The ҹ Community enjoys the Living Writers series together
Members of the ҹ community enjoy the Living Writers series together.
The university’s signature Living Writers course brings 10 highly regarded authors to campus every year. The ҹ community is invited to attend their public readings in person or via the web at .
“It has been wonderful to hear from so many people who are so excited to engage with us through this course,” said , who co-teaches the course and program with fellow English professor .
Mark your calendars for the remaining nine authors, or visit to watch any of their presentations. Here is the schedule:
Nadifa Mohamed
September 18, 4:30 p.m.
Persson Auditorium
Xiaolu Guo
September 25, 4:30 p.m.
Love Auditorium
Pico Iyer
October 2, 4:30 p.m.
Love Auditorium
Jonathan Franzen
October 23, 4:30 p.m.
Love Auditorium
Marjane Satrapi, 4:30 p.m.
October 30, 4:30 p.m.
Love Auditorium
Chang-rae Lee
November 6, 4:30 p.m.
Love Auditorium
Téa Obreht
November 13, 4:30 p.m.
Love Auditorium
Marlon James
November 20, 4:30 p.m.
Persson Auditorium
Martin Amis
December 4, 4:30 p.m.
Love Auditorium
Living Writers is designed to be a way for participants to interact personally or virtually with top authors from around the world. People are encouraged to post questions on Twitter or Facebook using the tag #livingwriters. You also can post questions on the ҹ channel.
There also is an opportunity for a deeper engagement through the university’s course. The free noncredit course focuses on four of the visiting authors: Franzen, Mohamed, Satrapi, and Amis.
More than 700 people already have joined the course, and anyone interested in participating still can by signing up .