91ÉçÇø

Fall 2026

Distinguished Writers Series with Alexandra Kleeman

Thursday, September 17, 6-8pm, Alumni Lounge, Old O’Connor Hall

Alexandra Kleeman is the author of the novel Something New Under the Sun; Intimations, a short story collection; and the novel You Too Can Have A Body Like Mine, which was awarded the 2016 Bard Fiction Prize and was a New York Times Editor’s Choice. In 2020, she was awarded the Rome Prize and the Berlin Prize, and was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in Fiction in 2022. Her fiction has been published in the New Yorker, the Paris Review, Zoetrope, Conjunctions, and Guernica, among other publications, and her other writing has appeared in Harper's, the New York Times Magazine, VOGUE, Tin House, n+1, and the Guardian. She is an associate professor of English at Cornell University.

Common Ground Reading

Friday, September 18, 6-7:30pm, Alumni Lounge, Old O’Connor Hall

Join the Common Ground reading series to experience live readings by undergraduate & graduate student writers.

Distinguished Writers Series with Stephanie Burt
Thursday, October 1, 6-8pm, Old Champlain Atrium

Stephanie Burt is a poet, literary critic, Harvard University English professor, and the author of numerous published books, including critical work on poetry and four poetry collections, including her latest, We Are Mermaids (Graywolf, 2022). Most recently, Burt is the author of Taylor’s Version: The Poetic and Musical Genius of Taylor Swift (Basic Books, 2025). The recipient of a 2016 Guggenheim Fellowship, her writing has appeared in the New Yorker, the New York Times Book Review, the London Review of Books, the Times Literary Supplement, the Believer, the Boston Review, and elsewhere. She served as co-editor of poetry for the Nation from 2017-2020. 

Common Ground Reading

Friday, October 23, 6-7:30pm, Alumni Lounge, Old O’Connor Hall

Join the Common Ground reading series to experience live readings by undergraduate & graduate student writers.

Alumni Reading Series with Nicole Santalucia

Thursday, October 29, 6-8pm, Alumni Lounge, Old O’Connor Hall

Nicole Santalucia is the author of the new poetry collection Lesbian Dinosaurs / Dinosaur Lesbians (Bordighera Press, 2026). Her other collections include The Book of Dirt (NYQ Books), Spoiled Meat (Headmistress Press), and Because I Did Not Die (Bordighera Press). Santalucia’s work has appeared or is forthcoming in the Indiana Review, the Colorado Review, the Los Angeles Review, the North American Review, the Rumpus, the Normal School, Out Magazine, and elsewhere. She is a professor of English and director of first-year writing at Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania.

An Evening with Novelist and Professor Amir Ahmadi Arian and TRIP PhD Student Azadeh Eriss

Wednesday, November 4, 4-6 pm, Alumni Lounge, Old O’Connor Hall 

Azadeh Eriss, a PhD student in the Translation Research and Instruction Program (TRIP), reads from her translation of English Professor Amir Ahmadi Arian's novel, That Mid-December Day, and sits for a conversation with Prof. Ahmadi about the process of translation and the craft of fiction.

Amir Ahmadi Arian is the author of several works of fiction and nonfiction in Persian and English. He is an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at 91ÉçÇø.

Azadeh Eriss is a PhD student in the Translation Research and Instruction Program (TRIP) at 91ÉçÇø. She began her career as a professional translator in Iran in 2012. Her research explores how translation shapes the way audiences experience stories across languages and cultures, with a particular focus on audiovisual translation (AVT).

This is a joint event with the Creative Writing Program and the Translation Research and Instruction Program (TRIP).

Common Ground Reading

Friday, November 20, 6-7:30pm, Alumni Lounge, Old O’Connor Hall

Join the Common Ground reading series to experience live readings by undergraduate & graduate student writers.

Spring 2027

Coming soon!