Pitt to Launch Seventh Season of the Pittsburgh Contemporary Writers Series Sept. 15
PITTSBURGH—The Pittsburgh Contemporary Writers Series at the University of Pittsburgh will launch its seventh season Sept. 15 and will include readings, presentations, and discussions by poets, travel writers, an essayist, short story writer, and Pulitzer Prize winner. Poets Eve Alexandra, author of The Drowned Girl (Kent State University Press, 2003), and Tracy K. Smith, author of The Body's Question (Graywolf Press, 2003), will open the season at 8:30 p.m. Sept. 15 in Room 501 of the Cathedral of Learning, 4200 Fifth Ave., Oakland.
All of the free, public events will be held at various campus locations (listed below) and will take place at 8:30 p.m., except for the Roundtable Discussion, at 3 p.m.
Sept. 23, and the Travel Panel, at 6 p.m. Oct. 13.
A complete season listing follows.
Sept. 15 Eve Alexandra
Poet, author of The Drowned Girl (Kent State University Press, 2003),
and
Tracy K. Smith
Poet, author of The Body's Question (Graywolf Press, 2003)
Evening Reading, 501 Cathedral of Learning
Sept. 22 Jen Hofer, Christina Rivera-Garza, and Ofelia Perez Sepulveda
A Reading of Contemporary Poetry by Mexican Women
Evening Reading, William Pitt Union Kurtzman Room
Sept. 23 Roundtable Discussion with Hofer, Rivera-Garza, and Sepulveda
3 p.m., 4D56 Posvar Hall
Oct. 13 Travel Writing: A Panel Discussion featuring
Tom Haines, The Boston Globe; James O'Reilly, Travelers' Tales; and Kate Wheeler, The New York Times and Outside
6 p.m., 501 Cathedral of Learning
Oct. 20 Dionne Brand
Poet and novelist, author of In Another Place, Not Here (Knopf Canada,
1996); Land to Light On (McClelland & Stewart, distributed by
Canbook, 1997); No Language is Neutral (Coach House, 1990); and
Thirsty (McClelland & Stewart, 2002)
Evening Reading, Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, Room 125
Nov. 3 Drue Heinz Literature Prize Reading
Jane McCafferty, 1992 Drue Heinz Literature Prize winner for
Director of the World and Other Stories (University of Pittsburgh Press,
1992), and
Darrell Spencer, 2004 Drue Heinz Literature Prize winner for
Bring Your Legs with You (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2003)
Evening Reading, William Pitt Union Ballroom
Jan. 19 Tomaz Salamun
Poet, author of The Shepherd, the Hunter (Pedernal, 1992); The Four Questions of Melancholy (White Pine, 1997); and Feast (Harcourt Brace, 2000)
Evening Reading, 501 Cathedral of Learning
Feb. 2 Eddy L. Harris
Essayist, author of Mississippi Solo: A River Quest (Owl Books, 1998);
Native Stranger: A Black American's Journey into the Heart of Africa
(Simon and Schuster, 1992); and Still Life in Harlem (Henry Holt and
Company, 1999)
Evening Reading, Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, Room 125
Mar. 16 ZZ Packer
Short story writer and 2004 William Block Sr. Writer, author of
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere (Riverhead Books, 2003)
Evening Reading, Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, Room 125
April 7 W. D. Snodgrass
Poet, author of Heart's Needle (Knopf, 1959), which won a Pulitzer
Prize; The Fuehrer Bunker: The Complete Cycle (BOA Editions, 1995); and Each in His Season (BOA Editions, 1993)
Evening Reading, Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, Room 125
The Contemporary Writers Series is cosponsored by the Wyndham Garden Hotel-University Place, Pitt's Center for Latin American Studies, University Center for International Studies, The Book Center, and the University of Pittsburgh Press.
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