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All events take place at the Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk, Philadelphia (U of P).
Saturday, 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.
Sunday, 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.
Monday, 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.
Tuesday, 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.
Wednesday, 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.
Thursday, 1/6
- CPCW TRAINING: Arts Cafe 9 am to 4 pm
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.
Fridayday, 1/7
- CPCW TRAINING: Arts Cafe 9 am to 4 pm
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, 1/8
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, 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.
Monday, 1/10
- Spring classes begin
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.
- 10-11:00 AM in Room 202: English 125.305 with JC Hallman (JCHallman1@aol.com)
- 11-12:00 AM in Room 202: English 001.304 with JC Hallman (JCHallman1@aol.com)
- 1-2:00 PM in Room 202: Anthropology 009.303 with Brad Hafford (whafford@sas.upenn.edu)
- 2-5:00 PM in the Arts Cafe: English 274.301 with Al Filreis (afilreis@writing.upenn.edu)
- 2-5:00 PM in Room 202: English 116.401 with Marc Lapadula (lapadula@english.upenn.edu)
- 2-5:00 PM in Room 209: English 112.301 with Karen Rile (krile@english.upenn.edu)
- 6-8:00 PM in Room 202: 34th Street Poets Meeting
Tuesday, 1/11
- 12:30-1:30 PM in the Dining Room: CPCW Faculty Roundtable Brown Bag Lunch Meeting
- 4:30 PM in the Arts Cafe: "The Afrofuturism of DJ Vassa," a talk by Paul Youngquist. Co-sponsored by The Eighteenth Century Reading Group.
Paul Youngquist teaches English at Penn State. He publishes on British Romanticism, Science Fiction, and Black Music. His most recent book is Monstrosities: Bodies and British Romanticism (University of Minnesota Press, 2003).
Downlod a recording of this event 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.
- 9-10:30 AM in Room 202: English 270 with Yoland Padilla (amparo@sas.upenn.edu)
- 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM in Room 202: English 110.301 with Jennifer Snead (jsnead@writing.upenn.edu)
- 12-1:30 PM in Room 202: English 003.301 with Lydia Fisher (lydiaf@sas.upenn.edu)
- 1:30-4:30 PM in Room 209: English 145.301 with Paul Hendrickson (phendric@english.upenn.edu)
- 1:30-4:30 PM in Room 202: English 115.301 Advanced Fiction Writing with Max Apple
- 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).
- 8:00 PM in Room 202: Write On!/Lea Elementary School Coaches' Meeting. For more information contact Paul Townsend (ptownsen@sas.upenn.edu) or Elaine Braithwaite (ebraithw@sas.upenn.edu).
Wednesday, 1/12
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.
- 10-11:00 AM in Room 202: English 125.305 with JC Hallman (JCHallman1@aol.com)
- 11-12:00 AM in Room 202: English 001.304 with JC Hallman (JCHallman1@aol.com)
- 1-2:00 PM in Room 202: Anthropology 009.303 with Brad Hafford (whafford@sas.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 115.302 with Lorene Cary (lorene.cary@verizon.net)
Thursday, 1/13
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.
- 9-10:30 AM in Room 202: English 270 with Yoland Padilla (amparo@sas.upenn.edu)
- 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM in Room 202: English 110.301 with Jennifer Snead (jsnead@writing.upenn.edu
- 12-1:30 PM in Room 202: English 003.301 with Lydia Fisher (lydiaf@sas.upenn.edu)
- 1:30-4:30 PM Room 202: English 010.301 with Tom Devaney (tdevaney@writing.upenn.edu)
- 1:30-4:30 PM Room 209: English 112.302 with Diane McKinney-Whetstone (whetstones@comcast.net)
- 8:00 PM in Room 202: Write On!/Penn Alexander School Coaches' Meeting. For more information contact Danielle Rosenblatt (dmrosenb@sas.upenn.edu) or Jamie Alter (jlalter@sas.upenn.edu).
Friday, 1/14
- 3:00 - 5:00 PM throughout the House: Write On! with students from the Lea Elementary School
Write On! brings eighth graders from the Lea Elementary School to the Writers House on Friday afternoons to work with Penn undergraduate volunteers on creative writing skills and activities. For more information contact Elaine Braithwaite (ebraithw@sas.upenn.edu) or Paul Townsend (ptownsen@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.
- 10-11:00 AM in Room 202: English 125.305 with JC Hallman (JCHallman1@aol.com)
- 11-12:00 AM in Room 202: English 001.304 with JC Hallman (JCHallman1@aol.com)
- 1-2:00 PM in Room 202: Anthropology 009.303 with Brad Hafford (whafford@sas.upenn.edu)
Saturday, 1/15
- Writers House Closed
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, 1/16
- Writers House Closed
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, 1/17
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - Writers House Closed
In honor of the Martin Luther King, Jr. national holiday, the Writers House will be closed today. But we encourage all members of our community to support Penn's University-wide Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Symposium on Social Change by making today "a day on, and not a day off" and using a portion of it to participate in one of the several volunteer projects offered by the University. For more information about those projects, 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.
Tuesday, 1/18
- 7:00-8:00 PM in the Dining Room: Write On!/Penn Alexander Coaches' Meeting
Write On!/Penn Alexander brings Penn undergraduate volunteers to the Writers House on Saturday afternoons to work with 8th graders from the Penn Alexander School on creative writing skills. For more information contact Danielle Rosenblatt at dmrosenb@sas.upenn.edu or Jamie Alter at jlalter@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.
- 9-10:30 AM in Room 202: English 270 with Yoland Padilla (amparo@sas.upenn.edu)
- 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM in Room 202: English 110.301 with Jennifer Snead (jsnead@writing.upenn.edu)
- 12-1:30 PM in Room 202: English 003.301 with Lydia Fisher (lydiaf@sas.upenn.edu)
- 1:30-4:30 PM in Room 209: English 145.301 with Paul Hendrickson (phendric@english.upenn.edu)
- 1:30-4:30 PM in Room 202: English 115.301 Advanced Fiction Writing with Max Apple
- 6-8:00 PM in Room 202: A special session of Suppose An Eyes, a poetry workshop, with high school students from Tamaqua, Pennsylvania. For more information, please contact Pat Green (patgreen@vet.upenn.edu)
- 6 PM: Marx Reading Group in Room 209.
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Wednesday, 1/19
- 3:00-5:00 PM in the Arts Cafe: Interviews for The Nora Magid Mentorship Prize
- 6:00-7:00 PM in the Arts Cafe: Write On!/Lea School Coaches' Meeting
Write On!/Lea School brings Penn undergraduate volunteers to the Writers House on Friday afternoons to work with eighth graders from the Lea Elementary School on creative writing skills. For more information contact Elaine Braithwaite at ebraithw@sas.upenn.edu or Paul Townsend at ptownsen@sas.upenn.edu.
- 8:00 PM: Speakeasy: Poetry, Prose, and Anything Goes, an open mic performance night. All are welcome! For more information, email askspeakeasy@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.
- 10-11:00 AM in Room 202: English 125.305 with JC Hallman (JCHallman1@aol.com)
- 11-12:00 AM in Room 202: English 001.304 with JC Hallman (JCHallman1@aol.com)
- 1-2:00 PM in Room 202: Anthropology 009.303 with Brad Hafford (whafford@sas.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 115.302 with Lorene Cary (lorene.cary@verizon.net)
- 5-9:00 PM in Room 209: Interviews for The Nora Magid Mentorship Prize
- 5:15-7:15 PM in Room 202: The Eighteenth-Century Reading Group. For more information contact Jared Richman at richman@english.upenn.edu.
Thursday, 1/20
- 8:30 - 10:00 PM in Room 209: Introductory meeting for In Words: A Journaling Group!
In Words: A Journaling Group is a gathering dedicated to practicing journaling as a community. We will write together in a number of games and activities, and discuss how journaling feeds into our other writing and our lives. Students and the larger community are welcome. If you have any interest in journaling, come check us out. Please contact gpotts@sas.upenn.edu for more information.
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.
- 9-10:30 AM in Room 202: English 270 with Yoland Padilla (amparo@sas.upenn.edu)
- 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM in Room 202: English 110.301 with Jennifer Snead (jsnead@writing.upenn.edu
- 12-1:30 PM in Room 202: English 003.301 with Lydia Fisher (lydiaf@sas.upenn.edu)
- 1:30-4:30 PM Room 202: English 010.301 with Tom Devaney (tdevaney@writing.upenn.edu)
- 1:30-4:30 PM Room 209: English 112.302 with Diane McKinney-Whetstone (whetstones@comcast.net)
- 5-6:00 PM in Room 209: Fellows Reading Group will discuss Roger Angell's Game Time.
- 8:30-10:00 PM in Room 209: Introductory meeting for A Journaling Group
Friday, 1/21
- 3:00 - 5:00 PM throughout the House: Write On! with students from the Lea Elementary School
Write On! brings eighth graders from the Lea Elementary School to the Writers House on Friday afternoons to work with Penn undergraduate volunteers on creative writing skills and activities. For more information contact Elaine Braithwaite (ebraithw@sas.upenn.edu) or Paul Townsend (ptownsen@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.
- 10-11:00 AM in Room 202: English 125.305 with JC Hallman (JCHallman1@aol.com)
- 11-12:00 AM in Room 202: English 001.304 with JC Hallman (JCHallman1@aol.com)
- 1-2:00 PM in Room 202: Anthropology 009.303 with Brad Hafford (whafford@sas.upenn.edu)
- 8:00 PM in Room 209: BSU Meeting
Saturday, 1/22
- 1:00-3:00 PM throughout the House: Write On! with students from the Penn Alexander School
Write On! brings eighth graders from the Penn Alexander School to the Writers House on Saturday afternoons to work with Penn undergraduate volunteers on creative writing skills and activities. For more information contact Jamie Alter (jlalter@sas.upenn.edu) or Danielle Rosenblatt (dmrosenb@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.
Sunday, 1/23
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, 1/24
- 12:00-1:30 PM in the Arts Cafe: Hearing the Words: A Panel Discussion on Sermons in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., featuring guests William Gipson, Elizabeth Terry, Dr. Therman Evans, Ann Colley, and Leslie Callahan. Presented as part of Penn's university-wide Dr.Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Symposium on Social Change. RSVP to wh@writing.upenn.edu.
Rev. William Gipson is Chaplain of the University of Pennsylvania.
Elizabeth Terry is executive director of the award-winning magazine The Other Side --a progressive Christian magazine dedicated to the social justice ministry of Jesus. Her consulting firm, NIAwork focuses on helping organizations grow to reach their true purpose. She has been affiliated with local, state and national organizations that advocate for and serve traditionally underserved populations. Elizabeth is a member of The First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia.
Rev. Therman Evans is pastor of Morningstar Community Tabernacle Church in Linden, NJ, a leader in community revitalization and a nationally known speaker on wellness. He is the former VP of Cigna in Philadelphia.
Ann Colley is Program Coordinator of Penn's Christian Association and an Intern Seminarian. She is a candidate for a Masters of Divinity at Lutheran Theological Seminary of Philadelphia (LTSP). She is Assistant Servant Leader on the street evangelism ministery and an intern counselor in the pastoral care and Christian counseling ministry. She facilitates campus anti-racism dialogue groups on campus, and also teaches courses that focus on communication and diversity issues. Ann also holds an MBA from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana.
Leslie Callahan is Assistant Professor of American Religious History and African American Religion in the Religion Department at the University of Pennsylvania.
Download a recording of this event 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.
- 10-11:00 AM in Room 202: English 125.305 with JC Hallman (JCHallman1@aol.com)
- 11-12:00 AM in Room 202: English 001.304 with JC Hallman (JCHallman1@aol.com)
- 1-2:00 PM in Room 202: Anthropology 009.303 with Brad Hafford (whafford@sas.upenn.edu)
- 2-5:00 PM in the Arts Cafe: English 274.301 with Al Filreis (afilreis@writing.upenn.edu)
- 2-5:00 PM in Room 202: English 116.401 with Marc Lapadula (lapadula@english.upenn.edu)
- 2-5:00 PM in Room 209: English 112.301 with Karen Rile (krile@english.upenn.edu)
- 6-8:00 PM in Room 202: 34th Street Poets Meeting
Tuesday, 1/25
- 12:30 - 2:00 PM in the Arts Cafe: A lunchtime conversation on academic publishing with Gordon Hutner, cosponsored by the Americanist Reading Group, the Critical Writing Program, and the Graduate Humanities Forum. Please RSVP to wh@writing.upenn.edu
Gordon Hutner grew up in New Jersey, went to Kenyon College and took his Ph.D at the University of Virginia. In 1989, he founded the academic journal, American Literary History, which he continues to edit. He has written and edited books and articles on 19th- and 20th-century American fiction, immigrant writing, Jewish-American literature, and literary history. He has taught at the University of Wisconsin, Cornell, University of Kentucky, and the University of Illinois, where he is currently Professor of American Literature. He has also taught at universities in Belgium and has lectured in many countries on US writing and culture.
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.
- 9-10:30 AM in Room 202: English 270 with Yoland Padilla (amparo@sas.upenn.edu)
- 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM in Room 202: English 110.301 with Jennifer Snead (jsnead@writing.upenn.edu)
- 12-1:30 PM in Room 202: English 003.301 with Lydia Fisher (lydiaf@sas.upenn.edu)
- 1:30-4:30 PM in Room 209: English 145.301 with Paul Hendrickson (phendric@english.upenn.edu)
- 1:30-4:30 PM in Room 202: English 115.301 Advanced Fiction Writing with Max Apple
- 5:00-6:30 PM in Room 202: The Americanist Reading Group meets, with guest Gordon Hutner.
- 6-7:00 in Room 209: Penn Review Meeting.
Wednesday, 1/26
- 6:00 PM: "The Mind of Winter": a Writers House Planning Committee ("Hub") gathering
Each January the Writers House hub beats the midwinter doldrums with a community celebration of wintry writing and warming food. To read about previous "Mind of Winter" celebrations, click here. (For more information about the "hub" or to RSVP, write to wh@writing.upenn.edu.)
Listen to segmented recording of this program 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.
- 10-11:00 AM in Room 202: English 125.305 with JC Hallman (JCHallman1@aol.com)
- 11-12:00 AM in Room 202: English 001.304 with JC Hallman (JCHallman1@aol.com)
- 1-2:00 PM in Room 202: Anthropology 009.303 with Brad Hafford (whafford@sas.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 115.302 with Lorene Cary (lorene.cary@verizon.net)
- 6:30-8:00 PM in Room 202: Lacan Study Group meeting
Thursday, 1/27
- 12-1:00 PM in the Dining Room: Lunch Poets presents a lunch and conversation with Writers House Program Coordinator and Creative Writing Lecturer Tom Devaney. RSVP required to wh@writing.upenn.edu.
Tom Devaney is author of Letters to Ernesto Neto (Germ Folios, 2004), a collection of letters written to the Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto and The American Pragmatist Fell in Love (Banshee Press, 1999). A Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Pennsylvania, Devaney is coordinator of the Kelly Writers House and produces the monthly radio show "Live," on 88.5-FM WXPN. In the summer 2004 he conducted a series of tours of the Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site called "The Empty House," for the Institute of Contemporary Art's show "The Big Nothing." Devaney's poetry has appeared in The American Poetry Review, in the anthology American Poetry: The Next Generation (Carnegie Mellon) and has been translated into French and published in Arsenal, Java, Poesie, and Double Change. He is a regular free-lance writer for The Philadelphia Inquirer and his prose has been published in The Boston Review, Jacket, and Poets & Writers Magazine. Devaney holds his MFA in Creative Writing from Brooklyn College where he was a student of Allen Ginsberg.
Listen to recordings of the event:
- 3:00-4:30 PM: Talk Poets meet in the Arts Cafe and Dining Room.
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.
- 9-10:30 AM in Room 202: English 270 with Yoland Padilla (amparo@sas.upenn.edu)
- 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM in Room 202: English 110.301 with Jennifer Snead (jsnead@writing.upenn.edu
- 12-1:30 PM in Room 202: English 003.301 with Lydia Fisher (lydiaf@sas.upenn.edu)
- 1:30-4:30 PM Room 202: English 010.301 with Tom Devaney (tdevaney@writing.upenn.edu)
- 1:30-4:30 PM Room 209: English 112.302 with Diane McKinney-Whetstone (whetstones@comcast.net)
- 7:30 PM in Room 209: Introductory meeting for Jabberwocky, a children's writing group. For more information contact Martha Cooney at mcooney@sas.upenn.edu.
- 8:00 PM in Room 202: BSU Meeting
Friday, 1/28
- 3:00 - 5:00 PM throughout the House: Write On! with students from the Lea Elementary School
Write On! brings eighth graders from the Lea Elementary School to the Writers House on Friday afternoons to work with Penn undergraduate volunteers on creative writing skills and activities. For more information contact Elaine Braithwaite (ebraithw@sas.upenn.edu) or Paul Townsend (ptownsen@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.
- 10-11:00 AM in Room 202: English 125.305 with JC Hallman (JCHallman1@aol.com)
- 11-12:00 AM in Room 202: English 001.304 with JC Hallman (JCHallman1@aol.com)
- 1-2:00 PM in Room 202: Anthropology 009.303 with Brad Hafford (whafford@sas.upenn.edu)
Saturday, 1/29
- 1:00-3:00 PM throughout the House: Write On! with students from the Penn Alexander School
Write On! brings eighth graders from the Penn Alexander School to the Writers House on Saturday afternoons to work with Penn undergraduate volunteers on creative writing skills and activities. For more information contact Jamie Alter (jlalter@sas.upenn.edu) or Danielle Rosenblatt (dmrosenb@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.
Sunday, 1/30
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.
- 8-10:00 PM in Room 202: Fellows class movie screening.
Monday, 1/31
- 8:00 PM in the Arts Cafe: LIVE at the Writers House will tape in the Arts Cafe, "Cross-Town Traffic Show" featuring a cross-section of Philadelphia writers: Pattie McCarthy, J.C. Hallman, Octavia McBride-Ahebee, Ian Keenan, William Esposito, and musical guest Cynthia Mason. "Live at the Writers House" is made possible through the generous support of BigRoc.
Pattie McCarthy is the author of Verso (2004) and bk of (h)rs (2002), both from Apogee Press. Her work has recently appeared in The Poetry Project Newsletter, Kiosk, P-Queue, and The Tangent. She lives in Philadelphia and teaches at Temple University.
J.C. Hallman attended the graduate writing programs at the University of Iowa and Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of THE CHESS ARTIST, recently released in paperback, and THE GOD VARIATIONS, which is forthcoming from Random House. His work has appeared in GQ, The Los Angeles Times Book Review, Boulevard, Prairie Schooner, and a number of other publications.
Octavia McBride-Ahebee is a writer of poetry, short stories and plays. Born in Philadelphia, she lived for nine years in Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa. A former reporter for The Philadelphia Tribune, her literary work has appeared in such books and journals as It Is Time For Change; Speeches of William R. Tolbert, The Beloit Poetry Journal, International Quarterly, and Writers Against War. Educated at Williams College and Cheyney University, McBride-Ahebee's debut collection of poetry, Assuming Voices, is published by Lit Pot Press.
Ian Keenan is a frequent contributor to Exquisite Corpse and has made the 16mm films Nemesis and The Marbles. He is six years into his Künstlerroman and during that time has attempted to write nothing else, an arrangement he does not recommend.
Will Esposito is an editor of Hinchas de Poesia, a translation and poetry arts project based in NYC. His poetry has appeared in The Antioch Review, The Gettysburg Review, LIT, Goodfoot and many other journals. He is currently working on a doctorate in literature at Temple University, where he teaches creative writing.
Cynthia G. Mason's haunting voice, razor-sharp insight, and delicate guitar-work create a mood not unlike that of Philadelphia itself--a mix of melancholy and hope. Her unique songwriting and captivating live performances have earned her both local and national praise. Performing Songwriter Magazine called her self-titled CD "startlingly intimate, confessional, indicting, personal and fierce."” Time Out New York wrote that "her graceful, understated songs frequently awed clubs full of noisy chatterers into silence." The Philadelphia City Paper not only nominated Cynthia as the Best Female Vocalist in the city, but they recently put her on the cover of their music issue. The cover story detailed her experiences working as an independent musician and starting her own record label Spiderwoman Records. She is currently recording new material for her next album and performing with guitarist Larry D. Brown, who plays in the vein of John Fahey, and who is also plagued with a middle initial.
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.
- 10-11:00 AM in Room 202: English 125.305 with JC Hallman (JCHallman1@aol.com)
- 11-12:00 AM in Room 202: English 001.304 with JC Hallman (JCHallman1@aol.com)
- 1-2:00 PM in Room 202: Anthropology 009.303 with Brad Hafford (whafford@sas.upenn.edu)
- 2-5:00 PM in the Arts Cafe: English 274.301 with Al Filreis (afilreis@writing.upenn.edu)
- 2-5:00 PM in Room 202: English 116.401 with Marc Lapadula (lapadula@english.upenn.edu)
- 2-5:00 PM in Room 209: English 112.301 with Karen Rile (krile@english.upenn.edu)
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