Monday, March 08, 2010

Susan Howe, March 22-23

"Listening to Susan Howe read is like staring
into a lake enchanted mesmerized drawn closer and closer
until the tip of the nose touches water & then
swiftly one senses danger danger a warning a voice saying No,
no wrong way not the lake not the lake over here
& yes she's over there now &
the magnetic pull begins again."--Maureen Owen


Susan Howe will be our second of three spring 2010 Kelly Writers House Fellows. She will be visiting much of the week of March 22. These are the two public Fellows events:

* Monday, March 22, 6:30 PM - a reading
* Tuesday, March 23, 10 AM - brunch followed by interview/conversation moderated by me

Seats are strictly limited. The two sessions are free and open to the public - but, again, seats are limited and attendees must RSVP in advance. To reserve seats, write to whfellow [at] writing [dot] upenn [dot] edu or call (215) 573-9749. For more information, see: http://writing.upenn.edu/wh/people/fellows/

KELLY WRITERS HOUSE FELLOWS, 1999-2010:

2010:
• Joyce Carol Oates
• Susan Howe
• David Milch
2009
• Robert Coover
• Joan Didion
• Mary Gordon
2008
• Art Spiegelman
• Lynne Sharon Schwartz
• Jerome Rothenberg
2007
• John McPhee
• Jamaica Kincaid
• Donald Hall
2006
• Richard Ford
• Cynthia Ozick
• Ian Frazier
2005
• Roger Angell
• E.L. Doctorow
• Adrienne Rich
2004
• Lyn Hejinian
• Russell Banks
• James Alan McPherson
2003
• Walter Bernstein
• Laurie Anderson
• Susan Sontag
2002
• Michael Cunningham
• John Ashbery
• Charles Fuller
2001
• Tony Kushner
• David Sedaris
• June Jordan
2000
• Grace Paley
• Robert Creeley
• John Edgar Wideman
1999
• Gay Talese