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

1/31/2023 by : Amanda Brockner , A&S Communications

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

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

10/12/2022 by : Amanda Brockner , A&S Communications

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

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Poet Solmaz Sharif considered ‘literary citizenship’ at reading event

9/19/2022 by : Amanda Brockner , 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.

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Fall 2022 Zalaznick Reading Series Features Global Voices

8/25/2022 by : Amanda Brockner , A&S Communications

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

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

6/15/2022 by : Amanda Brockner , Cornell Chronicle

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

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

4/11/2022 by : Amanda Brockner , A&S Communications

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

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Amiri Baraka’s poetry topic of March 31 Abrams talk

3/28/2022 by : Amanda Brockner , 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.

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Ilya Kaminsky to read from poetry collections March 24

3/15/2022 by : Amanda Brockner , 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.

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

3/7/2022 by : Amanda Brockner , Cornell Chronicle

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