Events

All events are free and open to the public. Call 612-625-6366 for more information about any event.

Fall 2008: Edelstein-Keller Visiting Writers

Tuesday, October 7: Nin Andrews + Peter Johnson, Weisman Museum.

Tuesday, October 28: Andrea Elliott, Coffman Memorial Union Theater.

Monday, November 3: Thomas Lynch, Humphrey Auditorium.

Thursday, November 13: Ethan Canin, Weisman Museum.

 

Summer 2008

Tuesday, July 8: Modern Marvels: Jewish Adventures in the Graphic Novel, (The Complete Maus). Highland Park Branch Library.


Author and U of M Jewish Studies instructor Judith Katz leads a discussion of Art Spiegelman's award-winning Maus books. Free. 7pm, Highland Park Branch Library,1974 Ford Parkway, St. Paul. http://wilson.lib.umn.edu/outreach/marvels.html

Friday, June 20: Loft Mentor Series reading, Open Book.


Peter Ho Davies reads with Mentor Series participants Loren Taylor and Mai Neng Moua. 1011 Washington Avenue South, Mpls. 7pm. $5, free for Loft members. www.loft.org

Friday, June 20: Loft Mentor Series reading, Open Book.


Peter Ho Davies reads with Mentor Series participants Loren Taylor and Mai Neng Moua. 1011 Washington Avenue South, Mpls. 7pm. $5, free for Loft members. www.loft.org

Friday, June 13: David Sedaris reading, U of M Bookstore.


Best-selling author and American humorist David Sedaris will discuss his new book When You Are Engulfed in Flames. University of Minnesota Bookstore in Coffman Memorial Union, 7:00 p.m.. Free.

Thursday, June 12: Nam Le reading, Magers & Quinn Booksellers.

Nam Le will read from his critically-acclaimed book of short stories, The Boat. MFA Ethan Rutherford will be introducing him. Magers and Quinn, 3038 Hennepin Ave. South, 7:30pm. Free.

Thursday, June 5 : Brian Malloy publication reading, Open Book.

Brian Malloy ('06 alum) celebrates the publication of his latest young adult novel, Twelve Long Months, with a reading at Open Book, 1011 Washington Avenue South, Mpls. 7pm. Free.

Spring 2008

Tuesday, April 29: MFA/Dislocate magazine reading.

Featuring Edelstein-Keller Visiting Professor Charles Baxter and MFA students Emily Freeman (nonfiction), Thomas Cook (poetry) and Matt Burgess (fiction). Free! 150 Lind, Taylor Library.

Wednesday, March 26

Suzan Lori Parks, "Top Dog/Under Dog"

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwritght Suzan Lori Parks at Ted mann Concert Hall as part of the Esther Freier Lecture Series. 7:30 pm. Free and open to the public. Contact Terri Sutton for more information: sutt0063@umn.edu.

Thursday, March 6

Alison Bechdel, author of "Fun Home" and the syndicated strip, "Dykes to Watch Out For" 7 pm, Cowles Auditorium, Hubert H. Humphrey Center, West Bank. Free!

Please join the GLBT Studies Program in welcoming Alison Bechdel for the annual Steven J. Schochet Memorial Lecture ( led by Toni McNaron). This visit is cosponsored by the Creative Writing Program.

 

 

 

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