Reading Schedule - FALL 2008
Tuesday, August 26
Max Allen Collins
Fiction
7:00 p.m. Prairie Lights
(PL/WW)
Thursday, September 4
Francis Peebles
Fiction
7:00 p.m. Prairie Lights
(PL/WW)
Thursday, September 11
Joshua Barkan
Fiction
7:00 p.m. Prairie Lights
(PL/WW)
Friday, September 12
Franklin Reeve
Poetry
7:00 p.m. Prairie Lights
(PL)
Monday, September 15
Marisa Handler Fiction
7:00 p.m. Prairie Lights
(PL/WW)
Wednesday, September 17
Sana Krasikov
Fiction
7:00 p.m. Prairie Lights
(PL/WW)
Thursday, September 18
Truman Capote Award Ceremony
Champagne reception
4:00 p.m. Old Capitol Senate Chamber
(WW)
Tuesday, September 23
Cate Marvin & Rick Barot
Poetry
7:00 p.m. Prairie Lights
(PL/WW)
Thursday, September 25
Salvadore Scibona
Fiction
7:00 p.m. Prairie Lights
(PL/WW)
Sunday, September 28
Peter Feldstein & Steve Bloom
will present the Oxford Project
7:00 p.m. Englert Theatre
(PL)
Monday, September 29
Curtis Sittenfeld
Fiction
7:00 p.m. Prairie Lights
(PL/WW)
Tuesday, September 30
David Leavitt
Fiction
7:00 p.m. Prairie Lights
(PL)
Monday, October 1
David Weiss & Jim Crenner
Poetry
7:00 p.m. Prairie Lights
(PL/WW)
Tuesday, October 7
Richard Kenney Poetry
7:00 p.m. Frank Conroy Reading Room
(IWP)
Wednesday, October 8
Molly McNett
Fiction
7:00 p.m. Prairie Lights
(PL/WW)
Thursday, October 9
Forrest Gander
Fiction
7:00 p.m. Prairie Lights
(PL)
Friday, October 10
Kimball Smith
Fiction
7:00 p.m. Prairie Lights
(PL/WW)
Monday, October 13
Tom Piazza
Fiction
7:00 p.m. Prairie Lights
(PL/WW)
Tuesday, October 14
John McNally
Fiction
7:00 p.m. Prairie Lights
(PL/WW)
Wednesday, October 15
Michael Cunningham
Fiction
Ida Beam Visiting Professor
5:30 p.m. Van Allen Lecture Room 1
(WW/IWP)
Thursday, October 16
Michael Cunningham
Special Workshop
11:30-1:00 p.m. Frank Conroy Reading Room
(WW)
Friday, October 17
Mary Swander
Prose
7:00 p.m. Prairie Lights
(PL/WW)
Tuesday, October 21
Mary Jo Bang
Poetry
7:00 p.m. Frank Conroy Reading Room
(WW)
Wednesday, October 22
Steve Sherrill
Fiction
7:00 p.m. Prairie Lights
(PL/WW)
Thursday, October 23
Allison Amend
Fiction
7:00 p.m. Prairie Lights
(PL/WW)
Monday, October 27
Henry Dunow Agent
Carlson & Lerner Literary Agency
11:00 a.m. Frank Conroy Reading Room
Will meet with students individually Oct. 27th & 28th
(WW)
Wednesday, October 29
Doug Dorst Fiction
7:00 p.m. Prairie Lights
(PL/WW)
Friday, October 24
Sarah Vowell
Non-Fiction
7:00 p.m. Prairie Lights
(PL)
Monday, October 27
Rick Campbell
Poetry
7:00 p.m. Prairie Lights
(PL)
Tuesday, October 28
Leslie Roberts
Non-Fiction
7:00 p.m. Prairie Lights
(PL)
Thursday, October 30
Francine Prose
Fiction
7:00 p.m. Prairie Lights
(PL/WW)
Monday, November 3
Marilynne Robinson
Fiction
7:00 p.m. Shambaugh Auditorium
(PL/WW)
Wednesday, November 5
Jonathan Ames
Fiction
7:00 p.m. Prairie Lights
(PL/WW )
Thursday, November 6
Katie Lederer & Ali Kazin
Poetry
7:00 p.m. Prairie Lights
(PL/WW)
Friday, November 7
Scott Spencer Fiction
8:00 p.m. Frank Conroy Reading Room
(WW)
Wednesday, November 12
Michael PalmerPoetry
8:00 p.m. Frank Conroy Reading Room
(WW)
Wednesday, November 12
Michael Palmer Q & A
11:00 a.m. Frank Conroy Reading Room
Thursday, November 13
Jennifer Lyon
Agent
11:00 a.m. Frank Conroy Reading Room
(WW)
Thursday, November 13
Amy Bloom
Fiction
7:00 p.m. Prairie Lights
(PL)
Monday, November 17
Ethan Canin Fiction
7:30 p.m. Prairie Lights
(PL/WW)
Tuesday, November 18
Robin Schiff Poetry
7:00 p.m. Prairie Lights
(PL/WW/ENG
)
Monday, December 1
Richard Demming Poetry
7:00 p.m. Prairie Lights
(PL)
Wednesday, December 3
Timothy Donnelly & Peter Gizzi Poetry
7:00 p.m. Prairie Lights
(PL/WW)
Friday, December 5
Andres Dubus, III Fiction
8:00 p.m. Frank Conroy Reading Room
(WW)
Friday, December 5
Andres Dubus, III Q & A
Time and Place T.B.A.
SPONSORS:
(ENG) English Dept.
(WW) Writers’ Workshop
(PL) Prairie Lights
(NF) Non-Fiction Writing Program
(MA) Museum of Art