English Department Events
Fall 2024 Events
Thursday, September 5, 5:00-6:00 pm, Big Read Kick-off Lecture: 5 Things to Know About Aunty Lee's Delights featuring Professor Aparajita Sagar, Hosted by West Lafayette Public Library, 208 W. Columbia Street, West Lafayette.
Tuesday, September 10, 5:45-7:45 pm, Big Read Movie Night: Clue (1985) lead by Carla Rosell, Hosted by Tippecanoe County Public Library, Downtown, 627 South Street, Lafayette.
Wednesday, September 11, 12:00 pm, Big Read Brown Bag Discussion, “Deliciously spicy” is how a critic described Aunty Lee’s Delights by Ovidia Yu. Bring lunch or snacks. We provide the cookies. Join a cozy book chat, Hosted by Tippecanoe County Public Library, Downtown, 627 South Street, Lafayette.
Thursday September 19, 7:30 pm, BRNG 2280, Visiting Writers Series presents a public reading and book signing with Sam Sax. Co-sponsored by the Purdue Jewish Studies and LBGTQ+ Center.
Saturday, September 21, 3:00-5:00 pm, Global Fest, 222 N. Chauney, West Lafayette. Join us for free copies of the Big Read's Aunty Lee’s Delights!
Week of September 22–28, Pop-up Exhibit, Swaim Instructional Center, Purdue Archives & Special Collections, 4th floor of HSSE Library, Stewart Center. Organized by Professor Kristin Leaman (Purdue Libraries) & Professor Adriana Harmeyer (Archives).
Wednesday, October 2, Big Read Podcast # 1: Singaporean Food Culture, featuring: Sarah Jaran, & Dr. Mindy Tan.
Tuesday, October 8, 11:00 am, Big Read: Starting Over: Rediscovering Purpose After Loss of Partner, Hosted by Tippecanoe County Public Library, Downtown, 627 South Street, Lafayette. After losing her husband, Aunty Lee opens a restaurant. Nancy Burton, Area IV Agency on Aging & Community Action, explores life after the loss of a life partner & presents ideas for starting over.
Thursday, October 10, 12:00-1:00 pm, Big Read “Lunch & Learn” on LGBTQ themes in Asian diasporic literature, Purdue Writing Lab, 2nd Floor of Krach Leadership Center, 1198 3rd Street, West Lafayette. Lead by Professor Brian Leung.
Wednesday, October 16, 7:00 pm, Location TBD, Big Read Kahoot Trivia Night: “Detectives in Fiction and Film”
Tuesday, October 22, 6:00 pm, Big Read Book Discussion, Hosted by Tippecanoe County Public Library, Downtown, 627 South Street, Lafayette. The mystery begins when a body washes up on a beach. Is the 2013 novel a “cozy” murder mystery? Does Aunty Lee remind you of Miss Marples? Did insights about Singapore & its LGBT community surprise you? Expect a lively discussion.
Wednesday, October 23, Big Read Podcast #2: Cozy Mysteries, featuring Débora Maria Borba and Matt Morgenstern .
Wednesday, October 23, 7:00-9:00 pm, BRNG 2380, Visiting Writers Series presents a public reading and book signing with Michael Martone. Co-sponsored by Indiana Humanities.
Tuesday, October 29, 5-7 pm, West Lafayette Public Library, Writer's Harvest. Sponsored by GradSEA.
Wednesday, November 6, 7:30 pm, KRAN G016, Visiting Writers Series presents a public reading and book signing with Garnett Kilberg Cohen.
Wednesday, November 13, 4:30 pm, RAWL 2082. Leonora Woodman Lecture Series featuring Robert Dale Parker, Frank Hodgins Professor of American Literature at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, "The Literature of Extreme Poverty in the Great Depression."