2010-11 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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Novelist BRAD WATSON
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Public Craft Q&A, 1:30 p.m.
Piper Writers House - ASU Tempe campus
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Reading and Booksigning, 7:45 p.m.
Lattie F. Coor Hall (Room 170) - ASU Tempe campus
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Poet NICOLE COOLEY
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Reading and Booksigning, 7:45 p.m.
Recital Hall / Music Building - ASU Tempe campus
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Public Craft Q&A, 3 p.m.
Piper Writers House - ASU Tempe campus
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WRITERS ON BORDER LINES
Thursday, October 21, 2010, 7:45 p.m.
Reading and Discussion with Reyna Grande, Alberto Rios, Terry Greene Sterling and Evelyn Haydee Cruz
Great Hall / Armstrong Hall
ASU Tempe campus
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Novelist JIM SHEPARD
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Public Craft Q&A, 1:30 p.m.
Piper Writers House - ASU Tempe campus
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Reading and Booksigning, 7:45 p.m.
Recital Hall / Music Building - ASU Tempe campus
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Poet HEATHER MCHUGH
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Reading and Booksigning, 7:45 p.m.
Pima Auditorium (Room 230) / Memorial Union - ASU Tempe campus
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Public Craft Q&A, 3 p.m.
Piper Writers House - ASU Tempe campus
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ASU MFA FACULTY READING
Tuesday, December 2, 2010
Reading, 7:45 p.m.
Pima Auditorium (Room 230) / Memorial Union - ASU Tempe campus
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Poet ELEANOR WILNER
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Public Craft Q&A, 2 p.m.
Piper Writers House - ASU Tempe campus
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Reading and Booksigning, 7:45 p.m.
Recital Hall / Music Building - ASU Tempe campus
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Novelist REIF LARSEN
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Public Craft Q&A, 3:30 p.m.
Piper Writers House - ASU Tempe campus

REIF LARSEN, PETER TURCHI, MARK KLETT
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Public Presentation, 7:45 p.m.
"Mapping the Territory: Fiction, Photography, and Changing Perspectives—A Multimedia Event."
Pima Auditorium (Room 230) / Memorial Union - ASU Tempe campus
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All events are free and open to the public
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