Iraq Veteran to read poetry at Writers Reading
On April 18, veteran and poet Brian Turner will read from his first book, “Here, Bullet,” for the Writers Reading series at Central College.
On April 18, veteran and poet Brian Turner will read from his first book, “Here, Bullet,” for the Writers Reading series at Central College.
From March 18-22, author Scott Russell Sanders will be in residence at Central College, and on March 21, he will read from his latest book, “Earth Works,” for the Writers Reading series.
On Feb. 21, Walter Cannon, professor of English, will read from his new book “Who Hears in Shakespeare?” for the Writers Reading series.
As a part of the Geisler Library Writers Reading series, Sara Perez will read from her collection of creative nonfiction and lyric essays on Jan. 24 in the Geisler Library reading room.
Central College welcomes Mary Swander, poet laureate of Iowa, to the Writers Reading series on November 15. Swander will read from her latest book of poetry, “The Girls on the Roof.”
Central College welcomes Novella Carpenter to campus as a part of the Writers Reading series. Author of “Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer,” Carpenter is visiting Central College Oct. 18 to read from her book about the process of growing her own food in the middle of downtown Oakland.
Clint McCown is the only writer to have won the American Fiction Prize twice, and he has received three nominations for the Pulitzer Prize.
A Grinnell professor and the author of “Reasonable People: A Memoir of Autism and Adoption,” Ralph Savarese will read his creative nonfiction and poetry Jan. 26.
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