Writers@Grinnell, the English department’s reading series, brings to campus writers of all kinds: poets, novelists, memoirists, essayists, radio essayists, columnists, graphic memoirists, playwrights, and short story writers. Believing language to be a dynamic and communal medium, we give its crafted versions the attention they deserve, and we take seriously the importance of diverse perspectives. Recent visitors include African-American and Latino writers, international writers, LGBT writers, blind and deaf writers, bi-polar writers, and writers with mobility impairments. Through the generous support of an anonymous donor, every year we host a distinguished author reading and an interdisciplinary creative writing event. The program is directed by Dean Bakopoulos, Assistant Professor of English.
2012-13 Writers@Grinnell Schedule
Fall dates
- Thursday, September 13, 2012: Reading from Natalie Bakopoulos, Rosenfield Center, Room 101, 8:00 p.m. Roundtable in Rosenfield Center, Room 226, 4:15 p.m.
- Thursday, September 27, 2012: Reading from Sam Tanenhaus, Rosenfield Center, Room 101, 8:00 p.m.
- Thursday, October 4, 2012: Reading from Charles Baxter, Rosenfield Center, Room 101, 8:00 p.m
- Thursday, October 11, 2012: Reading from May-lee Chai '89, Faulconer Gallery, 8:00 p.m. Roundtable in Faulconer Gallery, 4:15 p.m.
- Thursday, November 1, 2012: Reading from Ron Wallace, Rosenfield Center, Room 101, 8:00 p.m. Roundtable in Rosenfield Center, Room 226, 4:15 p.m.
- Sunday, November 11, 2012: Reading from Davy and Peter Rothbart of FOUND magazine, Rosenfield Center, Room 101, 8:00 p.m.
- Thursday, December 6, 2012: Grinnell Review, Rosenfield Center, Room 101, 8:00 p.m.
Spring dates
- Thursday, February 21, 2013: Reading from Andrew Sean Greer, Rosenfield Center, Room 101, 8:00 p.m.
- Thursday, February 28, 2013: Reading from Randa Jarrar, Rosenfield Center, Room 101, 8:00 p.m
- Thursday, March 7, 2013: Reading from Verlyn Klinkenborg, Rosenfield Center, Room 101, 8:00 p.m.
- Thursday, April 4, 2013: Natasha Trethewey, Rosenfield Center, Room 101, 8:00 p.m
- Wednesday, April 10, 2013: Katha Politt (Convocation), Rosenfield Center, Room 101, 12:00 p.m.
- Thursday, April 18, 2013: Madeleine Thein, Faulconer Gallery, 8:00 p.m.
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Thursday, May 2, 2013: Grinnell Review, Faulconer Gallery, 8:00 p.m