The Creative Writing Program’s Spring 2017 Reading Series continues in March with events featuring David Means (March 2), Hari Kunzru (March 23), and Ada Limón (March 24), among others.
The New York University Creative Writing Program’s Spring 2017 Reading Series continues in March with events featuring David Means (March 2), Hari Kunzru (March 23), and Ada Limón (March 24), among others.
All events are held in the program’s Greenwich Village home, the Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, located at 58 W. 10th Street (between 5th and 6th Aves.) and are free and open to the public—unless otherwise noted. Seating for free events is on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, call 212.998.8816 or visit the program's events page. Subways: F, L, M (14th Street/6th Avenue); 1 (Christopher Street); A, B, C, D, E, F, M (West 4th Street).
Thursday, March 2, 7 p.m.
Poetry and Prose Reading
Kaitlyn Greenidge and David Means
Kaitlyn Greenidge’s debut novel is “We Love You, Charlie Freeman” (Algonquin Books, 2016). David Means’ latest novel is “Hystopia” (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2016), which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2016.
Friday, March 3, 5 p.m.
Cave Canem Presents: New Works
Cameron Awkward-Rich, Tara Betts, Hayes Davis, and Nathan McClain
Cameron Awkward-Rich's debut collection is “Sympathetic Little Monster” (Ricochet Editions, 2016). Tara Betts is most recently the author of “Break the Habit” (Trio House Press, 2016). Hayes Davis’ collection “Let Our Eyes Linger” was published by Poetry Mutual Press in 2016. Nathan McClain is the author of “Scale” (Four Way Books, 2017). Co-sponsored with Cave Canem Foundation.
Friday, March 3, 7 p.m.
NYU Emerging Writers Reading
Ross Gay
Ross Gay is the author of “Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude” (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2015), winner of the Kingsley Tufts Award and a finalist for the National Book Award and the National Books Critics Circle Award, as well as “Bringing the Shovel Down” (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2011) and “Against Which” (Cavankerry Press, 2006).
Location: KGB Bar, 85 East 4th Street
Thursday, March 9, 7 p.m.
The New Salon: Writers in Conversation
Kevin Young (with Laurin Macios)
Kevin Young is the author of 11 books of poetry and prose, most recently “Blue Laws: Selected & Uncollected Poems 1995-2015” (Knopf, 2016), longlisted for the National Book Award; “Book of Hours” (Knopf, 2014), winner of the Lenore Marshall Prize for Poetry from the Academy of American Poets; “Ardency: A Chronicle of the Amistad Rebels” (Knopf, 2011); and “Dear Darkness” (Knopf, 2008). His collection “Jelly Roll: a blues” (Knopf, 2003) was a finalist for both the National Book Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Award for Poetry.
Friday, March 10, 5 p.m.
NYU Creative Writing Program Alumni Reading
Michael Broder, Gail Carson Levine, Gretchen Mattox, Martin Rock, Kayla Rae Whitaker, and Yoojin Grace Wuertz
Michael Broder is most recently the author of "Drug and Disease Free" (Indolent Books, 2016). Gail Carlson Levine’s latest book is “Transient” (Nightshade Press, 2016). Gretchen Mattox’s most recent collection is “Flower Compass Sutras (Tebot Bach, 2014). Martin Rock is the author of “Residuum” (Cleveland State University Poetry Center, 2015). Kayla Rae Whitaker’s debut novel is “The Animators” (Penguin Press, January 2017). Yoojin Grace Wuertz’s debut novel is “Everything Belongs to Us” (Random House, February 2017).
Thursday, March 23, 7 p.m.
The New Salon: Writers in Conversation
Katie Kitamura and Hari Kunzru (with Darin Strauss)
Katie Kitamura’s latest novel is “A Separation” (Riverhead Books, 2017). Hari Kunzru is most recently the author of “White Tears” (Knopf, 2017).
Friday, March 24, 5 p.m.
Poetry Reading
Beth Bachmann, Ada Limón, and Sarah Blake
Beth Bachmann’s latest book is “Do Not Rise” (2015), from the University of Pittsburgh Press. Ada Limón is the author of four collections of poems, including “Bright Dead Things” (Milkweed Editions, 2015), which was named a finalist for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Sarah Blake is the author of the poetry collection “Mr. West” (Wesleyan University Press, 2015), an unauthorized biography of Kanye West.
Friday, March 24, 7 p.m.
NYU Emerging Writers Reading
Naomi Jackson
Naomi Jackson’s debut novel is “The Star Side of Bird Hill” (Penguin Books, 2016).
Location: KGB Bar, 85 East 4th Street
Thursday, March 30, 7 p.m.
Cave Canem Presents: New Works
Joshua Bennett, Charif Shanahan, and Patricia Smith
Joshua Bennett is the author of “The Sobbing School” (Penguin Books, 2016), a National Poetry Series selection. Charif Shanahan is the author of “Into Each Room We Enter without Knowing” (SIU Press, 2017), winner of the 2015 Crab Orchard Series in Poetry First Book Award. Patricia Smith is the author of six books of poetry, including “Shoulda Been Jimi Savannah” (2012), which won the Lenore Marshall Prize from the Academy of American Poets. Co-sponsored with Cave Canem Foundation.
Friday, March 31, 5 p.m.
Women Writing About Mothers and Daughters: A Panel Discussion
Gayle Forman, Molly Jong-Fast, Betsy Lerner, and Nadja Spiegelman
Co-sponsored with the Women’s National Book Association. Moderated by WNBA board member Harriet Shenkman.
Editor’s Note:
The NYU Creative Writing Program, among the most distinguished programs in the country, is a leading national center for the study of writing and literature. The undergraduate and graduate programs provide students with an opportunity to develop their craft while working closely with some of the finest poets and novelists writing today. The Creative Writing Program occupies a townhouse on West 10th Street in the same Greenwich Village neighborhood where so many writers have lived and worked. The Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House allows writers—established and emerging—to share their work in an inspiring setting.