The Reading Series
1905 - 2009: Celebrating 105 Years of Creativity
Spring 2009 Centennial Plus Five Reading Series
Since 1905 when Cornell University first taught creative writing courses as part of the English Department’s curriculum, some of America's most important writers and poets have graduated or taught at Cornell in the last fifty years. Among the writers who walked within the walls of Goldwin Smith are E.B. White, Thomas Pynchon, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., A.R. Ammons, Vladimir Nabokov, Lorrie Moore, Susan Choi, Pulitzer Prize winners Alison Lurie and Junot Díaz, and Nobel Laureates Toni Morrison and Pearl Buck. The Creative Writing Program is pleased to announce its Spring 2009 Centennial Plus Five Reading Series. We will be celebrating 105 years of creativity throughout the 2009 calendar year, highlighting our famous but also lesser-known writers and to underscore the significant contribution Cornell University’s Creative Writing Program has had in American and World literatures.
ALL EVENTS ARE FREE and open to the public.
These events are made possible by the generosity of two anonymous donors who are alumni of Cornell University.
Go to the new Writers at Cornell blog to listen to J.Robert Lennon’s interviews with our visiting writers: http://writersatcornell.blogspot.com
February 20th Centennial Reading
- When: Friday 7:30 pm
- Location: Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall
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- Featuring
- Melissa Bank, Fiction Writer
- Junot Díaz, Fiction Writer
- Julie Schumacher, Fiction Writer
February 26th Centennial Reading
- When: Thursday 4:30 pm
- Location: Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall
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- Featuring
- Emily Rosko, Poet
- Helen Schulman, Fiction Writer
- Lisa Steinman, Poet
March 4th Cornell Scholars on Cornell Writers
- When: Wednesday 4:30 pm
- Location: Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall
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- Featuring
- Roger Gilbert on A. R. Ammons and his influence on Alice Fulton and Kenneth McClane
- Molly Hite on Thomas Pynchon
- Mary Pat Brady on Manuel Muñoz and Loida Maritza Perez
March 26th State Theatre Community Reading
- When: Thursday 7:30 pm
- Location: State Theatre, 107 W. State St, Ithaca, NY
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- Short readings featuring over 20 local fiction writers and poets.
April 1st Publication Party
- When: Thursday 4:30 pm
- Location: Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall
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- Celebrating the publication of new books by Kenneth McClane, Jonathan Monroe, J. Robert Lennon and Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon
April 16th Centennial Reading
- When: Thursday 4:30 pm
- Location: Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall
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- Featuring
- Stewart O’Nan, Fiction Writer
- Crystal Williams, Poet
- A. Manette Ansay, Fiction Writer
Stay Tuned...PRI’s celebrated Selected Shorts is coming to Cornell in Spring 2009!
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- Featuring noted theatre artists reading from Cornell authors’ works
- These events are made possible by the generosity of two anonymous donors who are alumni of Cornell University.
» For further information about the Spring 2009 Centennial Reading Series or about on-campus parking, contact Laurel Guy at lrg29@cornell.edu or call (607) 255-6800.