Kenneth W. Warren will present will present “Does Literature Change Anything? Lessons from African American Writing,” the keynote address for the 2018 Northwest Undergraduate Conference on Literature (NUCL), on Saturday, March 24, at 1:45 p.m., in the Bauccio Commons. His talk is free and open to all. Warren is Fairfax M. Cone Distinguished Professor in […]
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Schoenfeldt, ReadUP Author Rebecca Skloot Lecture, Feb. 26
The entire University community is invited to take part in the culmination of the fourth annual ReadUP event, according to Thomas Greene, provost. This year features The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot, who will speak on February 26 as a guest of the Schoenfeldt Distinguished Writers Series. Her lecture will take place […]
Reading By Leni Zumas, Nov. 15
Author Leni Zumas will read from her work on Wednesday, November 15, at 7:30 p.m., in the Pilot House bookstore. Zumas is the author of the story collection Farewell Navigator and the novel The Listeners, which was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award. She teaches in the MFA program at Portland State University. Her forthcoming novel, Red Clocks, was […]
Alan Weltzien Reading, October 24
Poet, memoirist, and Pacific Northwest culture scholar Alan Weltzien will hold a reading on campus on Tuesday, October 24, 7:30 p.m., in the Pilot House bookstore. Weltzien has published nine books, most recently Thinking Continental: Writing the Planet One Place at a Time, and Exceptional Mountains: A Cultural History of the Pacific Northwest Volcanoes, which explores the […]
NUCL Keynote: “Critical Thought for Critical Times,” March 25
Literature professor Erica Edwards of the University of California, Riverside will present “Critical Thought for Critical Times,” the keynote address for the 2017 Northwest Undergraduate Conference on Literature (NUCL), on Saturday, March 25, at 1:45 p.m., in the Bauccio Commons. Her talk is free and open to all. What is the nature of critical thought […]
Reading with Megan Kruse, Feb. 15
Fiction author Megan Kruse will read from her work as part of the English department’s Readings & Lectures Series on Wednesday, February 15, at 7:30 p.m., in the Pilot House bookstore. The reading is free and open to all. Megan Kruse grew up in the Pacific Northwest and currently lives in Olympia, Wash. She studied […]
Author, Musician Willy Vlautin, Nov. 28
Oregon novelist and musician Willy Vlautin joins our campus on Monday, November 28, at 7:30 p.m., at the Pilot House bookstore. Born and raised in Reno, Nev., Vlautin has published four novels of dark literary realism: The Motel Life, Northline, Lean on Pete, and The Free. His bands include Richmond Fontaine and the Delines. Vlautin’s storytelling in both prose […]
Poetry Reading: Kate Gray, Oct. 5
Portland poet and writer Kate Gray will visit the UP campus on Wednesday, October 5, at 7:30 p.m., in the Pilot House bookstore to read from her work. Gray is the author of the Oregon Book Award nominated Another Sunset We Survive (poems) and the novel Carry the Sky. Her work thinks through conditions of vulnerability, loss, and ethical […]
NUCL Keynote Speaker: William Deresiewicz, March 19
Award-winning essayist and critic William Deresiewicz will present the keynote lecture, titled “The Self in Society and the Humanity in Both,” for English department’s annual Northwest Undergraduate Conference on Literature (NUCL) on Saturday, March 19, at 1:45 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center Recital Hall. His lecture is free and open to the public. Deresiewicz’s works […]
Sara Jaffe Reading, Oct. 7
Portland writer Sara Jaffe will read from her first novel, Dryland, on Wednesday, October 7, at 7:30 p.m., in the Pilot House bookstore. Her reading is free and open to all faculty, staff, students, and the public. Jaffe’s short fiction and criticism have appeared in publications including Fence, BOMB, NOON, The Los Angeles Review of […]