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Creative Writing Program

New York Times best-selling author Ross Gay to read Feb. 9

1/31/2023 A&S Communications

A poet and essayist, Gay will read from his most recent collection of essays, “Inciting Joy” and other works.

Creative Writing Program

Sandeep Parmar, Zalaznick Distinguished Visiting Writer, to read Oct. 20

10/12/2022 A&S Communications

This year’s Richard Cleaveland Memorial Reading will include a conversation with poet Valzhyna Mort, associate professor of literatures in English.

Creative Writing Program

Poet Solmaz Sharif considered ‘literary citizenship’ at reading event

9/19/2022 A&S Communications

Her books of poetry are “Looks” and “Customs”; part of the Fall 2022 Barbara & David Zalaznick Reading Series for the Creative Writing Program.

Creative Writing Program

Fall 2022 Zalaznick Reading Series Features Global Voices

8/25/2022 A&S Communications

Beginning Sept. 8, the series brings innovative, award-winning authors to read from their work on Cornell’s Ithaca campus.

Literatures in English

Pulitzer Prize winner Alison Lurie to be celebrated in July 1 memorial

6/15/2022 Cornell Chronicle

The service and reception honoring the acclaimed writer's life and work are open to the public.

M. NourbSe Philip wearing glasses and a checkered top, leaning on her hand. — M. NourbSe Philip

Literatures in English

PEN/Nabokov award winner M. NourbSe Philip to read her poetry April 14

4/11/2022 A&S Communications

The event is part of the Spring 2022 Barbara & David Zalaznick Reading Series for the Creative Writing Program

Fred Moten, with a mostly white beard and black glasses in front of a microphone — Chris Funkhouser Fred Moten

Literatures in English

Amiri Baraka’s poetry topic of March 31 Abrams talk

3/28/2022 A&S Communications

M.H. Abrams Distinguished Visiting Professor, poet and theorist Fred Moten will deliver a lecture on radical Black politics and the poetry of Amiri Baraka.

Literatures in English

Ilya Kaminsky to read from poetry collections March 24

3/15/2022 Cornell Chronicle

Poet, translator, and essayist Ilya Kaminsky will read poems, discuss his collections “Dancing in Odessa” and “Deaf Republic,” and speak about his new work on March 24.

Literatures in English

Ling Ma, MFA ’15 to read from her fiction on March 10

3/7/2022 Cornell Chronicle

“Severance” by ‘brilliant and exciting new writer” Ling Ma, MFA ’15, has received numerous awards.