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All events take place at the Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk, Philadelphia (U of P).
Wednesday, 5/1
- 7:00 PM: A reading by memoirist/nonfiction writer Mimi Schwartz.
Mimi Schwartz teaches and writes autobiography, memoir, and creative nonfiction. Her new book, Thoughts from a Queen-Sized Bed, is a lively personal account of sharing a life--what you get and give up for that commitment. Her work has appeared in The Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine, The New York Times, Creative Nonfiction, Fourth Genre, Tikkun, and Calyx, among others. Five of her essays have been Notables in Best American Essays, including three from her new book. Her other books include Writing from Many Roles; Under Age; and Writer's Craft, Teacher's Art. She is Professor of Writing at Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, on the faculty of the Winter Poetry and Prose Getaway in Cape May, and is a Geraldine R. Dodge Fellow for 2001-2002.
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, 5/2
- 6:00 PM: First book reading: poet Deirdre O'Connor and fiction writer Lisa Borders
Deirdre O'Connor grew up in Pittsburgh and currently lives on a farm in Winfield, Pennsylvania. Her book, Before the Blue Hour, received the Cleveland State Poetry Prize in 2001. Her work has appeared in many journals, including Poetry, Hayden's Ferry Review, River City, and Xconnect. She has received an individual artist's grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, an Academy of American Poets Prize, and other awards. She teaches in the Bucknell University Writing Center and in the Bucknell Seminar for Younger Poets. Deirdre's introduction was written by Teresa Leo.
Lisa Borders recently won River City Publishing's Fred Bonnie Memorial Award for Best First Novel, and her book, Cloud Cuckoo Land -- chosen by contest judge Pat Conroy -- will be published in September 2002. She has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and her short stories have appeared in Northeast Corridor, Washington Square, Black Warrior Review, Xconnect and other journals, with a new story forthcoming in the Crescent Review. She has received grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the Somerville Arts Council and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, and residencies at Hedgebrook and the Blue Mountain Center. She lives in Somerville, Massachusetts, where she teaches creative writing at the adult education level and works as a cytotechnologist -- screening cellular samples for abnormalities -- in a private laboratory. She was introduced by Tahneer Oksman
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, 5/3
- Last day of Final Exams
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, 5/4
- 4:00 PM: Laughing Hermit Reading Series presents David Dodd Lee and Robin Hiteshew.
David Dodd Lee is the author of three books of poems: Arrow Pointing North (Four Way Books, 2002), Wilderness (March Street Press, 2000), and Downsides of Fish Culture (New Issues Press, 1997). He has published poems and essays in CutBank, Many Mountains Moving, The Quarterly, American Literary Review, Prairie Schooner, Quarterly West, and elsewhere. He has been poetry editor for Passages North and Third Coast Magazine, Western Michigan University's literary magazine, where he received the MFA in creative writing in 1993, and a BFA in painting in 1986. He has worked as a park ranger, fisheries technician, papermaker, and in Redistribution in a hospital. He has also taught English, Creative Writing, and Art History at Western Michigan University, where he is now Associate Editor of New Issues Press. He is currently working as a freelance editor and as an art, television and movie critic for the Kalamazoo Gazette.
Robin Hiteshew lives in Philadelphia and attended Temple and Case Western Reserve Universities. He studied writing with Henry Braun. His chapbook, A Germantown Sequence, was published in 1996. He has published in journals and has poetry forthcoming in One Trick Pony. He also recently published in an Irish journal, Dearcadh. In January 1998 he established the Laughing Hermit Press and the Laughing Hermit Reading and Poetry Series in Philadelphia. He also is an avid photographer.
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, 5/5
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Monday, 5/6
- 4:00-6:00 PM: A creative writing reading by juniors and seniors in the Penn-Edison group from Edison High School, hosted by Elizabeth Williamson
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| Edison-Fareira High School students at the Writers House, reading poetry (click on image for a larger view) |
- 5:15 PM in Room 202: Penn & Pencil Club
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, 5/7
- Quiet days at the Writers House.
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, 5/8
- Quiet days at the Writers House.
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, 5/9
- Quiet days at the Writers House.
- 4:00 PM in the Arts Cafe: A reading by students from the Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA), hosted by Lorene Cary
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, 5/10
- 3:30-5:00PM: Gazette Centennial: Readings from the past 100 years of The Pennsylvania Gazette
- 3:30 PM in Room 209: Suppose an Eyes: A poetry working group (Paige Menton: menski@sprynet.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.
Saturday, 5/11
- Alumni Day
- 9:00-10:30 AM: Brunch for the women of the class of 1942
- 10:30-11:00 AM: Class of 1942 gift
celebration
In May 2002, Penn's Class of 1942, celebrating its 60th reunion year,
visited the Kelly Writers House.
As part of its 60th reunion gift, the class pledged to support the
complete renovation of the garden at
the Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk. Below is a draft plan for the
renovation. Click on the photo to the
right to see
plans for the garden renovation and
photographs taken during the reunion meeting to discuss
the garden with Class of 1942
Professor and Faculty Dirctor of the Writers House, Al Filreis.
- 4:00-5:15 PM: Gallery opening and reception featuring the work of
Gerard DiFalco, Marianne Phillips, and Joseph Fraser III.
Gerard DiFalco, Jackson Pollock/Lee Krasner Fellow: "The Pain Quartet," a series of four new acrylic and animal bone mixed-media pieces making their debut. Marianne Phillips: "Remnants," abstracted architectural remnants with the imagery dissolved to varying degrees. Joseph T. Fraser III: “Constructions,” five wall/table sculptures that engage the eye's relationship to 3D geometrical shapes.
- 5:30 PM: SENIOR CAPSTONE PROGRAM:
Marc Brunswick, Susie Cook, Allie D'Augustine,
Sharon Male, Liz Rahaim, Michael Schwartz,
Gina Simoncini, and Rachel Suntheimer.
Help the Kelly Writers House community celebrate these eight very talented seniors at 5:30 PM on May 11, 2002, at 3805 Locust Walk. A reception will be followed by a short program. Each year we ask a small group of graduating seniors who have been closely affiliated with the Writers House community to let us honor them in a program we call "the senior capstone." This year again Writers House-affiliated seniors will present their work, read briefly from their writing, or informally express thanks to friends and family and Writers House people for support and will informally sum up their time at Penn. Click here to view a few photos from the 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, 5/12
- 11:00 PM: Live at the Writers House airs on 88.5 WXPN
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, 5/13
- Commencement (The Writers is open for visitors, although no programs will take place.)
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Tuesday, 5/14
- Writers House closed for programs until early September.
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Wednesday, 5/15
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Thursday, 5/16
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Friday, 5/17
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Saturday, 5/18
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Sunday, 5/19
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Monday, 5/20
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Tuesday, 5/21
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Wednesday, 5/22
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Thursday, 5/23
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Friday, 5/24
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Saturday, 5/25
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Sunday, 5/26
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Monday, 5/27
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Tuesday, 5/28
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Wednesday, 5/29
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Thursday, 5/30
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Friday, 5/31
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