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  • Creative Writing Visiting Writer – Valerie Martinez

    UWM Curtin Hall, Room 175 3243 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Author Valerie Martinez presents a craft talk in-person (Curtin 175) and livestreamed. Link available closer to the event date. Valerie Martínez is the author of five books of poetry, one book of translations (of Uruguay’s Delmira Agustini) and a chapbook …

    Free
  • Creative Writing Visiting Writer – Valerie Martinez

    UWM Curtin Hall, Room 175 3243 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Author Valerie Martinez reads from her work. In-person (Curtin 175) and livestreamed. Link available closer to the event date. Valerie Martínez is the author of five books of poetry, one book of translations (of Uruguay’s Delmira Agustini) and a chapbook …

    Free
  • United We Read – Creative Writing Faculty-Student Reading Series

    Woodland Pattern 720 East Locust Street, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    UWM Creative Writing Program literary event (in-person and livestreamed) with graduate students and faculty reading their creative work, featuring: Elizabeth Hoover Juan Rodriguez Beth Vigoren Claire Davis. Limited in-person attendance. Advance registration required. Please register at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/united-we-readapril-7-2022-tickets-291434196527 This event will …

    Free
  • The Rise of Right-Wing Comedy

    UWM Curtin Hall, Room 368 3243 North Downer Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    That's Not Funny: How the Right Makes Comedy Work for Them argues that it is both an intellectual and politically strategic mistake to assume that comedy has a liberal bias. Right-wing comedy has been hiding in plain sight, finding its …

    Free
  • Creative Writing Program – Visiting Writers Series – Phong Nguyen

    UWM Lubar Hall, Room S231 3202 N. Maryland Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Author Phong Nguyen will be giving a craft talk at 3 pm and a reading from his recent work, "Bronze Drum," followed by a talk at 7 pm. Both events are free and will be livestreamed. (See link below to …

    Free
  • Creative Writing Program – Visiting Writers Series – Phong Nguyen

    UWM Curtin Hall, Room 175 3243 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Author Phong Nguyen will be giving a craft talk at 3 pm and a reading from his recent work, "Bronze Drum," followed by a talk at 7 pm. Both events are free and will be livestreamed. (See link below to …

  • Creative Writing Program Graduate Student-Faculty Reading

    UWM Curtin Hall, Room 175 3243 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Readings of creative work by three graduate students and one faculty member: Beck Behnke, Sophie Nunberg, Katherine Witt, and Professor Liam Callanan. In-Person and live streamed. See URL below.

    Free
  • Creative Writing Program Graduate Student-Faculty Reading Series: United We Read

    Boswell Book Company 2559 North Downer Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Readings of creative work by three graduate students and one faculty member: Cassandra Bruner, Sass Denny, Camilla Lee, and Professor Rebecca Dunham. In person or live stream on YouTube at https://youtu.be/SnlrBMGcuzI

    Free
  • Author Visit: Craig Santos Perez

    Author Visit: Craig Santos Perez
    UWM Curtin Hall, Room 175 3243 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    The Creative Writing Program welcomes Craig Santos Perez to campus for two events: Craft Talk: 3 PM, Curtin Hall, Room 175 Reading/Q&A: 7 PM, Curtin Hall, Room 175 Craig Santos Perez is a native Chamoru from Guam. He is the …

    Free
  • Creative Writing Graduate Student-Faculty Reading: United We Read

    Sugar Maple 441 E. Lincoln Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    UWM Creative Writing Program Graduate students and faculty read from their creative works. The readers will be: Seth Copeland, Korey Hurni, Camilla J. Lee, Shuara Vohra, and Claire Davis.

    Free
  • Translating and Recovering Miriam Karpilove, Yiddish Authoress

    UWM Golda Meir Library, 4th Floor Conference Center 2311 East Hartford Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Jessica Kirzane presents the 2023 Faye Greenberg Sigman Woman of Valor Lecture. In person and via Zoom. For Zoom link register at https://bit.ly/Kirzane Miriam Karpilove (1888-1956) was a prolific Yiddish writer certain of her own importance, even as she was …

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  • Gerald J. Alred Professional Writing Awards Ceremony

    UWM Curtin Hall, Room 175 3243 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Honoring the students who were selected for the best professional writing entries submitted in calendar year 2023. Speakers include chair of the English department professor Lane Hall; Emerita English professor Mariann Maris; English professor Derek Handley; executive director of the …

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  • The Many Mrs. Maisels – The History of Jewish Female Stand-Up Comedians

    UWM Golda Meir Library, 4th Floor Conference Center 2311 East Hartford Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Before The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, there was a long history of Jewish female comedians, standing up and speaking out. Although stand-up comedy is often described as a ‘boys’ club,’ the truth is that there have always been influential women on …

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  • Planning Your Publishing Career – A Virtual Roundtable

    Virtual/Online Event Link will be provided, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Learn from a panel of local and national book publicity experts about how to plan for a career in the publishing world. The event will overview how each panelist started their career in publishing and offer advice for students (undergrad and …

    Free
  • Deep Listening – Interactive Storytelling – Insect Perception – Weaving Voices

    UWM Curtin Hall, Room 368 3243 North Downer Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Kristine Diekman, visiting artist and “multi-sensory storyteller”, will present about her fascinating work that incorporates narrative and interactive tabletop installations. Explore her website, https://www.kristinediekman.net/ Kristine Diekman is Emeritus Professor in the Art, Media & Design Department at California State University.

    Free
  • Visiting Writer: Nicky Beer

    Visiting Writer: Nicky Beer
    UWM Curtin Hall, Room 175 3243 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Nicky Beer visits UWM as part of the Creative Writing program's visiting writer series. Craft Talk @ 3 pm - to livestream: https://tinyurl.com/47xam2et Reading @ 7 pm - to livestream: https://tinyurl.com/mr3tdhx7 Nicky is a bi/queer writer, and the author of …

    Free
  • Creative Writing Program Visiting Writer: Mecca Jamilah Sullivan

    TBD UWM Campus, Exact Room To Be Determined, WI, United States

    Mecca Jamilah Sullivan is the visiting writing for Fall 2024. Mecca is an award-winning fiction writer and critic. The craft talk will be at 3 pm and a reading and Q&A will be at 7 pm. Mecca Jamilah Sullivan’s fiction …

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  • Beyond Borders: Writing as Activism & Healing

    UWM Golda Meir Library, 4th Floor Conference Center 2311 East Hartford Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Hear from Reyna Grande, author of the bestselling memoirs The Distance Between Us (Atria, 2012) and A Dream Called Home (Atria, 2018), where she writes about her life before and after she arrived in the United States from Mexico as …

    Free
  • United We Read: Creative Writing Faculty and Graduate Student Reading Series

    Boswell Book Company 2559 North Downer Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    The UWM Creatuve Writing Program Graduate Student-Faculty Series: United We Read will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, November 14 at Boswell Book Company (2559 N. Downer Avenue) with Sam Wingfield-Karpowitz, Sophie Nunberg, Kurt Olsson, and Prof. Katharine Beutner. …