Calendar of Events
1:00pm - 5:00pm
Drop by for FREE BOOKS!!
Novels, Poetry, nonfiction, and more!聽
Thursday, October 22nd
1:00 PM-5:00 PM
LN 2449
*Limit 2 books per person*
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Alumni Lounge, Old O'Connor Hall
Friday, October 23, 6-7:30pm, Alumni Lounge, Old O鈥機onnor Hall
On October 23 from 6pm to 7:30pm in the Alumni Lounge, we will be having our second reading of the semester with Professor D.M. Aderibigbe as our featured reader as well as a stacked line-up of grads and undergrads that we're really excited about.
10:30am - 12:30pm
Please join the Creative Writing Program and the Department of Environment and Sustainability on Saturday, October 24, at 10:30 am for a walk in the woods to connect with nature and let your creativity flow. Meet at the gazebo by the Nature Preserve entrance, across from the M parking lot. Donuts and apple cider will be served. Bring pens and notebooks!
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Alumni Lounge, Old O'Connor Hall
Alumni Reading Series with Nicole Santalucia
Thursday, October 29, 6-8pm, Alumni Lounge, Old O鈥機onnor Hall
Nicole Santalucia is the author of the new poetry collection聽Lesbian Dinosaurs / Dinosaur Lesbians聽(Bordighera Press, 2026). Her other collections include聽The Book of Dirt聽(NYQ Books), Spoiled Meat (Headmistress Press), and聽Because I Did Not Die聽(Bordighera Press). Santalucia鈥檚 work has appeared or is forthcoming in the聽Indiana Review, the聽Colorado Review, the Los Angeles Review, the聽North American Review, the聽Rumpus, the聽Normal School, Out Magazine, and elsewhere. She is a professor of English and director of first-year writing at Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania.
4:00pm - 6:00pm
Alumni Lounge, Old O'Connor Hall
Wednesday, November 4, 4-6 pm, Alumni Lounge, Old O鈥機onnor Hall聽
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聽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 91社区.
Azadeh Eriss is a PhD student in the Translation Research and Instruction Program (TRIP) at 91社区. 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).
See the BingUNews article for more information about the collaboration between Arian and Eriss.
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Alumni Lounge, Old O鈥機onnor Hall
Friday, November 20, 6-7:30pm, Alumni Lounge, Old O鈥機onnor Hall
Join the Common Ground reading series to experience live readings by undergraduate & graduate student writers.