Visiting Writer: Kate Bernheimer
Kate Bernheimer’s most recent book is Office at Night, a novella co-authored with Laird Hunt. She will be joining us in the Hurst Lounge on February 9th at 8:00 PM.
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Book Celebration for Anca Parvulescu & Manuela Boatca's "Creolizing the Modern: Transylvania Across Empires"
Please join us for a book celebration of Anca Parvulescu’s Creolizing the Modern: Transylvania Across Empires (cowritten with Manuela Boatcă), followed by a discussion.
Visiting Hurst Professor: Cedar Sigo, Reading
Cedar Sigo is the author of eight books and pamphlets of poetry, including Language Arts, Stranger in Town, Expensive Magic, two editions of Selected Writings, and most recently All This Time. He will be giving a Reading in the Hurst Lounge on February 23rd at 8:00 PM.
Visiting Hurst Professor: Cedar Sigo, Craft Talk
Cedar Sigo is the author of eight books and pamphlets of poetry, including Language Arts, Stranger in Town, Expensive Magic, two editions of Selected Writings, and most recently All This Time. He will be conducting a Craft Talk in the Hurst Lounge on February 16th at 8:00 PM.
Visiting Writer: Eula Biss
Eula Biss’ most recent book is "Having and Being Had," described as a roguish and risky self-audit of the value system she has bought into. She will be joining us in the Hurst Lounge on March 23rd at 8:00 PM.
Visiting Hurst Professor: Renee Gladman, Craft Talk
Renee Gladman is a writer and artist preoccupied with crossings, thresholds, and geographies as they play out at the intersections of poetry, prose, drawing and architecture. She will be conducting a Craft Talk in the Hurst Lounge on March 28th at 8:00 PM.
Visiting Hurst Professor: Renee Gladman, Reading
Renee Gladman is a writer and artist preoccupied with crossings, thresholds, and geographies as they play out at the intersections of poetry, prose, drawing and architecture. She will be giving a Reading in the Hurst Lounge on March 30th at 8:00 PM.
Visiting Hurst Professor: Leslie Jamison, Craft Talk
Leslie Jamison is the New York Times bestselling author of four books: The Empathy Exams, The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath, Make it Scream, Make it Burn, and a novel, The Gin Closet. She will be conducting a Craft Talk in the Hurst Lounge on April 4th at 8:00 PM.
Visiting Hurst Professor: Leslie Jamison, Reading
Leslie Jamison is the New York Times bestselling author of four books: The Empathy Exams, The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath, Make it Scream, Make it Burn, and a novel, The Gin Closet. She will be conducting a Reading in the Hurst Lounge on April 6th at 8:00 PM.
Spring Arabic Calligraphy, Manuscript, and Rare Books Expo
Dr. Younasse Tarbouni is a Teaching Professor of Arabic for the Department of Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies.
A.J. Robinson is the reference/subject librarian for Islamic Studies and South Asian Studies in Olin Library.
Visiting Writer: André Naffis-Sahely
André Naffis-Sahely is the author of two collections of poetry, The Promised Land: Poems from Itinerant Life and High Desert, as well as the editor of The Heart of a Stranger: An Anthology of Exile Literature. He will be giving a talk on Zoom on April 13th at 8:00 PM.
Literature in the Making Public Reading Event
This reading is held by graduate students in the International Writers PhD track in Comparative Literature!
(Zoom) Hurst Professor: Nazera Sadiq Wright
Nazera Sadiq Wright is the Associate Professor of English, African American, and Africana Studies at the University of Kentucky. She will be presenting her lecture, "Frances E. W. Harper's Library Ticket," followed by a brief Q&A with the audience.
Spring Grad Colloquium
Three of our beloved PhDs, Ann Marie Jakubowski, Crystal Payne, and Maria Sciiliano, share their latest research in an informal evening of presentations, snacks, and refreshments.
MFA Readings
MFA Readings
A Retirement Talk and Reception for Bob Milder
Please join us in extending best wishes to Bob Milder, who is retiring from Washington University this year.
Scholarly Writing Retreat 2023
WashU scholars in the humanities and humanistic social sciences are invited to jump-start their summer writing.
Phillip Maciak at Left Bank Books
Left Bank Books presents TV editor for the Los Angeles Review of Books & a lecturer at Washington University in St. Louis, Phillip Maciak, who will discuss his funny, insightful work of cultural criticism and history Avidly Reads Screen Time, in our store on May 25th at 5:30pm!
Guggenheim Fellowship Information Session
A Reading with Eduardo C. Corral
Eduardo C. Corral is the son of Mexican immigrants. Graywolf Press published his second book, Guillotine, in 2020. His first book, Slow Lightning, won the Yale Series of Younger Poets competition.
Humanities Happy Hour
WashU humanities faculty: Meet and mingle with colleagues old and new.
Visiting Hurst Professor: Jahan Ramazani, Lecture
Washington University Department of English is proud to welcome Visiting Hurst Professor, Jahan Ramazani, who will be presenting a lecture titled, "Elegy for the Planet: Poetry in the Time of Climate Change."
Visiting Hurst Professor: Jahan Ramazani, Seminar
Washington University Department of English is proud to welcome Visiting Hurst Professor, Jahan Ramazani, who will be presenting a Seminar titled, "A Caribbean Poetics of (Post-)Mourning: Elegizing the Middle Passage."
College of Arts & Sciences Major Minor Fair
Virtual Book Club: Invisible Man
Banned Book Week discussion of “Invisible Man” by Ralph Ellison
¿Quién soy? Y ¿Quiénes somos?: A Panel Discussion with Latine Poets
Visiting Hurst Professor: Rigoberto González, Craft Talk
Washington University Department of English is proud to welcome Visiting Hurst Professor, Rigoberto González.
Visiting Hurst Professor: Rigoberto González, Reading
Washington University Department of English is proud to welcome Visiting Hurst Professor, Rigoberto González.
English Department AI Workshop
The English department invites you to "An AI Workshop: Practices”
Roundtable discussion of Tabea Alexa Linhard’s "Unexpected Routes: Refugee Writers in Mexico"
Writing and Embodied Creativity
A Talk with 2023 Marcus Artist-in-Residence, Choreographer Leslie Cuyjet
Visiting Hurst Professor: Hernan Diaz, Craft Talk
Washington University Department of English is proud to welcome Visiting Hurst Professor, Hernan Diaz.
Visiting Hurst Professor: Hernan Diaz, Reading
Washington University Department of English is proud to welcome Visiting Hurst Professor, Hernan Diaz. This is a non-ticketed event and is open to the public so space may be limited.
Visiting Hurst Professor: Timothy Donnelly, Reading
Washington University Department of English is proud to welcome Visiting Hurst Professor, Timothy Donnelly.
Fall Graduate Colloquium
This year's Fall Graduate Colloquium features Maria Kane, Naomi Kim, & Max Carol.
Visiting Hurst Professor: Timothy Donnelly, Craft Talk
Washington University Department of English is proud to welcome Visiting Hurst Professor, Timothy Donnelly.
Book Talk: Phil Maciak's "Avidly Reads Screen Time"
Join us for a Book Talk celebrating Phillip Maciak's Avidly Reads Screen Time.
Virtual Book Club: ‘The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections’
Literature in the Making Public Reading
This reading is held by graduate students in the International Writers PhD track in Comparative Literature
Visiting Hurst Professors: Christian Wiman & Marilyn Nelson
Washington University Department of English, in cooperation with The Carver Project, is proud to welcome Visiting Hurst Professors, Christian Wiman and Marilyn Nelson.