2008 Archive
Mark Doty
11/20/2008 — 7:00 PM
Graduate Center
Free
Distinguished Writers Series: Edward Hirsch
11/13/2008 — 7:30 PM
Hunter College
RSVP
Who Reads Poetry? (lecture by Robert Pinsky)
11/12/2008 — 6:30 PM
Graduate Center
Free
Derek Walcott
Queens College Evening Readings11/11/2008 — 7:00 PM
$15. Free with CUNY student ID.
MFA Open House/Ozone Park Launch
11/10/2008 — 6:00 PM-8:00 PM
Queens College
Free
First Annual Lecture on Biography (with Stacy Schiff)
11/05/2008 — 7:00 PM
Graduate Center
Free
State of the Union: a Poetry Reading
10/30/2008 &8212; 6:30 PM
Graduate Center
Free
Reading and Conversation with Mary Gordon
10/30/2008 — 6:30 PM-8:15 PM
City College
Free
Knowing Me, Knowing You: Asian, American Voices (reading of contemporary fiction by four award-winning New York writers)
10/30/2008 — 12:15 PM-1:30 PM
Queens College
Open House 2008 for Prospective MFA Students
10/28/2008 — 7:30 PM
Hunter College
Jamaica Kincaid (with Leonard Lopate)
Queens College Evening Readings10/28/2008 — 7:00 PM
$15. Free with CUNY student ID.
Laugh Lines: Humor and the Art of Writing Poetry
10/13/2008 - 10/26/2008
School of Professional Studies (online course)
See Distinguished Professor Kimiko Hahn introduce the course here.
Book Launch Party for About Face: Women Write About What They See When They Look in the Mirror
10/23/2008 — 7:30 PM
Hunter College
RSVP
A Reading and Conversation with Francine Prose
10/21/2008 — 5:45 PM
Baruch College/Sidney Harman Writer-in-Residence Program (co-sponsored by Poets & Writers)
Distinguished Writers Series: Darin Strauss and Jeff Talarigo
10/20/2008 — 7:30 PM
Hunter College
RSVP
Distinguished Writers Series: Michael Thomas and Yusef Komunyakaa
10/7/2008 — 7:30 PM
Hunter College
RSVP
Dream Homes: From Cairo to Katrina, An Exile's Journey (reading by BMCC Associate English Professor Joyce Zonana)
9/25/2008 — 4:00 PM-6:00 PM
Borough of Manhattan Community College
Distinguished Writers Series: Edmund White
9/23/2008 — 7:00 PM
Hunter College
RSVP
Belonging: New Poetry by Iranians Around the World
9/17/2008 — 6:30 PM-8:30 PM
Graduate Center
Free
North Country Institute Writers Retreat
7/10/2008-7/13/2008
Medgar Evers College
Ultimate Voyages: Jules Verne's Futuristic Visions
5/29/2008 — 5:30 PM
Graduate Center
36th Annual Spring Poetry Festival
5/16/2008
City College
An Evening with Pablo Neruda
5/15/2008 — 6:00 PM
New York City College of Technology
Free
Cristina Garcia
5/7/2008 — 6:30 PM
City College
Free
PEN World Voices Festival
4/29/2008-5/4/2008
Check the schedule for events taking place at CUNY
Distinguished Writers Series: Russell Banks
4/17/2008 — 7:30 PM
RSVP to spevents@hunter.cuny.edu or 212-772-4007
Hunter College
Baruch Biographers Talk About Their Art
4/17/2008 — 12:15 PM-2:15 PM
Baruch College
Free
Free Best-Selling Author Series: Debby Applegate
4/16/2008 — 7:00 PM
Kingsborough Community College
Reservations required
Celebrate National Poetry Month with Nationally Recognized Poet Afaa Michael Weaver
4/16/2008 — 2:00 PM-3:00 PM
York College
Free
Literature and Law Conference
4/11/2008 — 8:15 AM-5:15 PM
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Distinguished Writers Series: Frank Bidart
4/09/2008 — 7:30 PM
RSVP to spevents@hunter.cuny.edu or 212-772-4007
Hunter College
Writing the World: Literature and the Environment
4/09/2008 — 6:30 PM-8:00 PM
Free Admission
Graduate Center
Claire Messud and Caryl Phillips (with Leonard Lopate)
Queens College Evening Readings4/08/2008 — 7:00 PM
Tuesdays. $15. Free with CUNY ID
Ninth National Black Writers Conference
3/28/2008 — 3/30/2008
Medgar Evers College
Gotham History Blotter Reading and Book Signing
3/26/2008 — 6:30 PM
Free Admission
Graduate Center
David Grossman (with Leonard Lopate)
Queens College Evening Readings3/25/2008 — 7:00 PM
Tuesdays. $15. Free with CUNY ID.
Writing Across Borders: Asian American Women Writers (with Meena Alexander, Jessica Hagedorn, and Kimiko Hahn)
3/20/2008 — 4:00 PM-6:00 PM
Free Admission
Graduate Center
Translated Poetry: A New Landscape
3/19/2008 — 7:00 PM-8:30 PM
Free Admission
Graduate Center
Reading and Conversation with Charles Simic
3/18/2008 — 5:45 PM
Co-sponsored with Poets & Writers
Free Admission
Baruch College
A Tribute to Marilyn Hacker
3/14/2008 — 4:00 PM-6:00 PM
Free Admission
Graduate Center
Distinguished Writers Series: Anne Carson
3/13/2008 — 7:30 PM
Hunter College
Edna O'Brien (with Leonard Lopate)
Queens College Evening Readings3/11/2008 — 7:00 PM
Tuesdays. $15. Free with CUNY ID.
John Edgar Wideman: Book Reading and Discussion: Fanon
03/09/2008 — 1:30 PM-3:00 PM
Brooklyn Public Library
Distinguished Writers Series: Frank McCourt
2/27/2008 — 7:00 PM
Hunter College
Poetry and Community: All About Poets House
2/25/2008 — 4:30 PM-6:00 PM
Free Admission
City College
Tribute to Last Poets: Abiodun Oyewole and Don Babatunde Eaton
2/10/2008 — 3:00 PM-5:00 PM
Medgar Evers College
Best-Selling Author Series: A.M. Homes
2/05/2008 — 7:00 PM
Free Admission
Kingsborough Community College
Acentos: A Gathering and Celebration of Latino and Latina Poets
2/01/2008 — 6:30 PM
Free Admission
School of Social Work @ Hunter College
A Multi-Genre, Multicultural Women's Reading
1/31/2008 — 7:00 PM
Macaulay Center. Macaulay Honors College
2008 AWP Conference & Bookfair
New York City
1/30/2008 — 2/2/2008
Featured Readings By: Yusef Komunyakaa, Sharon Olds, E.L. Doctorow, Louise Glück, Galway Kinnell, A.S. Byatt, Mark Strand, James Tate, Robert Pinsky, Natasha Trethewey, Carolyn Forché, Ha Jin, Joyce Carol Oates, Jonathan Safran Foer, Billy Collins, Frank McCourt, Sonia Sanchez, Cynthia Ozick, Philip Lopate, Amy Hempel, Peter Cameron, Charles Simic, and many more.