Molly Gloss, prize-winning novelist, is the author of Jump-Off Creek, Wild Life, and The Hearts of Horses. She discusses her writing and her forthcoming novel due out in fall 2014. Gloss was interviewed in November 2013 for UO Today by Paul…
Category: Literature
A Conversation with Ursula K. Le Guin
Erb Memorial Union (EMU) 1222 E. 13th Ave. Eugene, OR, UO campus map PDF of Event Schedule Online pre-registration for the 40th Anniversary Celebration is now CLOSED. Limited first come, first served seating will be available for this keynote event:…
Women’s Work: Nationalism and Contemporary African American Women’s Novels—Courtney Thorsson
Women’s Work: Nationalism and Contemporary African American Women’s Novels a new book by Courtney Thorsson Courtney Thorsson is an assistant professor of English at the University of Oregon and a CSWS faculty affiliate. Her book, published by the University of Virginia…
A concert by Alberto Carrión to celebrate Julia de Burgos centenary
Gerlinger Lounge 1468 University St. UO campus An event to celebrate the centenary of the renowned Puerto Rican poet Julia de Burgos (1914-1953), with a performance of Burgos’s poetry set to original music by the Puerto Rican musician Alberto Carrión.…
2014 CSWS Northwest Women Writers Symposium “Family, Animal, Story”
Eugene Public Library 100 W. 10th St. (10th & Olive) Full details Our keynote writer is 2014 PEN/Faulkner Award-winner and New York Times–bestselling author Karen Joy Fowler, whose novel We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves has opened up new ways…
NWWS Reading: 2014 PEN/Faulkner Award winner Karen Joy Fowler
Eugene Public Library 100 W. 10th St. (10th & Olive) Eugene, OR Full details Karen Joy Fowler —the 2014 PEN/Faulkner Award winner for fiction—will read from her work at Eugene Downtown Public Library, which will be open for the first…
