Kelly Writers Series
DInty W. Moore, February 19 and March 13, 2019
Chen Chen, April 10, 2019
Roxane Gay, April 17, 2019
Debby Geis, Faculty Reading, February 13, 2019
Eugene Gloria, Faculty Reading, February 13, 2019
Peter Graham, Faculty Reading, February 13, 2019
Joe Heithaus, Faculty Reading, February 13, 2019
Greg Schwipps, Faculty Reading, February 13, 2019
Chris White, Faculty Reading, February 13, 2019
Lili Wright, Faculty Reading, February 13, 2019
The Kelly Writers Series brings world-renowned poets, playwrights, and authors of fiction and nonfiction for readings and discussion to DePauw's campus. All events are free and open to the public. Spring 2019 readings include:
Faculty reading
february 13 | 7:30 p.m.
Peeler Art Center, Auditorium
Dinty W. Moore
February 19 | 4:15 p.m.
PUlliam Center for Contemporary media, watson forum, Craft Talk
March 13 | 7:30 p.m.
Peeler Art Center, Auditorium
Dinty W. Moore is author of the nonfiction book Between Panic and Desire. He serves as the 2019 Mary Rogers Field and Marion Field-McKenna Distinguished University Professor of Creative Writing. He has been published in Harpers, The New York Times Sunday Magazine, The Southern Review, and numerous other venues.
Chen Chen
April 10 | 7:30 p.m.
Peeler Art Center, Auditorium
Chen Chen is the author of When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities, winner of the GLCA New Writers Award and was long-listed for the National Book Award. His work has appeared in many publications, including Tin House and The Best American Poetry. The Atlantic featured him in an article entitled “How Poetry Came to Matter Again.”
Roxane Gay
April 17 | 4:15 p.m.
PUlliam Center for Contemporary media, watson forum
PAC and craft talk
April 17 | 7:30 p.m.
Green center for performing arts, Kresge Auditorium
Roxane Gay’s book, Hunger, is a New York Times best-selling memoir. Her work garners international acclaim for its reflective, no-holds-barred exploration of feminism and social criticism.