2011-2012 Writers@Grinnell Schedule
Fall dates
Thursday, September 8, 2011: Reading from Dean Bakopoulos
Tuesday, September 13, 2011: Reading from Nell Regan
Thursday, September 29, 2011: Reading from Ed Pavlic
Thursday, October 6, 2011: Reading from Susanne Antonetta
Thursday, October 27, 2011: Reading from Bruce Whiteman
Friday, October 28, 2011: Reading from Jeff Porter
Thursday, November 3, 2011: Reading from Jane Bernstein
Thursday, December 8, 2011: Grinnell Review
Other Campus Readings organized by Burling Library
Spring dates
Thursday, February 16, 2012: Reading from Marty Dobrow, Rosenfield Center, Room 101, 8:00 p.m.
Friday, February 24, 2012: Reading from Kevin Brockmeier, Bucksbaum Gallery, 8:00 p.m.
Thursday, April 5, 2012: Reading from Jennifer Finney Boylan, Rosenfield Center, Room 101, 8:00 p.m.
Thursday, April 12, 2012: Reading from Mark Doty, Rosenfield Center, Room 101, 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday and Thursday, April 18 & 19, 2012: In Acting Shakespeare, Rosenfield Center, Room 101, 8:00 p.m.
Thursday, April 26, 2012: Reading from Ralph Savarese and Mike Cavanagh, Rosenfield Center, Room 101, 8:00 p.m.
Thursday, May 10, 2012: Grinnell Review, Rosenfield Center, Room 101, 8:00 p.m.
2010-2011 Writers@Grinnell Schedule
Fall dates
- Thursday, September 9, 2010: Reading from Jeremy Jackson
- Thursday, September 16, 2010: Reading from Curtis Sittenfeld
- Wednesday, September 29, 2010: Reading from Barry Lopez
- Thursday, October 7, 2010: Reading from Patricia Hampl
- Thursday, November 11, 2010: Reading from J. Harley McIlrath
- Thursday, December 9, 2010: Grinnell Review reading
Spring dates
- Thursday, January 27, 2011: Readings from: David Campbell, Mark Montgomery, Ralph Savarese and Ira Strauber
- Friday, February 4, 2011: Richard Kenney
- Thursday, February 24, 2011: Dorothy Allison
- Thursday, April 7, 2011: Ilya Kaminsky & Gary Shteyngart
- Thursday, April 28, 2011: Convocation, Yusef Komunyakaa
- Thursday, May 10, 2011: Grinnell Review Reading
2009-2010 Writers @ Grinnell Schedule
Fall dates
- Thursday, September 10, 2009: Reading by Grinnell faculty members David Campbell (from the Department of Biology, reading his literary nonfiction) and Josh Emmons (from the Department of English, reading his fiction)
- Thursday, September 17, 2009: Memoir and poetry reading by Floyd Skloot
- Monday, September 28, 2009: Conversation with Sam Tanenhaus '77
- Thursday, October 29, 2009: Fiction reading by Mary Helen Stefaniak
- Monday, November 9, 2009: Performance piece by Mary Swander
- Wednesday, November 18, 2009: Tomaz Salamun
- Thursday, December 10, 2009: Grinnell Review Reading
Spring dates
- Friday, February 19, 2010: Talk by Hal Wert
- Thursday, February 25, 2010: Faculty reading by George Barlow (from the Department of English and American Studies, reading poetry) and Kesho Scott (from the Department of Sociology and American Studies, reading prose)
- Tuesday, March 2, 2010: Poetry reading by Deborah Ager
- Thursday, March 11, 2010: Convocation fiction reading by Leslie Marmon Silko
- Thursday, April 8, 2010: Fiction reading by Edward P. Jones
- Monday, April 19, 2010: Poetry reading by Edward Hirsch '72
- Thursday, April 22, 2010: Poetry reading by Terri Witek and art by Cyriaco Lopes
- Thursday, May 6, 2010: Fiction reading by Paul Harding
2008-2009 Writers @ Grinnell Schedule
Fall dates
- Thursday, September 11, 2008: Fiction and poetry reading by John Domini
- Thursday, September 25, 2008: Poetry reading by Adrienne Rich
- Thursday, October 2, 2008: Poetry readings by Stephen Kuusisto, Jim Crenner, and David Weiss
- Monday, October 6, 2008: Fiction reading by David Mura '74
- Thursday, October 9, Poetry reading by Francisco Aragon
- Thursday, November 6, 2008: Fiction reading by Montserrat Fontes
- Thurday, November 13, 2008: Poetry reading by Matt Brennan '77
Spring dates
- Thursday, January 29, 2009: Reading by Jeff Porter
- Thursday, February 19, 2009: Fiction reading by Russell Leong
- Thursday, April 2, 2009: Poetry reading by Quincy Troupe
- Friday, April 3, 2009: Poetry reading by Michael Hofmann
- Thursday, April 9, 2009: Fiction readings by V.V. Ganeshananthan and Saadi Simawe
- Sunday, April 12, 2009: Reading by Adina Hoffman
- Thursday, April 30, 2009: Poetry reading by Vince Gotera
2007-2008 Writers at Grinnell Schedule
Fall dates
- Wednesday, October 3, 2007: Fiction and Poetry reading by Rick Wirick
- Thursday, October 11, 2007: Non-fiction reading by Kevin Kopelson
- Tuesday, October 16, 2007: Poetry reading by Marvin Bell
- Monday, October 29, 2007: Poetry reading by Peter Cole
- Friday, November 2, 2007: Poetry reading by Judith Tannenbaum
- Friday, November 9, 2007: Poetry reading by Tessa Rumsey
- Wednesday, November 28, 2007: Poetry reading by Amy Scattergood
- Thursday, December 13, 2007: Grinnell Review Reading
Spring dates
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Thursday, January 24, 2008: Non-fiction reading by Josh Elder
- Thursday, January 31, 2008: Fiction reading by Padget Powell
- Thursday, February 14, 2008: Poetry reading by F. D. Reeve
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Saturday, February 16, 2008: The Puzzle Master: Oratorio. Performance by F. D. Reeve, and Composer Eric Chasalow
- Thursday, March 6, 2008: Readings by Steve Andrews and Harley McIlrath
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Thursday, April 10, 2008: Readings by Distinguished Author Ana Castillo
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Thursday, April 17, 2008: Non-fiction reading by Steve Kuusisto, and Non-fiction and Poetry reading by Kenny Fries
2006-2007 Writers @ Grinnell
Fall writers
- Novelist Elizabeth Graver
- Novelist Brian Strause '90
- Novelist and essayist Francine Prose
- Poet Terri Witek
- Poet Page Coulter
- Poet Eugene Gloria
- Poet Molly Peacock
Spring writers
- Nonfiction writer David Campbell
- Poet Geri Doran
- Nonfiction writer Stephen Kuusisto
- Poet Marvin Bell
- Fiction writer Lan Samantha Chang
- Fiction writer John Edgar Wideman
- Nonfiction writer Ralph Savarese
2005-2006 Writers @ Grinnell
Fall writers
- Novelist Kevin Brockmeier
- Poet and critic William Logan
- Novelist Margot Livesey
- Poet Marilyn Chin
Spring writers
- Nonfiction writer Dan O'Brien
- Novelist Dominic Smith
- Nonfiction writer Joy Castro
- Novelist Marilynne Robinson
- Poet Rebecca Wee
- Nonfiction writer Willard Spiegelman
- Poet Ed Hirsch '72
- Poet Emily Wilson
2004-2005 Writers @ Grinnell
Fall writers
- Novelist Slimane Benaissa
- Novelist Steven Sidor '90
- Poet, essayist, and fiction writer Debra Marquart
Spring writers
- Novelist James Hynes
- Novelist Pete Fromm
- Poet W.S. Merwin
2003-2004 Writers @ Grinnell
Fall writers
- Poet Taha Muhammad Ali
- Poet Michael Hoffman
- Poets Eric Pankey and Jennifer Atkinson
- Poet Daniel Beachy-Quick
- Poet Elizabeth McCracken
- Fiction writer and editor David Lynn
Spring writers
- Poets Robert Hass and Brenda Hillman
- Novelist Margaret McMullan '82
- Poet Christopher Merrill
- Fiction writer Kevin Brockmeier
- Fiction writer Judith Mitchell
- Fiction writer Robert Olen Butler
2002-2003 Writers @ Grinnell
Fall writers
- Novelist Erika Krouse '91
- Novelist Derek Walcott
- Novelist May-Lee Chai '89
- Novelist and poet F.D. Reeve
- Novelist Chris Offutt
- Poet David Mura '74
- Novelist Alex Parsons
Spring writers
- Poet Sheryl St. Germaine
- Poet Cole Swensen
- Journalist David Heath '81
- Novelist Kevin Brockmeier
- Poet Ellen Bryant Voigt
