2007-2008 SCHEDULE
All events are free and open to the public.
Persons with a disability who believe they may need assistance should contact 773-834-8524 / jnklein@uchicago.edu in advance of the event.
Autumn Quarter
Thursday, September 27 5:30pm
READING by DAVID SHAPIRO
Rosenwald 405, 1101 E. 58th Street
Friday, September 28 1:00pm
LECTURE by DAVID SHAPIRO
"My Teachers and The Structure of My Work"
Rosenwald 405, 1101 E. 58th Street
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Friday, October 26 1:00-4:00pm
BILINGUAL READING + Q&A by KEITH AND ROSMARIE WALDROP
Rosenwald 405, 1101 E. 58th Street
Original French texts read by UofC graduate student Mireille Dobrynszki
Co-sponsored by FranceChicagoCenter and Chicago Poetry Project
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Wednesday, October 24 5:30pm
READING by ADAM ZAGAJEWSKI
Franke Institute for the Humanities, Regenstein Library, 1100 E. 57th Street
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Wednesday November 7 5:00pm
PEARL ANDELSON SHERRY MEMORIAL POETRY READING/LECTURE by SUSAN HOWE
“Choir answers to Choir: Notes on Jonathan Edwards and Wallace Stevens”
Social Sciences 122, 1126 E. 59th Street
Co-sponsored by The Program in Poetry and Poetics. Susan Howe is the 2007 Sherry Memorial Poet.
Thursday November 8 5:00pm
PUBLIC CONVERSATION between SUSAN HOWE AND MARJORIE PERLOFF
“Constraint, Concrete, Citation: Susan Howe’s Poetic Technique”
Rosenwald 405, 1101 E. 58th Street
Co-sponsored by The Program in Poetry and Poetics. Susan Howe is the 2007 Sherry Memorial Poet.
Thursday November 15 7:00pm
PERFORMANCE by SUSAN HOWE AND DAVID GRUBBS
“Souls of the Labadie Tract”
Bond Chapel, 1050 E. 59th Street
Co-sponsored by The Renaissance Society and The Committee on Creative Writing
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Monday, November 19 2:30pm
PUBLIC CONVERSATION between FRANK BIDART and ROBERT VON HALLBERG
Rosenwald 405, 1101 E. 58th Street
Tuesday, November 20 5:30pm
READING by FRANK BIDART
Rosenwald 405, 1101 E. 58th Street
Winter Quarter
Thursday, January 17 6:00pm
READING by ED ROBERSON
Rosenwald 405, 1101 E. 58th Street
Friday, January 18 1:00pm
LECTURE by ED ROBERSON
Rosenwald 405, 1101 E. 58th Street
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Thursday, February 28 12:00pm
LECTURE by STANLEY LOMBARDO : "The Practice of Translation"
Classics 110, 1010 E. 59th Street
Co-sponsored by The Program in Poetry and Poetics
Thursday, February 28 6:00pm
READING by STANLEY LOMBARDO: "The Underworld: Readings from Homer, Dante and Virgil"
Rosenwald 405, 1101 E. 58th Street
Co-sponsored by The Chicago Poetry Project
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Tuesday, March 4 5:30pm
READING by CARLA HARRYMAN
Classics 110 , 1010 E. 59th Street
Friday, March 7
PERFORMANCE of Memory Play by CARLA HARRYMAN ...details to come
Presented by The Renaissance Society with support from POEM PRESENT
Spring Quarter
Thursday, April 10 5:30pm
READING by MATTHEA HARVEY
Rosenwald 405, 1101 E. 58th Street
Friday, April 11 1:00pm
LECTURE by MATTHEA HARVEY: "If You Agree, Won't You Change the Title For Me? "
Stuart 105, 5835 South Greenwood
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Thursday, April 24 5:30pm
READING by LESLIE SCALAPINO
Rosenwald 405, 1101 E. 58th Street
Friday, April 25 2:00pm
*NOTE TIME!
LECTURE by LESLIE SCALAPINO : "Poetics"
Rosenwald 405, 1101 E. 58th Street
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Thursday, May 8 5:30pm
READING by PIOTR SOMMER
Rosenwald 405, 1101 E. 58th Street
Friday, May 9 1:00pm
Public Q&A with PIOTR SOMMER
Rosenwald 405, 1101 E. 58th Street
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Thursday, May 15 5:30pm
UofCHICAGOLAND READING featuring poets in and around the UofC community
Rosenwald 405, 1101 E. 58th Street
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Tuesday, May 27 Time 5:30pm
LECTURE and READING by JALAL TOUFIC
Rosenwald 405, 1101 E. 58th Street