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Past Events

Feb. 28, 2025
Feb. 28, 2025
Nancy R. and Norton T. Dodge Performing Arts Center - Recital Hall
6 – 8 p.m.
The Office of the President & the VOICES Reading Series Present: An Evening to Honor the Legacy of Lucille Clifton The evening will feature a...
Feb. 13, 2025
Feb. 13, 2025
Daugherty-Palmer Commons (DPC)
7:30 – 9 p.m.

Due to weather-related travel disruption, this event has been reluctantly canceled. Thursday, February 13: Nonfiction writer Tina Vasquez Introduced by Professor Jennifer Cognard-Black Tina Vasquez...

Jan. 30, 2025
Jan. 30, 2025
Daugherty-Palmer Commons (DPC)
7:30 – 9 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 30: Poet Henry Mills (7:30 p.m., Daugherty-Palmer Commons) In collaboration with ILC; introduced by Professor José Ballesteros Henry Mills is a poet, performer...

Dec. 5, 2024
Dec. 5, 2024
Daugherty-Palmer Commons (DPC)
7:30 – 9 p.m.

Thursday, December 5: Fiction Writer Wayne Karlin (7:30, Daugherty-Palmer Commons) Wayne Karlin has published nine novels: The Genizah (Publerati) A Wolf by the Ears,(UMass Press)...

Nov. 14, 2024
Nov. 14, 2024
Daugherty-Palmer Commons (DPC)
7:30 – 9 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 14: Fiction Writer Ghassan Zeineddine (7:30 p.m., Daugherty-Palmer Commons) Introduced by Professor Nadeem Zaman Ghassan Zeineddine is the author of the story collection...

Oct. 17, 2024
Oct. 17, 2024
Daugherty-Palmer Commons (DPC)
7:30 – 9 p.m.

Thursday, October 17: Nonfiction Writers Mary Quade and Cris Harris (7:30, Daugherty-Palmer Commons) Introduced by Professors Jerry Gabriel and Jennifer Cognard-Black Mary Quade is the...

Sept. 12, 2024
Sept. 12, 2024
Daugherty-Palmer Commons (DPC)
7:30 – 9 p.m.

Thursday, September 12: Poet Ariana Benson (7:30, Daugherty-Palmer Commons) Ariana Benson is a southern Black ecopoet. Their debut collection, Black Pastoral (University of Georgia Press...

April 18, 2024
April 18, 2024
Daugherty-Palmer Commons (DPC)
7:30 – 9 p.m.

Thursday, April 18: Hai-Dang Phan (7:30 PM, DPC) Introduced by Professor Beth Charlebois Hai-Dang Phan is a poet, translator, and essayist. He is the author...

March 28, 2024
March 28, 2024
Nancy R. and Norton T. Dodge Performing Arts Center
7:30 – 9:30 p.m.

Thursday, March 28: José Torres-Tama (7:30 PM, Dodge Performing Arts Center) Introduced by Professor José Ballesteros, co-sponsored by ILC and IDEAA Join us for a...

Feb. 29, 2024
Feb. 29, 2024
Nancy R. and Norton T. Dodge Performing Arts Center - Recital Hall
7 – 9 p.m.

The Office of the President & the VOICES Reading Series Present: An Evening to Honor the Legacy of Lucille Clifton The evening will feature a...

Feb. 15, 2024
Feb. 15, 2024
Daugherty-Palmer Commons (DPC)
7:30 – 9 p.m.

Thursday, February 15: Poet Valerie Martínez (7:30, Daugherty-Palmer Commons) Introduced by Karen Leona Anderson, co-sponsored by ENST Valerie Martínez is the author of five books...

Jan. 25, 2024
Jan. 25, 2024
Daugherty-Palmer Commons (DPC)
7:30 – 9 p.m.

Thursday, Janiuary 25, DPC Join nonfiction writers Jennifer Cognard-Black, Melissa Goldthwaite, SMCM alum Will Becker, Adrienne Su, and Taté Walker to celebrate the publication of...

Oct. 19, 2023
Oct. 19, 2023
Daugherty-Palmer Commons (DPC)
7:30 – 9 p.m.

Thursday, October 19: Fiction Writer Corinna Vallianatos (7:30, Daugherty-Palmer Commons) Corinna Vallianatos is the author of a story collection and a novel. Her third book...

April 20, 2023
April 20, 2023
Daugherty-Palmer Commons (DPC)
7:30 – 9:30 p.m.

Thursday, April 20, 7:30 PM, Daugherty-Palmer Commons: Fiction Writer Greg Downs, in collaboration with the Department of History, introduced by Professor Jerry Gabriel Greg Downs...

March 30, 2023
March 30, 2023
Daugherty-Palmer Commons (DPC)
7:30 – 9:30 p.m.

Thursday, March 30, 7:30 PM, Daugherty-Palmer Commons: Fiction Writer Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai , in collaboration with the College of Southern Maryland Dr Nguyễn Phan...