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Spring 2012
Thursday, January 19, 4:30 pm, Q&A with fiction writer Julie Otsuka, Stewart Center, Room 318. Co-sponsored by Purdue Asian American Studies.
Thursday, January 19, 7:30 pm, Reading with fiction writer Julie Otsuka, Room 140, Krannert Auditorium. Co-sponsored by Purdue Asian American Studies.
Tuesday, January 31, 4:30 pm, Q&A with fiction writer Dan Chaon, Stewart Center, Room 318.
Tuesday, January 31, 7:30 pm, Reading with fiction writer Dan Chaon, Krannert Auditorium, Room 140.
Thursday, February 2, 4-5 pm, Week 1, Books and Coffee, featuring Dr. Carolyn Johnson Rebecca Skloot's The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, STEW 302/306.
Tuesday, February 7, 4:30 pm, Q&A with poet Maurice Manning,West Lafayette Public Library, Elm Room.
Tuesday, February 7, 7:30 pm, Reading with Pultizer Prize finalist poet Maurice Manning, Krannert Auditorium, Room 140.
Thursday, February 9, 4-5 pm, Week 2, Books and Coffee, featuring Dr. Kris Bross discussing Geraldine Brooks' Caleb's Crossing, STEW 302/306.
Thursday, February 16, 4-5 pm, Week 3, Books and Coffee, featuring Dr. Charles S. Ross discussing Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, STEW 302/306.
Thursday, February 23, 4-5 pm, Week 4, Books and Coffee, featuring Dr. Jennifer Freeman-Marshall discussing Heidi W. Durrow's The Girl Who Fell From the Sky, PMU South Ballroom.
Tuesday, March 6, 7:30 pm, Reading with poet Carrie Etter, Krannert Auditorium, Room 140.
Tuesday, March 27, 4:30 pm, Q&A with fiction writer Edith Pearlman, Stewart Center, Room 318. Co-sponsored by Purdue Jewish Studies.
Tuesday, March 27, 7:30 pm, Reading with Q&A with fiction writer Edith Pearlman, Krannert Auditorium, Room 140. Co-sponsored by Purdue Jewish Studies.
Early Atlantic Reading Group 10th Anniversary Symposium: April 6 STEW 322, 11:30-5:00pm; April 7 STEW 310 8am-6pm. Highlights include a keynote address by Laura Stevens, a performance art session entitled “Listening to Trees: Experiencing the Landscape of Early America,” and an EARG alumni roundtable in which recent Purdue graduates convene to discuss their ongoing careers and research projects. See http://earg.weebly.com/conference-12.html for full schedule.
Laura M. Stevens, Associate Professor at the University of Tulsa and the editor of Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature, will deliver a talk on “A Recipe to Convert an Indian: Missionary Fantasy in Elkanah Settle's Pindaric Poem on the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts.” Friday, April 6, STEW 322, 3-4pm. http://personal.utulsa.edu/~laura-stevens/
Monday, April 9, 81st Annual Literary Awards featuring Pultizer Prize winner fiction writer Michael Cunningham (sponsored by the Department of English, Purdue University Libraries and the College of Liberal Arts). The following events are planned: Q&A, 3:00 pm, Stewart Center, Room 318; Literary Awards pre-dinner reception, 4:30 pm, Anniversary Drawing Room, Purdue Memorial Union; Literary Awards Banquet, 5:30 pm, North Ballroom, Purdue Memorial Union; Reading, 8:00 pm, Fowler Hall, Stewart Center.
Friday, April 20, 7:30 pm, MFA Thesis readings, Wells Community Cultural Center, 638 North Street, Lafayette.
Friday, April 27, 7:30 pm, MFA Thesis readings, Wells Community Cultural Center, 638 North Street, Lafayette.
Fall 2012
Thursday, September 13, 4:30 pm, Leonora Woodman Memorial Lecture featuring Vincent Carretta, University of Maryland, venue (TBA).
