2009-10 Distinguished Visiting Writers Series

The Piper Center for Creative Writing annually brings visiting writers of exceptional talent and distinction to the ASU campus and the greater Phoenix metropolitan community for public lectures and residencies with ASU faculty and graduate students. During their residencies, these distinguished visiting writers teach intensive graduate seminars, lecture on and off campus, and engage in cultural discussions with local media, educators, community artists, and the general public.

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Poet & Author STEPHEN DOBYNS
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Public Craft Q&A, 1 - 2 pm
Piper Writers House - ASU Tempe Campus
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Reading and Booksigning, 7:30 pm
Pima Auditorium (Room 230)
Memorial Union - ASU Tempe Campus
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Poet KIMIKO HAHN and Author HAROLD SCHECHTER
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Public Craft Q&A with Harold Schechter, Noon - 1 pm
Public Craft Q&A with Kimiko Hahn, 1:30 - 2:30 pm
Piper Writers House - ASU Tempe Campus
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Reading and Booksigning, 7:30 pm
Ventana A (Room 241A) / Memorial Union - ASU Tempe Campus
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Listen to Harold Schecter's Q&A: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Listen to Kimiko Hahn's Q&A: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

Novelist FRANCINE PROSE
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Reading and Booksigning, 7 pm
Phoenix Art Museum
Whiteman Hall
Public Craft Q&A - TBA



Poet BOB HICOK
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Reading and Booksigning, 7:30 pm
Recital Hall
School of Music Building - ASU Tempe Campus
Public Craft Q&A - TBA



Author CHARLES D'AMBROSIO
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Reading and Booksigning, 7:30 pm
Pima Auditorium (Room 230)
Memorial Union - ASU Tempe Campus
Public Craft Q&A - TBA



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