Creative Writing Major Events
Senior Reading Series | Annual Writers' Festival |
30 Years of Creative Writing At Northwestern
Senior Reading Series
The 2011 Senior / Faculty Reading Series - Selected recordings available
January 18 Brian Bouldrey |
Eula Biss |
February 8 Ed Roberson |
February 22 Sheila Donohue |
March 1 Shauna Seliy |
March 8 Stuart Dybek |
Hear recordings of the 2010 Senior Readings Series, featuring Creative Writing faculty and senior majors.
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Angela Mears (CNF) Rose Truesdale (Poetry) Logan Wall (Fiction) Rachel Webster (Poetry) |
Annie Kahane (Poetry) Jacob Nelson (CNF) Alberto Roldan (Fiction) Veronica Roth (Fiction) Mary Kinzie (Poetry) |
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Elizabeth Green (Fiction) Lani Seelinger (Fiction) Stephen Rosenthal (CNF) Averill Curdy (Poetry) |
Katie Halpern (CNF) Nicole Roth (Fiction) Reginald Gibbons (Poetry) |
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Joanna Beer (Poetry) Jocelyn Huang (Fiction) Caryn Wille (CNF) John Bresland (CNF) |
Andres Carrasquillo (CNF) Jack Neubauer (Fiction) Shauna Seliy (Fiction) |
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Evan Rausch (Fiction) Noel Slesinger (Fiction) Sheila Donohue (Fiction) |
March 9 (recording not available) Christopher Adamson (Poetry) Katherine Docimo (CNF) Maria Provanzano (Poetry) Madeline Weinstein (Poetry) Eula Biss (CNF) |
March 16 (recording not available) Meriwether Clarke (Poetry) Allison Keller (Fiction) Aaron Kuper (Poetry) John Keene (Fiction) |
News coverage of the 2010 Senior Reading Series by journalism student Alyssa Karas.
Annual Writers Festival
Each year the English Major in Writing brings to campus at least one writer in each genre (poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction) for one week of events including writing classes, a public reading, and individual conferences with advanced writing students.
2011 Artists in Residence
Maureen McLane - Poetry
Nami Mun - Fiction
David Shields - Creative Nonfiction
Hear a master class by Maureen McLane |
Recording of a master class by Nami Mun |
David Shields gives a master class lecture |
2010 Artists in Residence
Jo Ann Beard - Creative Nonfiction
Frank Bidart - Poetry
George Saunders - Fiction
| Hear a reading by George Saunders Recorded by Chicago Public Radio's Chicago Amplified. | Listen to a reading by Frank Bidart recorded by Chicago Public Radio's Chicago Amplified. | Hear the guided conversation between authors Frank Bidart, George Saunders, and Jo Ann Beard led by professors Mary Kinzie, John Keene, and John Bresland on Chicago Public Radio's Chicago Amplifed. |
| Listen to a master class in fiction given by George Saunders. | Hear a master class in poetry by Frank Bidart. |
Jo Ann Beard gives a master class in Creative Nonfiction |
News coverage of the 2010 Spring Writers' Festival by journalism student Emma O'Connor.
30 Years of Creative Writing at Northwestern: A Festival
Held in conjunction with the 2010 Spring Writers' Festival, students, faculty, and English Major in Writing alumni celebrated 30 years of Creative Writing on campus. A reception was held at the Hotel Orrington, followed by a career panel and a reading by four alumni.
Anne-Marie Cusac, Cristina Henriquez, Karen Russell, and Joshua Weiner returned to campus to share memories about their time as writing students, talk about their career paths after graduation, and read from their published works.
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The English Major in Writing Celebrates 30 Years on campus
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Jo Ann Beard, Frank Bidart, and George Saunders were Writers in Residence for the English Major in Writing’s 3rd Annual Spring Writers’ Festival
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Creative Writing students congregate at the 3rd Annual Spring Writer’s Festival
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English Department faculty attend one of the talks organized as part of the annual One Book, One Northwestern program
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Writing students Cathy Gao (left) and Alleliah Nuguid (right) meet writer Elizabeth Benedict (center) at the Skidmore Summer Writers’ Institute.
Photo provided by Cathy Gao.
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Northwestern writing students Matt Pacult, Cathy Gao, and Alleliah Nuguid meet poet Frank Bidart at the Skidmore Summer Writers’ Institute.
Photo provided by Cathy Gao.
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Professors Mary Kinzie and John Keene celebrate 30 Years of creative writing at Northwestern
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Professors Wendy Wall (Avalon Foundation Professor, left) and Reginald Gibbons (Frances Hooper Chair in the Arts and Humanities, right) at their inauguration, with Professor Christopher Herbert
