Professor of English Walter Cannon reads new book at Writers Reading
On Feb. 21, Walter Cannon, professor of English, will read from his new book “Who Hears in Shakespeare?” 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.
The Central College Writers Reading series will host Rob Dillard, a Des Moines based correspondent for Iowa Public Radio (IPR).
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.
“Little Princes” retells Grennan’s decision to travel the world in 2004 and his subsequent discovery of rampant child trafficking while volunteering at an orphanage in Nepal. The memoir tracks the author’s initial reluctance to involve himself in a country struggling through civil war and his eventual steadfast resolve to aid the children.
As the daughter of a Palestinian father and an American mother, Nye grew up in St. Louis and Jerusalem. She is both a poet and a fiction writer, and her work has been a finalist for the National Book Award.
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.
A short story writer and novelist, Shirley Damsgaard will read from two of her mystery novels Dec. 1 in Geisler Library.
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