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Writers@Grinnell reading by artist, writer, and curator, Riva Lehrer, on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022, at 8 p.m. in the Grinnell College Museum of Art.

W@G celebrates the book release of “Did We Make It?” by Grinnell College faculty member Ralph Savarese on Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021, at 8 p.m. in the Grinnell Museum of Art.
A chapbook of Ekphrastic poetry written in response to paintings by Tilly Woodward.

Scholars' Convocation and Writers@Grinnell partner up to celebrate the book release of Grinnell College faculty members Dustin Dixon and John Garrison on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021, at noon in the Joe Rosenfield '25 Center (JRC), Room 101.

Acclaimed Alix Ohlin in conversation with W@G Director Dean Bakopoulos on Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021, at 7 p.m. Live from Prairie Lights

Writers@Grinnell reading with Melissa Febos and Donika Kelly, on Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021, at 8 p.m. in the Grinnell College Museum of Art.

The Fall '21 Writers@Grinnell series kicks off with Santiago Jose Sanchez and Larissa Pham on Thursday, Sept. 23 at 8 p.m. in the Grinnell College Museum of Art.
A roundtable with special alumni guests Emily Mester ’14 and Clare Mao ’14 is also on Thursday, Sept. 23, at 4:15 p.m., in Humanities and Social Studies Center (HSSC) Room S1325. 

The Baumann Essay Prize, established in 1993 and funded by David ’51 and Audrey Lowe ’52 Hammer, distinguishes the dynamic classroom contributions of Frederick Baumann, professor of history at Grinnell from 1927 to 1954.

Shuchi Kapila, professor of English, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant, which she’ll use to travel to India to complete the research for and writing of her second book.

I used Grinnell’s individually advised curriculum to explore my interests and carve my own interdisciplinary path.

Student interns at the local library share local history and develop a stronger connection to the town of Grinnell.