Events

March 12, 2020 - 10:15am

COVID-19 Announcement

As of today, Pitt has announced that all classes will be conducted online for the remainder of the spring semester, due to the COVID-19... View >

November 1, 2019 - 10:30am

Genre-Bending: An Evening of Storytelling with NPR's Lulu Miller

Join NPR’s Lulu Miller, as part of the Pittsburgh Contemporary Writers Series for a special reading event—including fiction, audio, and a sneak preview from her forthcoming book... View >

November 7, 2019 -

3:00pm to 4:30pm

Box of Audio Chocolates

Radiomaker and writer Lulu Miller will be playing a few of her favorite audio pieces, accompanied by actual chocolate, yes, actual chocolate, to make it all go down a little sweeter... View >

November 10, 2019 -

4:00pm to 6:00pm

Nonsense!

Join us Sundays this fall for playful, informal poetry workshops perfect for beginners, or for writers with some experience looking to try something new. Register for one or more. All... View >

November 4, 2019 - 7:30pm

Longform Presents a Live Podcast: Leslie Jamison

Longform co-founder Max Linsky will speak withnonfiction writer... View >

October 27, 2019 -

4:00pm to 6:00pm

Picture to Page

Join us Sundays this fall for playful, informal poetry workshops perfect for beginners, or for writers with some experience looking to try something... View >

October 16, 2019 -

7:00pm to 8:30pm

FSF Presents: "What Can I Do with an English Degree?" A Career Panel

Join Us for Discussion, Q & A, and Free Refreshments!

Wednesday, October 16th 7:00-8:30 pm Cathedral of Learning Rm 501 Email... View >

October 13, 2019 -

4:00pm to 6:00pm

Play, Bucket, & Wish

Join us Sundays this fall for playful, informal poetry workshops perfect for beginners, or for writers with some experience looking to try something... View >

October 10, 2019 - 12:15pm to October 12, 2019 - 12:15pm

Steps We Take Troy Hill: Audio Walk & Installation

During three evenings in October, visitors will encounter an installation of sound-activated light fixtures leading up the Rialto Street steps, immersing them in a musical composition... View >

October 10, 2019 -

4:30pm to 5:30pm

Jules Gil-Peterson: Histories of the Transgender Child

The pervasive myth still exists that today's transgender children are a brand new generation- pioneers in a field of new obstacles and hurdles. Histories of the Transgendered Child shatters this... View >

October 7, 2019 - 6:00pm

Conversation with Michelle Gil-Montero

Award-winning poet Michelle Gil-Montero will discuss her work as a writer, translator, publisher, and... View >

March 9, 2019 -

1:30pm to 3:00pm

James Noel Poetry Workshop

Presented by The Department of French and Italian

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March 6, 2019 -

12:30pm to 2:00pm

Colloquium: The Literary Construction of Cosmopolitan Identities

This essay begins with a critique of several arguments against the possibility of cosmopolitan thought and practice, and therefore, of a “cosmopolitan identity”.

In the first part, it takes... View >

March 5, 2019 - 4:00pm

"Toward a Global South Aesthetics with Special Reference to Peter Carey's Fiction" Lecture View >

March 4, 2019 -

7:00pm to 8:30pm

Jeanne Marie Laskas: To Obama at City of Asylum

Event with Pitt Professor Jeanne Marie Laskas, author of To Obama: With Love, Joy, Anger, and Hope

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