Any interested in writing poetry is welcome to attend. For more information, please contact Pat Green (patgreen@vet.upenn.edu).
- 6-8:00 PM in Room 202: Preceptorial on J.R.R. Tolkien's Return of the King with Jennifer Snead. For more information contact Albert Shyy.
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, 1/28
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This event is featured in Eric Karlan's NOTES FROM THE GREEN COUCH, a series of summaries and analyses of Writers House events. Click on the image above. 5:30 PM in the Arts Cafe: "All You Need to Know about Writing" --a panel on writing, presented in cooperation with the The Philomathean Society, featuring Charles Bernstein, Deborah Burnham, Paul Hendrickson, Karen Rile, and Robert Strauss. This program was recorded and is now available as free, downloadable MP3 files.
- 8:00 PM: Speakeasy: Poetry, Prose and Anything Goes
- 1-2:00 PM in Room 202: English 003.307 with Darren Jaspan (djaspen@english.upenn.edu)
- 2-5:00 PM in Room 202: English 155.301 with Paul Hendrickson (phendric@english.upenn.edu)
- 2-5:00 PM in Room 209: English 10.302 with Daisy Fried (daisyf1@juno.com)
- 6-7:30 PM in Pub Room: XConnect Meeting
- 7:30 PM in Room 209: Manuck!Manuck! meeting
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, 1/29
- 4:30 PM in the Arts Cafe: A reading by poet Gregory
Orr
Gregory Orr is the author of eight collections of poetry, including two books from Copper Canyon Press: Orpheus and Eurydice: A Lyric Sequence (2000) and The Caged Owl: New and Selected Poems (2003). His fourth book of criticism, Poetry as Survival, was published by the University of Georgia Press in their "Life of Poetry" series, and his childhood memoir, The Blessing, was published in 2002. He has taught at the University of Virginia since 1975, where he is a professor of English and poetry editor for the Virginia Quarterly Review. He is the recipient of a Rockefeller Fellowship from the Institute for Culture and Violence (2000), and the Virginia Prize for Poetry (1984), and his fellowships include those from the National Endowment for the Arts (1978-79 and 1989-90) and from the Guggenheim Foundation (1977-78).
Recordings of this event that have been made available as part of the PENNsound project can be found here. - 9:00 PM: Live at the Writers House will air on WXPN 88.5-FM.
- 1:30-4:30 PM in Room 202: English 135.301 with Lorene Cary (lorene.cary@verizon.net)
- 1:30-4:30 PM in Room 209: English 10.301 with Tom Devaney (tdevaney@writing.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, 1/30
- The WATU Training Sessions for the Critical Writing Program in the Arts Cafe and the Dining Room. For more information contact Valerie Ross: vross@writing.upenn.edu
- 1-2:00 PM in Room 202: English 003.307 with Darren Jaspan (djaspen@english.upenn.edu)
- 9:30 - 1:00 PM in Room 209: Interviews for the Nora Magid Mentorship Prize
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, 1/31
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.