Writers@Grinnell brings to campus writers of all kinds: poets, novelists, memoirists, essayists, radio essayists, columnists, graphic memoirists, playwrights, and short story writers.
“Interacting with writers, hearing them not only read from their work but also talk about their achievements and struggles, helps us to see that literature is a living tradition,” says Ralph Savarese, professor of English. “Writers@Grinnell works its magic in the way that the College does generally: by allowing students to discover and cultivate a passionate commitment to engaged living. Students learn that carefully and beautifully crafted words matter.”
The program is not designed just for student writers. “The program serves interdisciplinary learning by showcasing writers who take up matters of politics or history or science, for example — the latter is a loose but common thread in the work of a number of this year's visitors," Savarese says.
Fall Schedule of Events
All events are free and open to the public.
Adrienne Celt '06
Roundtable: 4:15 p.m., September 6, Rosenfield Center, Room 209
Reading: 8 p.m., September 6, Rosenfield Center, Room 101
Jamel Brinkley
Roundtable: 4:15 p.m., September 13, Rosenfield Center, Room 209
Reading: 8 p.m., September 13, Faulconer Gallery, BCA
Samantha Irby
Roundtable: 4:15 p.m., September 20, Rosenfield Center, Room 209
Reading: 8 p.m., September 20, Rosenfield Center, Room 101
Solmaz Sharif
Roundtable: 4:15 p.m., October 4, Mears Cottage Living Room
Reading: 8 p.m., October 4, Faulconer Gallery, BCA
Michael Perry
Reading: 8 p.m., September 26, Rosenfield Center, Room 101
Celebration of Global Writing -
Reading and reception: 4:15 p.m., October 9, Hotel Grinnell
By/for participants in the University of Iowa's International Writing Program's Fall residency.
Kaveh Akbar (CANCELLED)
Roundtable: 4:15 p.m., November 1, Rosenfield Center, Room 101
Reading: 8 p.m., November 1, Faulconer Gallery, BCA
Ralph Savarese
Book release celebration and Reading: 8 p.m., November 8, Rosenfield Center, Room 101
John Garrison
Book release celebration and Reading: 6 p.m., December 6, Pioneer Bookshop
Spring Schedule of Events - Dates, times, and locations TBD.
(Additional events will be added as details are finalized.)
All events are free and open to the public.
February - 2019
Christopher Castellani
Margot Livesey
Sam Chang
March - 2019
Hai-Dang Phan
Book release celebration and Reading: 4:15 p.m., March 7, Mears Cottage Living Room
April - 2019
Distinguished Author: Tyehimba Jess
Roundtable: 4:15 p.m., April 4, Rosenfield Center, Room 209
Reading: 8 p.m., April 4, Rosenfield Center, Room 101
Armando Montaño Memorial Reading: Wil Haygood
Roundtable: 4:15 p.m., April 11, Rosenfield Center, Room 209
Reading: 8 p.m., April 11, Rosenfield Center, Room 101
May - 2019
Aimee Nezhukamathil
Roundtable: 4:15 p.m., May 2, Mears Cottage Living Room
Reading: 7:30 p.m., May 2, Hotel Grinnell Ballroom