19th annual Writers House Thanksgiving: warm & communal as ever

quiche in the kitchen

Typical evening in the Writers House kitchen: everyone smells something yummy in the oven, so they converge on it, and lo & behold—a fabulous quiche. And quickly it is consumed. When is the last time you stopped by KWH in the evening? Do visit. You're missing something!

two poetry MOOCs

with Bernstein at the ICA

Charles Bernstein and his Penn undergraduate Creative Writing seminar at the ICA convening around a send-up of Duchamp's "The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even" that was part of the Kara Walker show there. The Walker show runs through August 17, 2014, and is called "Roughneck Constructivists."

sex journalism - new podcast

New Kelly Writers House podcast. Listen to a 21-minute excerpt from our February '14 panel on sex in journalism, moderated by KWH student Arielle Pardes. The event was sponsored by the Feminisms series at KWH. Click HERE to listen!

Our Greg Djanikian

Gregory Djanikian, longtime director of our Creative Writing Program, has published a new book called Dear Gravity. On May 17, 2014, at KWH (Penn's Alumni Day), we hosted a reading by Greg and one of his mentees and former students, Matt Chylak. Above you see Greg during this reading, and, at right, the cover of his new book. KWH Faculty Director Al Filreis gave an introduction to Greg's reading, a retrospective of his poems beginning with The Man in the Middle of 1984. Here is a link to that introduction.

Chasing the empty (listen)

Janelle McDermoth and Sarah Lindstedt sing a duet, "Chasing the Empty." They co-wrote the song and, as you will hear, sing it together marvelously. Click here to hear them sing the song; and be sure to right-click the link and download the file if you want to add this music to your iPod. For links to the video and audio recordings of Sarah's hour-long performance, which took place at the Kelly Writers House on April 30, click here.