UP’s fall 2022 Schoenfeldt Distinguished Writers Series speaker will be Palestinian-American poet Naomi Shihab Nye, who joins our campus Tuesday, September 13. A self-described “wandering poet,” she’s lived and worked in San Antonio, TX, while spending the past 40 years traveling the country and world to lead writing workshops and inspire people of all ages with her […]
Schoenfeldt Series
How to Use “How To Be An Antiracist”: TLC Tip of the Week
How might this year’s ReadUP/Schoenfeldt selection inform our teaching? In this week’s Teaching & Learning Collaborative tip, Lars Larson gathers a few ideas from Ibram X. Kendi’s powerful work How to Be an Antiracist. Please note that electronic copies of Kendi’s book can be accessed through the Clark Library here, and paper copies will be […]
Lisa Ko To Deliver Schoenfeldt Series Lecture on Monday, Feb. 10
ReadUP 2020 comes to an exciting conclusion on Monday, February 10, at 7 p.m., when author Lisa Ko discusses her book The Leavers as part of the Schoenfeldt Distinguished Visiting Writers Series. This lecture is free and open to all members of the community, and will be held in Buckley Center Auditorium. Ko will be […]
Schoenfeldt Writer Luis Alberto Urrea to Visit, Nov. 7
Author Luis Alberto Urrea joins our campus as the fall 2019 Schoenfeldt Distinguished Writer on Thursday, Nov. 7 in Buckley Center Auditorium at 7pm. He will also join us from 4-5pm that day in BC 120 for an informal Q&A: bring your questions! A member of the Latino Literature Hall of Fame, Urrea is the critically acclaimed, best-selling […]
Schoenfeldt Writer Omar El Akkad Lecture & Book Discussion, Nov. 1
The Schoenfeldt Writers Series, in partnership with the English Department, proudly presents award-winning journalist Omar El Akkad as the fall Series speaker. El Akkad will be speaking about his debut novel, American War, on Thursday, November 1, at 7 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. El Akkad’s novel American War is a post-apocalyptic novel set during the second American […]
ReadUP Selection for 2016-2017: “All the Light We Cannot See”
As professors plan content for fall and spring courses, it may be helpful to note that the Read UP selection next year will be Anthony Doerr’s Pulitzer Prize-winning All the Light We Cannot See, according to Karen Eifler, Garaventa Center. Students and the entire UP community will have access to the book and several discussion […]
Schoenfeldt Distinguished Writer Alice McDermott, Feb. 26
The renowned novelist and essayist Alice McDermott, who won the National Book Award for her novel Charming Billy, will visit the campus and read from her work on Thursday, February 26, at 7 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. Her lecture is free and open to all faculty, staff, students, and the public. McDermott is the […]
Doyle Delivering Delightfully Droll Discourse, Oct. 30
Essayist, novelist, and Portland Magazine editor Brian Doyle will speak as part of the University’s Schoenfeldt Distinguished Writers Series on Thursday, October 30, at 7 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. His talk will be free and open to all faculty, staff, students, and the public. Doyle is the author of many books of essays, poems, […]
Reading by Former U.S. Poet Laureate Louise Glück, Feb. 13
The University of Portland’s Schoenfeldt Distinguished Writers Series will welcome former U.S. Poet Laureate Louise Glück to campus on Thursday, February 13, at 7 p.m., where she will read from her work in Buckley Center Auditorium. The event is free and open to faculty, staff, students, and the public. Glück recently released Poems 1962-2012, a […]
Schoenfeldt Series Museum Displays, Postings
The University museum now offers a post about the Schoenfeldt Distinguished Visiting Writers Series on the UP Museum WordPress site. Click here for the page with the new post, or here for the post itself. This year marks 25 years of the Schoenfeldt Distinguished Visiting Writers Series, founded by the late Rev. Arthur Schoenfeldt, C.S.C. […]