Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon is the author of Open Interval and Black Swan, winner of the 2001 Cave Canem Poetry Prize, as well as Poems in Conversation and a Conversation, a chapbook in collaboration with … Continue reading Reading by Poet Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon
Chris Bachelder’s fourth novel, The Throwback Special, was a finalist for the 2016 National Book Award in fiction. He was awarded the Terry Southern Prize for humor from The Paris Review, as well … Continue reading Reading by Novelist Chris Bachelder
Sheila Squillante is the author of the poetry collection, Beautiful Nerve (Civil Coping Mechanisms, 2016), and three chapbooks of poetry: In This Dream of My Father (Seven Kitchens, 2014), Women Who Pawn Their Jewelry (Finishing Line, … Continue reading Sheila Squillante Reading, Art of Poetry Series
U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir Ordinary Light (Knopf, 2015) and three books of poetry. Her collection Life on Mars won the … Continue reading U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith to Read as 2017 Dickinson Lecturer
Lee Peterson published a first collection, Rooms and Fields, as winner of the Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize (Kent State University Press, 2004). She is currently working on a series entitled "Into This … Continue reading Lee Peterson Reading, Art of Poetry Series
Suki Kim is the only writer ever to go live undercover in North Korea. Her New York Times bestselling book of investigative literary nonfiction, Without You, There Is No Us: Undercover Among the … Continue reading Suki Kim Reading, Rolling Reading Series
Jennifer Haigh’s novel HEAT AND LIGHT was named a Best Book of 2016 by The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, NPR, and Slate Magazine, and … Continue reading Jennifer Haigh Reading, Rolling Reading Series
Cindy Clem, author of the chapbook Cat/Dog and Other Binaries, received her MFA in Poetry from Penn State University in 2005. Her work has appeared in journals such as The Normal School, Mid-American … Continue reading Cindy Clem Reading, Art of Poetry Series
Originally from Jamaica, Shara McCallum is the author of five books of poetry, published in the US and UK: Madwoman, The Face of Water: New and Selected Poems, This Strange … Continue reading Shara McCallum Reading, Rolling Reading Series