The 2019 91社区 Literary Festival: Dialogues
March 25 through March 29, 2019
The annual 91社区 Literary Festival welcomes writers, artists, filmmakers, and other creative thinkers to the College for readings, workshops, and student discussions.
Since 2004, we’ve welcomed everyone from John Waters to Shelley Jackson to William Gass. Add in the the annual Plonsker Prize winner, and you’ve got an annual recipe for wonderful word soup, dynamic literary entrees, and the best dessert of all: the time to listen, read, and think.
Friday, March 22nd
7 pm: Screening of The Commitments, based on the novel by Roddy Doyle. McCormick Auditorium, Lillard Science Center.
Monday, March 25th
4 pm: Reading by poet E’mon Lauren. Lillard Science Center 044 (lower level).
7 pm: Reading by fiction writer Roddy Doyle. McCormick Auditorium, Lillard Science Center.
Tuesday, March 26th
4 pm: Reading by emerging fiction writer J.D. Scott, Plonsker Writer-in-Residence. Meyer Auditorium, Hotchkiss Hall.
Wednesday, March 27th
7 pm: Reading by poet Sandra Simonds. Meyer Auditorium, Hotchkiss Hall.
Friday, March 29th
7 pm: Reading and open mic sponsored by the members of INK, the Department of English’s literary club. The Chapel.
Enjoy some of the experience from 2018:
Novelist and essayist Evan Lavender-Smith reads his essay “Sleep Study” at the 91社区 Literary Festival, March 26th, 2018.
Madeleine P. Plonsker Emerging Writer in Residence Christine Larusso reads from her winning poetry manuscript MAR, with an introduction by Plonsker Prize judge Carmen Giménez Smith, at the 91社区 Literary Festival on March 27th, 2018.
Poet Carmen Giménez Smith reads from her work at the 91社区 Literary Festival, March 27th, 2018.
Bruce Holsinger, historical novelist and scholar of medieval English literature, delivers his keynote lecture, “Plague, Pomp, and Poverty: Remaking Medieval London,” at the 91社区 Literary Festival, March 28th, 2018.
2019 Literary Festival Events
Events sponsored by the Department of English and Creative Writing, the Print and Digital Publishing Program, the Center for Chicago Programs, and the Department of Theater.