Showcasing Writers at Grinnell
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 2019 Schedule of Events
(Additional events may be added as details are finalized.)
All events are free and open to the public.
Danez Smith
Roundtable: 4:15 p.m., September 3, Rosenfield Center, Room 209
Reading: 8 p.m., September 3, Hotel Grinnell Auditorium
Keah Brown & Lyz Lenz
Roundtable: 4:15 p.m., September 12, Rosenfield Center, Room 209
Reading: 8 p.m., September 12, Rosenfield Center, Room 101
Charles Baxter
Roundtable: 4:15 p.m., September 23, Rosenfield Center, Room 101
Reading: 8 p.m., September 23, Rosenfield Center, Room 101
Kaveh Akbar
Reading: 8 p.m., September 26, Rosenfield Center, Room 101
Carlos Gamerro
Reading: 4:15 p.m., October 3, Humanities & Social Studies Complex (HSSC) S3325
Rob Nixon, Connelly Lecture
Reading: 8 p.m., October 10, Bucksbaum Arts Center, Room 131, Faulconer Gallery
Spring 2020 Schedule of Events
(Additional events may be added as details are finalized.)
Garth Greenwell
Late February/Early March - TBD
Valeria Luiselli, Distinguished Author
Roundtable: 4:15 p.m., April 9, Rosenfield Center, Room 209
Reading: 8 p.m., April 2, Rosenfield Center, Room 101
Hanif Abdurraquib, Armando Montaño Memorial Reading
Roundtable: 4:15 p.m., April 16, Rosenfield Center, Room 209
Reading: 8 p.m., April 16, Rosenfield Center, Room 101