All readings take place from 4:30 - 5:45 PM unless otherwise noted and are free and open to the public. 
 

Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Student Thesis Readings in Poetry

Nassau Club, 6 Mercer Street

 

Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Student Thesis Readings in Fiction

Palmer House, 1 Bayard Lane

 

Past Fall 2011 Readings

Wednesday, September 28, 2011
2011-12 Hodder Fellows
Anthony Carelli, poetry introduced by Tracy K. Smith
Danai Gurira, playwriting introduced by Michael Cadden
Student Reader: Julia Rose

Berlind Theatre, McCarter Theatre Center

 

Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Rita Dove, poetry introduced by Mark Doty
James Salter, fiction introduced by Joyce Carol Oates
Student Reader: Katherine Chen

Berlind Theatre, McCarter Theatre Center

 

Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Rae Armantrout, poetry introduced by Michael Dickman
John Irving, fiction introduced by Edmund White
Student Reader: John Shakespear

McCosh Hall, Room 50

 

Wednesday, December 14, 2011 - 5:15 - 6:30 PM
Featuring students from Fall 2011 Program in Creative Writing courses

Chancellor Green Rotunda

 

Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Jonathan Franzen, fiction introduced by Colson Whitehead
James Richardson, poetry introduced by C.K. Williams
Student Reader: Nina Bahadur

Berlind Theatre, McCarter Theatre Center

 

Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Zadie Smith, fiction introduced by Jeffrey Eugenides
James Tate, poetry introduced by Susan Wheeler
Student Reader: Jenna Devine

McCosh Hall, Room 50

 

Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Jane Smiley, fiction introduced by Chang-rae Lee
Mary Ruefle, poetry introduced by James Richardson
Student Reader: Cara Liuzzi 

McCosh Hall, Room 50 

Wednesday, May 2, 2012 - 5:15 - 6:30 PM
Featuring students from Spring 2012 Program in Creative Writing courses

Chancellor Green Rotunda

Past Readers and Guest Speakers

Simon Armitage, Paul Auster, Russell Banks, Richard Bausch, Anne Beattie, Lucie Brock-Broido, Peter Carey, Lan Samantha Chang, Susan Choi, Jennifer Clarvoe, David Czuchlewski, Peter Ho Davies, Don DeLillo, Junot Diaz, Anthony Doerr, Stephen Dunn, Jennifer Egan, Dave Eggers, Deborah Eisenberg, Jeffrey Eugenides, Jonathan Safran Foer, Nell Freudenbeger, Linda Gregerson, Jeffrey Harrison, Anthony Hecht, Oscar Hijuelos, Edward Hirsch, Tony Hoagland, Alan Hollinghurst, Garrett Hongo, Richard Howard, Gabe Hudson, Rachel Kadish, Mary Karr, Etgar Keret, Sheila Kohler, Maxine Kumin, Jhumpa Lahiri, Chang-rae Lee, Phillip Lopate, Sarah Manguso, J. D. McClatchy, James McMichael, W.S. Merwin, Claire Messud, Rick Moody, Honor Moore, Haruki Murakami, Sigrid Nunez, Joyce Carol Oates, Sharon Olds, Jodi Picoult, Wyatt Prunty, Salman Rushdie, Kay Ryan, George Saunders, Gjertrud Schnackenberg, Akhil Sharma, Mona Simpson, Dave Smith, Robert Stone, Natasha Trethewey, Chase Twichell, Theodore Weiss, Marlys West, John Edgar Wideman, C.K. Williams, Charles Wright.