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English Department Events

Annual Departmental Events

Spring 2023 Events 

January 24
Visiting Writers Series presents poets Mary Leader and Don Platt.  Readings from The Distaff Side (2022) and Swansdown (2022).  7:30-8:30 pm via Zoom.

February 2
Books & Coffee 2023 presentations with Dorrie Armstrong speaking on Geraldine Brook's Year of Wonders. Doors open at 3:00 and the talk will run from 4:30-5:00 pm in STEW 302.

February 7
Visiting Writers Series presents fiction writer Antonya Nelson. In person reading, 7:30-8:30 pm, Krannert Auditorium.

February 16
Books & Coffee 2023 presentations with Manushag Powell speaking on Julia Quinn's The Bridgerton Series. Doors open at 3:00 and the talk will run from 4:30-5:00 pm in STEW 302.

February 21
CLA and the Purdue Creative Writing Program welcomes the Thomas H. Scholl Visiting Poet, Jenny Xie, for a virtual reading at 7:30pm on Zoom. OR you can join us for the in-person Watch Party in RAWL1071.

February 23
Books & Coffee 2023 presentations with Nancy Peterson speaking on David Grann's Killers of the Flower Moon. Doors open at 3:00 and the talk will run from 4:30-5:00 pm in STEW 302.

February 28
Visiting Writers Series presents fiction writer Michael Wang.  In person reading from Lost in the Long March (2022). 7:30-8:30 pm Krannert Auditorium. Prior to the reading, Sycamore Review will host a Q&A at 3:30pm in HORT117

March 28
The Purdue Creative Writing Program warmly welcomes Gbenga Adesina for a virtual poetry reading, 7:30 pm on Zoom: http://tinyurl.com/PurdueAdesinaHe will read from a selection of his poetry. 

April 5
Leonora Woodman Memorial Lecture with N. Katherine Hayles speaking on "Cognizing Others: Human Futures with our Nonhuman Symbionts", 4:30pm Krannert Auditorium.  

April 20
The 2023 Literary Awards Reception, Awards Ceremony, and Reading with guest speaker Tracy K. Smith.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
5:00 pm - Reception, North Ballroom, Purdue Memorial Union
5:45 pm - Awards Ceremony, North Ballroom, Purdue Memorial Union

7:30 PM - Reading, Q&A, and book signing, South Ballroom, Purdue Memorial Union
Registration for the Reading will begin in early April - you must register and space is limited.