2008-09 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.
Novelist CHANG-RAE LEE
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Reading and Booksigning, 7:30 pm
Burton Barr Library - Phoenix, AZ
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Public Craft Q&A, 11 am - 12 pm
Piper Writers House - ASU Tempe Campus
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Novelist JANE SMILEY
Saturday, September 27
Reading and Booksigning, 7:30 pm
Tempe Center for the Arts - Tempe, AZ
This event is free and open to the public
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Poets WILLIAM PITT ROOT and PAMELA USCHUK
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Public Craft Q&A, Noon - 1 - 2 pm
Piper Writers House - ASU Tempe Campus
Reading and Booksigning, 7:30 pm
Desert Botanical Garden - Phoenix, AZ
Both events are free and open to the public
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Playwright LUIS VALDEZ
Friday October 17, 2008
Lecture and Booksigning, 7:30 pm
"Between El Pachuco and La Virgen de Guadalupe"
Paul V. Galvin Playhouse - ASU Tempe Campus
This event is free and open to the public
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Poet Laureate CHARLES SIMIC
Friday, November 7, 2008
Public Craft Q&A, 11 am - Noon
Piper Writers House - ASU Tempe Campus
Public Reading and Booksigning, 7:30 pm
Carson Ballroom at Old Main - ASU Tempe Campus
Both events are free and open to the public.
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Novelist KUNAL BASU
Wednesday November 19, 2008
Reading and Booksigning, 7:30 pm
Scottsdale Center for the Arts
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Public Craft Q&A, 11:30 am
Piper Writers House - ASU Tempe Campus
Both events are free and open to the public. Download event flier here
