Readings by the Writer: Jericho Parms
Champlain College professor Jericho Parms reads from her most recent work.
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Reading by the Writers: CW Faculty
Mary Lyon Hall - Holman Room Norton, MA, United StatesWheaton Creative Writing Faculty, Deyonne Bryant, Charlotte Meehan, and Kent Shaw, read from their original work.
Focus on First-Gen Week: Roxy Azari ’10, Spoken word artist and workshop
Balfour-Hood - Lyons Den Norton, United StatesThe Center for Social Justice and Community Impact, in collaboration with Alumni Relations and Academic Affairs, will be hosting Wheaton's first ever Focus on First-Gen Week. This week of campus events will celebrate the first-generation college student community, an identity shared by nearly 20% of Wheaties!
Guillermo Gómez-Peña: The Most (un) Documented Mexican Artist
Watson Fine Arts - Experimental Theatre Norton, United StatesIn his latest solo work, ‘El borner brujo’ internationally acclaimed MacArthur fellow Guillermo Gómez-Peña draws from his 30-year-old living archive and combines new and classic performance material to present a unique perspective on the immediate future of the Americas. His self-styled “imaginary activism” invokes performance art as a form of radical democracy and citizenship. This spoken word performance includes multiple cameos by collaborator, Balitronica Gomez. Free tickets can be reserved through the Watson Box Office.
Free
Ten-Minute Play Festival
Watson Fine Arts - Experimental Theatre Norton, United StatesThis biannual festival features ten-minute plays written in 48 hours based on a prompt devised by Playwright-in-Residence Charlotte Meehan. The festival is a collaboration between the Creative Writing Program and the Department of Theatre and Dance Studies.
Free
Readings by the Writer—CA Conrad
Conrad, whose most recent work includes While Standing in Line for Death, will read from their original poetry. They are the author of six books of poetry and won The Believer Magazine Book Award for their 2017 volume, ECODEVIANCE.
Free
Readings by the Writers—Collins & Pierce
Watson Fine Arts - Beard and Weil Galleries Norton, MA, United StatesCreative writing alumnae Megan Collins ’06 and Jennifer Pierce ’13 read from their soon-to-be-published first novels. Collins, who holds a MFA from Boston University and teaches creative writing in Connecticut, will be reading from her manuscript Persephone’s Sister. Pierce, who received an M.A. in publishing in Oxford, England and works in Boston, Massachusetts, will read from her upcoming YA novel Slow Motion.
Senior Creative Writing Majors’ Reading
Seniors graduating with a degree in creative writing and literature showcase original works of poetry, fiction and dramatic writing. May Room, Mary Lyon Hall, 5:00 p.m.
Free