Visiting Writers Series
The Creative Writing program is thrilled to announce that National Book Award winner and bestselling author Joyce Carol Oates will be inaugurating our Visiting Writers Series in September 2013.
The University of the Arts' new Visiting Writers Series will feature six acclaimed contemporary writers who will visit campus each year. These distinguished poets, novelists and short story writers will give readings – all of which are free and open to the public – and meet with students in the Creative Writing major to discuss issues of craft and the writing life.
Joyce Carol Oates' reading is co-sponsored by The American Poetry Review and will take place:
Tuesday, September 24
6:30 p.m.
Arts Bank Mainstage
Oates is the author of more than 70 books, including award-winning novels and critically acclaimed short story collections, as well as essays, plays, poetry and a recent memoir, A Widow's Story. Best known for her fiction, Oates' novels include them, which won the National Book Award; Blonde, a bold reimagining of the inner life of Marilyn Monroe; We Were the Mulvaneys, an Oprah's Book Club selection and national bestseller; and her most recent novel, The Accursed. Among her numerous honors are the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction and the National Humanities Medal, awarded by President Barack Obama in 2010. Oates is the Roger S. Berlind Distinguished Professor of the Humanities at Princeton University and has been a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters since 1978.
Upcoming Events
Cole Swensen
Thursday, October 24
7 p.m.
Connelly Auditorium
Cole Swensen is the author of 14 collections of poetry, including her most recent book, Gravesend, a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and her 2004 collection, Goest, a finalist for the National Book Award.
Laura van den Berg
Thursday, November 21
7 p.m.
Connelly Auditorium
Laura van den Berg's first collection of stories, What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us, was a Barnes & Noble “Discover Great New Writers” selection, longlisted for the Story Prize, and shortlisted for the Frank O’Connor International Award. Her second collection of stories, The Isle of Youth, is forthcoming in November.
