Upcoming Events

Events, such as readings, hosted by the Department of English and Comparative Literature.  
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Ethics, Aesthetics, and Nonfictionality in Medical Fictions: Lisa Genova's Inside the O'Briens and Ian McEwan's Saturday

Featuring: Dr. James Phelan, Ohio State University
Date: January 26, 2019
Time: 2 pm
Location: McMicken 127

Jamel Brinkley

Fiction Reading

Featuring: Jamel Brinkley
Date: February 1, 2019
Time: 4:00 pm
Location: Elliston Poetry Room, 646 Langsam Library 

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Feminist Leadership Principles in Higher Education

Featuring: Dr. Amy Koerber, Texas Tech University
Date: February 8, 2019
Time: 4pm
Location: Taft Reserach Center

Ntozake Shange

Ntozake Shange: Celebrating an Artistic Legacy Through Conversation and Performance
Sponsored by the Weinberger Center for Drama and Playwriting

Featuring: Dr. Shirlene Holmes, Aku Kadogo, RAHBI, the Cincinnati Black Theatre Company, College-Conservatory of Music (Acting), and The School for Creative and Performing Arts
Date: February 15, 2019
Time: 4:00 pm
Location: Elliston Poetry Room, 646 Langsam Library

Ishion Hutchinson

Poetry Reading

Featuring: Ishion Hutchinson
Date: February 22, 2019
Time: 4:00 pm
Location: Elliston Poetry Room, 646 Langsam Library 

Mary Ruefle

Lecture

Featuring: Mary Ruefle
Date: March 6, 2019
Time: 4:00 pm
Location: Elliston Poetry Room, 646 Langsam Library 

Poetry Reading

Featuring: Mary Ruefle
Date: March 8, 2019
Time: 4:00 pm
Location: Elliston Poetry Room, 646 Langsam Library 

Xhenet Aliu

Fiction and Poetry Reading

Featuring: Xhenet Aliu and Timothy O’Keefe
Date: April 11, 2019
Time: TBD
Location: Elliston Poetry Room, 646 Langsam Library 

Sloane Crosley

Robert and Adele Schiff Fiction Festival Reading

Featuring: Sloane Crosley and Uzodinma Iweala
Date: April 17, 2019
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Elliston Poetry Room, 646 Langsam Library 

Uzodinma Iweala

Robert and Adele Schiff Fiction Festival Panel

Featuring: Sloane Crosley, Uzodinma Iweala, Katie Kitamura, and Brendan Mathews
Date: April 18, 2019
Time: 11:00 am
Location: Elliston Poetry Room, 646 Langsam Library 

Katie Kitamura

Robert and Adele Schiff Fiction Festival Reading

Featuring: Katie Kitamura and and Brendan Mathews
Date: April 18, 2019
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Elliston Poetry Room, 646 Langsam Library 

Brendan Mathews

Robert and Adele Schiff Fiction Festival Panel

Featuring: Sloane Crosley, Uzodinma Iweala, Katie Kitamura, and Brendan Mathews
Date: April 19, 2019
Time: 10:00 am
Location: Elliston Poetry Room, 646 Langsam Library