English Department Events
Annual Departmental Events
Spring 2019
Upcoming Events
Thursday, January 31, 7:30 pm, Robert E. Heine Pharmacy Building, Room 172. Visiting Writers Reading Series with Gabrielle Calvocoressi reading from her poetry. There will be a Q&A at 4:30 in WTHR Room 320.
Thursday, February 7, 4:00- 5:00 pm, STEW 302/306. 2019 Books and Coffee presentation. Week 1 - Professor Maren Linett will speak on Stephen Kuusisto's Have Dog Will Travel: A Poet's Journey.
Thursday, February 14, 4:00-5:00 pm, STEW 302/306. 2019 Books and Coffee presentation. Week 2 - Professor Sam Blackmon will speak on Yaa Gyasi's Homegoing.
Thursday, February 21, 4:00-5:00 pm, STEW 302/306. 2019 Books and Coffee presentation. Week 3 - Professor Janet Alsup will speak on Tara Westover's Educated: A Memoir.
Thursday, February 28, 4:00-5:00 pm, STEW 302/306. 2019 Books and Coffee presentation. Week 4 - Professor Brian Leung will speak on Andrew Sean Greer's Less.
Thursday, April 4, 7:30 pm, location TBD. Visiting Writers Reading Series with Tommy Orange reading from his fiction. Sycamore Review Q&A, 4:30 pm, location TBD.
Tuesday, April 9, 9-11:30 and 1-3:30, PMU Ballroom. ICaP showcase with the Purdue Undergraduate Research Conference.
Thursday, April 11, 5:30 pm, North Ballroom, Purdue Memorial Union. Literary Awards Banquet with guest speaker Colson Whitehead. Tickets needed and will go on sale in March of 2019.
Thursday, April 11, 8:00 pm, Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. Reading and book signing by Literary Award's speaker Colson Whitehead. Fee and open to the public.
