Carl Phillips Works Discussion

Carl Phillips is the author of eleven books of poetry, including Speak Low and Double Shadow (2011); and Coin of the Realm: Essays on the Life and Art of Poetry. Come talk about his work here!

Carl Phillips Reading 10/20/10

Carl Phillips is the author of eleven books of poetry, including Speak Low and Double Shadow (2011); and Coin of the Realm: Essays on the Life and Art of Poetry. Three-time finalist for the National Book Award, his awards and honors include the Kingsley Tufts Award, the Theodore Roethke Award, the Thom Gunn Award for Best Gay Male Poetry, and awards and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Academy of American Poets, to which he was named a Chancellor in 2007.

Co-sponsored by the Poets & Writers Coalition.

October 20, 7pm: Reading and book signing. MLK Library 225/229
October 21, 1pm: In Conversation with Camille Dungy. University Theatre

Want to go to both, but only able to go to one? Come here and talk about the event you did go to, and read the discussion of others about the one you didn't get to see! It's the best of both worlds, even if you can't be there in person.

Lan Samantha Chang Works Discussion

Lan Samantha Chang is the author of the novels All Is Forgotten, Nothing Is Lost and Inheritance, and the story collection Hunger. Come talk about her works here! Haven't read anything by her? Maybe someone here will have something to say that will convince you to go out and buy a copy!

Lan Samantha Chang Reading 10/06/10

A Litquake South Bay Event! Lan Samantha Chang is the author of the novels All Is Forgotten, Nothing Is Lost and Inheritance, and the story collection Hunger. She is the recipient of fellowships from Stanford University, Princeton University, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Guggenheim Foundation. She lives in Iowa City, IA, where she is the Director of the Iowa Writers' Workshop.

Come talk about her reading here!

Litquake CLA Allstars Reading in San Francisco 10/03/10

Litquake, San Francisco's annual literary festival, and the CLA as celebrated 25 years bringing writers of exceptional voice and vision to the Bay Area. Readings by Maxine Hong Kingston, Daniel Alarcón, Kim Addonizio, Andrew Sean Greer, and Mary Roach.

Because there were so many authors reading at this event, feel free to discuss the event itself as well as their works in this thread together!

Anne Jennings Paris Works Discussion

Anne Jennings Paris' collection of poetry, Killing George Washington, was released in 2009 and features a collection of narrative poems told from the perspective of five real people who helped to settle the American West.  Ready, set... go!

Anne Jennings Paris Reading 09/22/10

This event was in collaboration with the San Jose State University Department of English and Comparative Literature. Were you there? Wished you were? Come talk about it!