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March 2, 2016

The Katharine Miller Endowed Speakers Series: Danielle Dutton

“One of the most original and wonderfully weird prose stylists of our time.” —Kate Zambreno, author of Green Girl With an archly comic voice and inspirations that deftly blend visual art, […]

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Bad Feminist: Roxane Gay

“Roxane Gay is the brilliant girl-next-door: your best friend and your sharpest critic.” —People As an essayist, novelist, and New York Times contributor, Roxane Gay unerringly puts her finger on […]

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Citizen: A Reading and Conversation with Claudia Rankine

“Citizen throws a Molotov cocktail at the notion that reduction of injustice is the same as freedom.” —The New York Times Book Review Claudia Rankine‘s Citizen uses a poetic frame […]

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Levitt on the Lawn: Joan Shelley

“Liquid arrangements drift beneath melodies, pulling them into darkened corners.” —Los Angeles Times With a poetic prowess and songwriting skill that has summoned comparisons to Joni Mitchell, guitarist Joan Shelley […]

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February 24, 2016

Conversation with Andrew Sean Greer

“What this wonderful novel teaches us is how magic works.”—John Irving.  “Andrew Sean Greer is one of the most talented writers around”—Michael Chabon.  “Warning: this book will wreck your sh#t!” […]

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February 16, 2016

Interdisciplinary Inquiry in Creative Nonviolence In and After Violence: From Coexistence to Reconciliation

In the wake of violent histories and in the presence of ongoing dynamical structures of violence, is there still a possibility for just peace? There are many ways of denying […]

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January 25, 2016

“Race/Riot/Rebellion: Or, How America Came to Regard Black Equality as a Violation of White Rights”

News reporting and social media lately have been saturated with images of police violence against unarmed African American men and women – often followed by large-scale street protests popularly characterized […]

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Rivka Weinberg on State and Societal Violence to Children

The only demographic in the U.S. to whom it is legal to be violent, even in the absence of any illegal behavior, is children. We permit violence to children in […]

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Tuesday Noon Academy: Reading with David Treuer

“Deeply crafty, shape-shifting. . . . [Treuer] seems to want to do for Native American culture and literature what James Joyce did for the Irish: haul it into the mainstream […]

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A Reading and Conversation with Jonathan Lethem

“Jonathan Lethem at his bizarre best.” —Los Angeles Times Join novelist and Pomona College writing faculty, Jonathan Lethem, for a reading and conversation about his latest story collection, Lucky Alan. […]

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