Writers @ Grinnell Events

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

Roundtable: 4:15 p.m., September 26, Rosenfield Center, Room 209
Reading: 8 p.m., September 26, Rosenfield Center, Room 101

Carlos Gamerro

Reading: 4:15 p.m., October 3, (tentative, location TBA)

Rob Nixon, Connelly Lecture

Roundtable: 4:15 p.m., October 10, Rosenfield Center, Room 209
Reading: 8 p.m., October 10, Faulconer Gallery, BCA 131

Spring 2020 Schedule of Events