Past Events

Past Events

Center for the Literary Arts Launch

Women’s Building, Formal Lounge

Translation : Dramaturgy

The Performing Arts and East Asian Languages and Cultures Departments and the Center for the Literary Arts invite you to a mini-conference in conjunction with our production of Hsu Yen Ling’s The Dust.
Washington University in St. Louis - Danforth Campus

Creative Practice Workshop Information Session

Zoom

Center For Literary Arts Graduate Student Information Session and Lunch

DUC 276

Center for the Literary Arts Creative Practice Workshop Information Session

Zoom

Deadline for Spring 2024 Creative Practice Workshop Applications

Aaron Coleman Reading

Aaron Coleman (MFA ’15, PhD ’21), whose papers and other materials are now part of the Modern Literature Collection, will read his poetry and translations.
John M. Olin Library, Ginkgo Reading Room

Aaron Coleman in Conversation with Mary Jo Bang

Aaron Coleman (MFA ’15, PhD ’21), whose papers and other materials are now part of the Modern Literature Collection, will be in conversation with English professor and poet Mary Jo Bang, whose papers are also part of the Modern Literature Collection.
John M. Olin Library, Room 142

Tere Dávila in Discussion with Zorimar Rivera Montes

Join the University Libraries for a discussion between Puerto Rican author Tere Dávila and Zorimar Rivera Montes, Assistant Professor of Latinx Studies in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures. Dávila and Rivera Montes will talk about Dávila’s literary fiction and its relationship to Puerto Rican culture and contemporary global issues.

John M. Olin Library, Room 142

Tere Dávila Reading

Join us for an evening of fiction in translation with Puerto Rican author Tere Dávila and translator Rebecca Hanssens-Reed. Hanssens-Reed’s translation of Dávila’s “Mercedes’s Special Talent” won a 2022 O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction.
John M. Olin Library, Ginkgo Reading Room

Center for the Literary Arts Speaker Series: Living as a Writer

McMillan Hall, McMillan Cafe

Center for the Literary Arts Speaker Series: Author Anna Moschovakis Reading & Talk with Literary Agent Akin Akinwumi

10 – 11 a.m.: DUC 276 | 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.: Hurst Lounge, Duncker

Guggenheim Fellowship Information Session

International Writers Series: Efe Duyan

Efe Duyan (‘The Behavior of Words’) with Derick Mattern
Olin Library, Ginkgo Reading Room

Center for the Literary Arts Speaker Series: Mary-Alice Daniel

Mary-Alice Daniel is the Center for the Literary Arts' inaugural Visiting Writer in Residence. Join us for a reception, followed by readings from her celebrated, genre-spanning works – including new, unpublished poems and selections from secret projects.
Women’s Building Formal Lounge

Bitter Fruit: A Roundtable on Drama in Translation

A scholarly roundtable featuring playwright Héctor Levy-Daniel (zoomed in from Argentina), translator Philip Boehm (artistic director of Upstream Theatre), Virginia Braxs (faculty, Washington University), and Gad Guterman (faculty, Webster University), with interpretation by Sara Brenes Akerman (graduate student, Washington University in St. Louis)
Hurst Lounge, Dunker Hall

Eugene O'Neill Symposium

Join us for a one-day symposium to officially open the Harley Hammerman Collection on Eugene O’Neill. All Friday events are free and open to the public, but registration is requested.
Multiple locations on the Danforth Campus

¿Quién soy? Y ¿Quiénes somos?: A Panel Discussion with Latine Poets

Women's Building Formal Lounge

Reading & Talk with Simone White

Organized in conjunction with "Adam Pendleton: To Divide By," join us for a reading by poet Simone White and a conversation on creative practice in relation to the role of language and poetry in Adam Pendleton’s work.
Kemper Art Museum

WashU Book Arts Workshop with Work/Play

Kemper Art Museum

Dr. Eve Ewing Plenary Address, Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Midwest Regional Conference

Fulbright Creative and Performing Arts Grant Info Session

DUC 241

Writing and Embodied Creativity

A Talk with 2023 Marcus Artist-in-Residence, Choreographer Leslie Cuyjet
Umrath Lounge

Conference and round-table with author Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, Goncourt Prize 2021

Ginkgo Room (Olin Library)

Creative Practice Workshop Info Session

Learn more about the Center for the Literary Arts' Creative Practice Workshop from initiative co-director Ignacio Infante, including how to apply. The session will take place Friday, November 3 at noon.

International Writers Series: Christopher Merrill

Renowned poet, essayist, and translator Christopher Merrill will join the University Libraries for a reading and discussion of his work, including his most recently published work On the Road to Lviv, a book-length poem that bears witness to the war in Ukraine.
John M. Olin Library, Ginkgo Reading Room

Meet-and-Greet with Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Hurst Lounge, Duncker Hall

“Every Good Boy Does Fine,” a conversation with pianist and author Jeremy Denk

Free and open to the public with required RSVP. 
Pillsbury Theatre, 560 Music Center

Curtis Chin: Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant

Washington University is proud to welcome Curtis Chin to the Hurst Lounge.
Dunkcer Hall, Rm. 201 | The Hurst Lounge

International Writers Series: Mona Kareem

Join the International Writers Series for an evening of poetry in translation with poet, translator, and scholar Mona Kareem. She will be joined in conversation by Safa Khatib, Ph.D. candidate in Comparative Literature.
John M. Olin Library, Ginkgo Reading Room

Graduate Student Co-Working

DUC 245

Fulbright Creative and Performing Arts Grant March Info Session

DUC 248

Author & Artist Event: Tioliendo

Join Subterranean Books for a book signing from St. Louis-based artist and former Washington University student Tioliendo.
Subterranean Books, 6271 Delmar Blvd.

International Writers Series: Verónica Gerber Bicecci

John M. Olin Library, Ginkgo Reading Room

Center for the Literary Arts Speaker Series: Author Megan Kamalei Kakimoto and Editor Callie Garnett

Umrath Lounge

Center for the Literary Arts Breakfast Meet-and-Greet: Author Megan Kamalei Kakimoto and Editor Callie Garnett

Hurst Lounge, Duncker Hall

Poetry at the Point: Bailey Schaumburg & Macallan Lay

Like any venue for processing the human experience, what is absent from a poem can hold as much meaning as what is included. It is this process of withholding that distinguishes art from reportage. Bailey Schaumburg and Macallan Lay will read from their work, and in conversation afterwards, reckon with the poem as a site for facing one’s self in preparation for facing the other.
The Focal Point, 2720 Sutton Blvd.

Goodie House: Poetry and Stories (March)

Goodie House presents poetry and story readings every fourth Thursday. Follow them on Instagram (instagram.com/goodiehouse) for details on each month's readers.
Wildfruit Projects, 4704 Virginia Ave.

Visiting Hurst Professor: Camille T. Dungy - Reading

Washington University Department of English is proud to welcome Professor Camille T. Dungy as part of its Hurst Visiting Professors Series.
Duncker Hall, Rm. 201 | Hurst Lounge

Inaugural Dean’s Distinguished Lecture with Carl Phillips, “Pressure Against Emptiness: Some Thoughts on Making”

Carl Phillips is a celebrated poet, essayist, and professor whose work has garnered critical acclaim and captivated readers around the world. With numerous accolades to his name, including the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, Phillips is recognized as one of the most influential voices in contemporary literature.
Clark-Fox Forum, Hillman Hall, Washington University

Visiting Hurst Professor: Lidia Yuknavitch - Reading

Washington University Department of English is proud to welcome Professor Lidia Yuknavitch as part of its Hurst Visiting Professors Series.
Duncker Hall, Rm. 201 | Hurst Lounge

Fulbright Creative and Performing Arts Grant April Info Session

DUC 248

Observable Readings: Edgar Kunz & Reyes Ramirez

Saint Louis Poetry Center is thrilled to welcome poets Edgar Kunz and Reyes Remirez for Observable Readings.

High Low | 3301 Washington Ave.

Sunday Workshop: Edgar Kunz & Reyes Ramirez

This workshop will be held in-person at High Low. In conjunction with our April Observable Readings, Saint Louis Poetry Center is thrilled to welcome poets Edgar Kunz and Reyes Ramirez for the April Sunday Workshop!
High Low | 3301 Washington Avenue

International Writers Series: Esther Kinsky

Join the International Writers Series for an evening of fiction in translation with the 2024 Max Kade Visiting Writer Esther Kinsky, one of Germany’s most celebrated living authors. She will read and discuss her most recently translated novel Rombo (New York Review Books, 2023). Danielle Dutton, Associate Professor of English, will join her in conversation.
John M. Olin Library, Ginkgo Reading Room

On Palestinian Literature: past, present, and future

A talk on art, scholarship, and community
Kuehner Court | Weil Hall

Visiting Hurst Professor: Laird Hunt - Craft Talk

Washington University Department of English is proud to welcome Professor Laird Hunt as part of its Hurst Visiting Professors Series.
Duncker Hall, Rm. 201 | Hurst Lounge

Visiting Hurst Professor: Laird Hunt - Reading

Washington University Department of English is proud to welcome Professor Laird Hunt as part of its Hurst Visiting Professors Series.
Duncker Hall, Rm. 201 | Hurst Lounge

Poetry at the Point: Melody S. Gee, Carolina Hotchandani & Catherine Anderson

Perugia Press and Saint Louis Poetry Center present acclaimed poets Melody S. Gee, Carolina Hotchandani and Catherine Anderson for a Perugia Press Showcase reading.
The Focal Point, 2720 Sutton Blvd.

Goodie House: Poetry and Stories (April)

Goodie House presents poetry and story readings every fourth Thursday. Follow them on Instagram (instagram.com/goodiehouse) for details on each month's readers.
Wildfruit Projects, 4704 Virginia Ave.

Poetry Reading: Hadara Bar-Nadav & Asha Futterman

Join Saint Louis Poetry Center and Left Bank Books for a reading and celebration of poetry by Hadara Bar-Nadav & Asha Futterman. Copies of The Animal is Chemical will be available for purchase from Left Bank Books. Cash bar.
High Low | 3301 Washington Ave.

Assistant Professor of French Nathan H. Dize's Translation of Makenzy Orcel's The Emperor

Please join the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures in celebrating Assistant Professor of French Nathan H. Dize's new translation of Makenzy Orcel's novel The Emperor (University of Chicago Press)
Olin Library, Room 142

Renée Watson - Skin & Bones

Left Bank Books & Kimbilio for Black Fiction presents Renée Watson, #1 New York Times Bestselling author, to discuss her highly anticipated adult debut novel Skin & Bones! Skin & Bones is a soulful and lyrical novel exploring sisterhood, motherhood, faith, love, and ultimately what gets passed down from one generation to the next.
Left Bank Books (399 N. Euclid Ave)

Rachel Khong - Real Americans

The St. Louis County Library Foundation and Left Bank Books Present Acclaimed Novelist Rachel Khong, Author of “Real Americans." Khong presents an exhilarating novel of American identity that spans three generations in one family. “Real Americans” begins on the precipice of Y2K, when twenty-two-year-old Lily Chen, the only child of scientists who fled Mao’s Cultural Revolution, meets easygoing and effortlessly attractive Matthew - heir to a vast pharmaceutical empire.
St. Louis County Library, Daniel Boone Branch, 300 Clarkson Rd., Ellisville, MO

Daniel Handler AKA Lemony Snicket - And Then? and Then? What Else?

Left Bank Books presents bestselling author Daniel Handler AKA Lemony Snicket for his new part memoir, part inspiration for aspiring writers And Then? and Then? What Else? described as a bold, candid, vulnerable, and entertaining memoir of a literary life. This is the first book to be published with both given name and alias where we will look at the challenging and often amusing path toward one of the most spectacularly successful writing careers of the twenty-first century.
Ethical Society of St. Louis (9001 Clayton Rd.)

Poetry Reading: Ariana Benson and Dana Levin

Missouri Botanical Garden | Lelia J. and David N. Farr Auditorium

Goodie House: Poetry and Stories (May)

Goodie House presents poetry and story readings every fourth Thursday. Follow them on Instagram (instagram.com/goodiehouse) for details on each month's readers.
Wildfruit Projects, 4704 Virginia Ave.

Jenna Tang - Fang Si-Chi's First Love Paradise

Left Bank Books & Taipei Cultural Center (TCC) in New York presents Jenna Tang. Tang is the translator for Fang Si-Chi's First Love Paradise, one of the biggest books to come out of Taiwan in the last decade. Join us as Tang discuss the most influential book of Taiwan's #MeToo movement--a heartbreaking account of sexual violence and a remarkable reinvention of the trauma plot, turning the traditional Lolita narrative upside down as it explores women's vulnerability, victimization, and the lengths they will go to survive.
Left Bank Books (399 N Euclid Ave)

Author Event: Lisa Ampleman

Mom in Space is a complicated love letter to both the intergalactic and the terrestrial. Using the lens of spaceflight, Lisa Ampleman explores subjects ranging from the personal to the political, from fertility tests and parenting to climate change and civil rights. As NASA and commercial space companies gear up for Artemis missions to the moon, Mom in Space offers new conceptions of women in space, incorporating both fictional and real female astronauts, among them the first mom in space (Anna Fisher) and the first Black woman in space (Mae Jemison). With a sense of both awe and informed inquiry, Mom in Space considers what spaceflight means not just for those who get rocketed into space but for those who stay home.
Subterranean Books

Chigozie Obioma - The Road to the Country

Left Bank Books presents two-time Booker Prize nominee Chigozie Obioma to celebrate the release of his new highly praised book The Road to the Country. Imbolo Mbue says that, "The Road to the Country is Chigozie Obioma at his finest." And Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah calls it, "a wonderous novel."
Left Bank Books (399 N Euclid Ave)

Lindsay Ellis - Apostles of Mercy

Left Bank Books and Schlafly Public Library presents Hugo nominated and best selling author Lindsay Ellis to celebrate her highly anticipated third book in the Noumena series, Apostles of Mercy! Join us as we discuss the new installment in a staff favorite series. Left Bank Books' staff member Alicia says of the series, "I am definitely putting it on my 'read over and over' shelf."
Schlafly Public Library (225 N. Euclid Ave)

Paul Tremblay - Horror Movie

Bestselling author of “The Cabin at the End of the World,” Paul Tremblay presents a chilling twist on the “cursed film” genre. In 1993, a group of guerilla filmmakers spent four weeks making “Horror Movie,” a notorious art-house horror flick. Three decades later, Hollywood is pushing for a big budget reboot. The man who played “The Thin Kid” is the only surviving cast member. He remembers all too well the dangerous crossed lines on set that resulted in tragedy. But he’s going to help remake the film—demons of the past be damned. “Horror Movie” is a suspenseful feat of storytelling genius that builds to an unforgettable, mind-bending conclusion.
St. Louis County Library Clark Family Branch (1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd.)

Elin Hilderbrand - Swan Song (In Store Signing Line)

Left Bank Books presents beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand for the twenty-seventh--and final--Nantucket-based novel Swan Song. Join us in store for a celebrity signing line from 5-7pm as we thank Elin as she brings her Nantucket novels to a brilliant finish. The official event color is Kelly Green. Elin will take photos with attendees wearing Kelly Green for her Instagram!
Left Bank Books (399 N. Euclid Ave)

Lisa See - Lady Tan's Circle of Women

Left Bank Books presents New York Times Bestselling author Lisa See to celebrate the paperback release for Lady Tan's Circle of Women. Join us in store with Lisa See as we discuss the immersive tale about an elite woman who becomes a physician in spite of societal restrictions during China's Ming Dynasty.
Left Bank Books (399 N. Euclid Ave)

Goodie House: Poetry and Stories (June)

Goodie House presents poetry and story readings every fourth Thursday. Follow them on Instagram (instagram.com/goodiehouse) for details on each month's readers.
Wildfruit Projects, 4704 Virginia Ave.

Goodie House: Poetry and Stories (July)

Goodie House presents poetry and story readings every fourth Thursday. Follow them on Instagram (instagram.com/goodiehouse) for details on each month's readers.
Wildfruit Projects, 4704 Virginia Ave.

Scott Phillips: The Devil Raises His Own

Subterranean hosts the St. Louis book launch for Scott's new book, The Devil Raises His Own. Tonight, he will be in conversation with Jedidiah Ayers.
Subterranean Books, 6271 Delmar

Kat Tang - Five-Star Stranger

Join us as we celebrate the debut novel from Kat Tang. Tang recently lived in St. Louis, and we are excited to welcome her back to celebrate Five-Star Stranger.
Left Bank Books, 399 N. Euclid Ave

P. Djèlí Clark - The Dead Cat Tail Assassins w/ Ann Leckie

Join us as we celebrate P. Djèlí Clark for his new book The Dead Cat Tail Assassins. A Most Anticipated Book of 2024 According to Bookish, She Reads, Civilian Reader, and FanFiAddict, The Dead Cat Tail Assassins is a brand-new world and a fantastical city full of gods and assassins.
Left Bank Books, 399 N. Euclid Ave

Author Event: Rebecca Anne Nguyen

NEW YORK TIMES essayist and 2024 Reader's Choice Award winner Rebecca Anne Nguyen's stunning debut. In The 23rd Hero, an ordinary woman with an extraordinary memory travels back in time to 16th century France to stop climate change before it starts and return to the man she loves.
Subterranean Books, 6271 Delmar

Calahan Skogman - Blue Graffiti

Join us as we welcome debut author and star of Netflix's Emmy-nominated show Shadow and Bone, Calahan Skogman! Skogman will join us for a special VIP discussion and reading followed by a signing line. Join us to celebrate Skogman's debut book Blue Graffiti!
Left Bank Books, 399 N. Euclid Ave

Author Event: Adam “Bucho” Rodenberger

Adam “Bucho” Rodenberger is a 44-year old abstract artist and fiction writer from Kansas City, specializing in surrealism, dark fiction, horror, and dystopian stories.
Subterranean Books, 6271 Delmar

Stuart Neville - Blood Like Mine

Join us as we welcome award-winning author Stuart Neville all the way from Belfast for his new book Blood Like Mine.
Left Bank Books, 399 N. Euclid Ave

Kenzie Allen - Cloud Missives

Join us as we welcome Kenzie Allen, Haudenosaunee poet and multimodal artist, to Left Bank Books.
Left Bank Books, 399 N. Euclid Ave

Janelle Bassett - Thanks for This Riot: Stories

Join us as we welcome Janelle Bassett for the launch event for Thanks for This Riot. Bassett, winner of the Raz/Shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction, is a St. Louis area writer and fiction editor.
Left Bank Books, 399 N. Euclid Ave

Lars Horn - Reading

Hurst Lounge

John Murillo - Reading

Sarah Smarsh - Bone of the Bone

Join us as we welcome Sarah Smarsh back to Left Bank Books! Her first book, Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth, was a finalist for the National Book Award.
Left Bank Books, 399 N. Euclid Ave

John Murillo - Craft Talk

Howard Nemerov Scholars Open Mic

Hurst Lounge, Duncker Hall

Banned Books Week: Carmen Maria Machado Reading

Holmes Lounge

Goodie House: Poetry and Stories (September)

Goodie House presents poetry and story readings every fourth Thursday. Follow them on Instagram (instagram.com/goodiehouse) for details on each month's readers.
Wildfruit Projects, 4704 Virginia Ave.

Banned Books September Book Bazaar

Join us today for the Banned Books September Pop-Up Book Bazaar at the High Low! The event features books that have been banned for a variety of reasons across the United States. Come by, grab a tasty beverage & a snack, and chat with some of your favorite booksellers about ALL of your favorite banned books!
3301 Washington Ave.

Georgia K. Johnston Writer-in-Residency Program: Deborah Taffa

Deborah Jackson Taffa is a citizen of the Quechan (Yuma) Nation and Laguna Pueblo. She earned her M.F.A. at the Iowa Writers Workshop and is the director of the M.F.A. in Creative Writing Program at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Adorjan Hall, Room 142, 3800 Lindell Blvd.

Garth Greenwell - Small Rain

Join us as we welcome award-winning author Garth Greenwell. Greenwell is an alumnus of Washington University of St. Louis, and we are thrilled to welcome him back to St. Louis to discuss his new highly anticipated novel Small Rain. Greenwell will discuss and sign this profound and luminous novel.
Left Bank Books, 399 N. Euclid Ave

William H. Gass Centenary Celebration

Join us to celebrate the centenary of William H. Gass (1924-2017), renowned postmodern fiction writer, essayist, and Washington University professor emeritus. A panel of former students and colleagues of Gass will discuss his influence on their lives and careers. Then, WashU’s Martin Riker will interview novelist and Conjunctions editor Bradford Morrow to discuss Morrow’s long friendship and professional relationship with Gass. A reception and exhibit viewing will follow these talks.
Holmes Lounge, Olin Library, and Zoom

Realistic Hope: American Democracy and the 2024 Election

The John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics is pleased to host a special Danforth Dialogues event focused on the 2024 presidential election. Realistic Hope: American Democracy and the 2024 Election will explore the place of faith and imagination in our current politics and public life.
Graham Chapel

Ira Sukrungruang - Reading

Guggenheim Fellowship Info Session

Jolley Hall 422

Goodie House: Poetry and Stories (October)

Goodie House presents poetry and story readings every fourth Thursday. Follow them on Instagram (instagram.com/goodiehouse) for details on each month's readers.
Wildfruit Projects, 4704 Virginia Ave.

In Conversation with That Librarian

The WashU Libraries, Saint Louis University Libraries, and St. Louis City Libraries invite you to a panel discussion examining the rise in book bans in recent years, and the implications for libraries, librarians, and intellectual freedom.
Anheuser-Busch Hall, Crowder Courtyard

"Matignon la nuit" - Lecture by Dr. Nicolas Idier

Dr. Nicolas Idier, a prominent French novelist, sinologist, French diplomat, and Inspector-General of Chinese Language Education in France, is our guest of honor.
Gignko Room, Olin Library

Catherine Lacey - Craft Talk

Catherine Lacey - Reading

International Writers Series: New Poetry From Europe

Join WashU Libraries and the Department of Comparative Literature and Thought for an evening of new poetry from Europe. Poets Efe Duyan, Marko Pogačar, and Ales Steger join us under the auspices of Versopolis, an online European poetry platform for emerging European poets.
John M. Olin Library, Ginkgo Reading Room

Poetry Reading: John Dorsey, Jason Ryberg & Brett Lars Underwood

Subterranean Books is excited to host three renowned local poets: John Dorsey, Jason Ryberg & Brett Lars Underwood

Fulbright Creative and Performing Arts Grant Info Session

Jolley Hall 422

Left Bank Books Presents Mary Jo Bang & Yuki Tanaka

Mary Jo Bang & Yuki Tanaka - A Kiss for the Absolute: Selected Poems of Shuzo Takiguchi

"Un Afrofuturisme caribéen - Rencontre avec Michael Roch" (A Caribbean Afro-Futurism, A Conversation with Michael Roch)

Orchid Room

Author Event: Eileen G'Sell & Tola Sylvan

Subterranean Books presents Eileen G'Sell, with opening poet Tola Sylvan

What’s Important in Verse Translation?

Diane Arnson Svarlien, Independent Scholar
Goldberg Formal Lounge | DUC

Creative Practice Workshop Info Session

Zoom

Artist Talk: Nicole Mitchell, creative flutist/composer/poet

In partnership with New Music Circle
Pillsbury Theatre, 560 Music Center

WashU Reads Han Kang: A Celebration

Paige Aniyah Morris, writer and translator
Danforth University Center 276

A World of Words Undergraduate Reading

Please join us in celebrating the written work of students taking Professor Goeritz's "A World of Words" course!
Seigle 109

Literature in the Making: A Public Reading

Please join us to celebrate the creative work of students taking the course Literature in the Making
Hurst Lounge | Duncker Hall, 2nd Floor

Guggenheim Fellowship Application Writing Session

101 South Hanley

Judy Mundle - Block Manager

Join us as we welcome Judy Mundle, 2024 Indie Author Project Award-Memoir Winner, celebrating her book The Block Manager: A True Story of Love in the Midst of Japanese American Internment Camps.

Poetry at the Point: Jennifer Whalen & Sebastián Páramo

This reading will be held in-person at Focal Point, and also streamed live to this event page and to Saint Louis Poetry Center’s Facebook page.

Creative Practice Workshop Info Session

Zoom

James H. Nash Poetry Contest

Submissions Open: February 1 – March 15. Open to all current SLPC members, and to current residents or students in the St. Louis metro area living within a 100-mile radius of St. Louis City.
Online

Literary St. Louis

Home to literary giants Mark Twain, T.S. Eliot, Marianne Moore, Maya Angelou, and John Keene (to name a few!), St. Louis is renowned for its literary roots. This history lives on in St. Louis’s thriving literary arts scene today.

The Literary St. Louis exhibition traces WashU’s engagement in historical and contemporary reading series, print culture, and creative communities to celebrate the legacy of literary arts in St. Louis and the local cultural institutions bringing us literature today.

Postdoctoral fellow with the WashU Center for the Literary Arts Ashley Colley organized this exhibition.
John M. Olin Library, Ginkgo Reading Room

CDI Book Club Presents: A Reading and Q&A with poet Danez Smith

Umrath Lounge

Visiting Writer - Tommye Blount

Hurst Lounge

Saint Louis’s Indie Publishing Scene

Join us for a panel discussion with five local publishers specializing in poetry, fiction, art, and essays. They will share insights into their work, explore the unconventional methods they use, and discuss the benefits and challenges of operating outside the major commercial publishing hubs. Martin Riker, Director of the Publishing Concentration at WashU, will moderate the conversation, with time for audience questions.
John M. Olin Library, Ginkgo Reading Room

Americanist Dinner Forum with Vanessa Angélica Villarreal

All are invited for dinner and conversation with Vanessa Angélica Villarreal.
Umrath Lounge

Rebe Huntman - My Mother in Havana

Join us as we welcome Rebe Huntman, memoirist, essayist, dancer, teacher and poet, to celebrate the release of her highly anticipated memoir My Mother in Havana!

Georgia K. Johnston Writer-in-Residency Program: Hoa Nguyen

Hoa Nguyen is the author of several books, including Red Juice: Poems 1998 - 2008 and the Griffin Prize-nominated Violet Energy Ingots
Adorjan Hall, Room 142, 3800 Lindell Blvd.

Eli Zuzovsky - Mazeltov

Join Left Bank Books as they welcome Eli Zuzovsky to celebrate the release of his highly anticipated debut Mazeltov. Zuzovsky will personalize and sign copies after the presentation.
Left Bank Books, 399 N. Euclid Ave

Goodie House: Poetry and Stories

Join Goodie House every 4th Thursday of the month from February to October to hear poets, authors, musicians and performers of all kinds share their stories.

Oksana Maksymchuk Reading

Join the International Writers Series for an evening of poetry with Oksana Maksymchuk, a bilingual Ukranian-American poet, scholar, and literary translator. She will read and discuss her debut English-language poetry collection Still City, (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2024) which reflects on the ongoing invasion of her home country. Lauris Veips, PhD Candidate in Comparative Literature, will join her in conversation.
John M. Olin Library, Ginkgo Reading Room

Poetry and Conflict: Pádraig Ó Tuama Public Lecture

Poetry is an art that has always concerned itself with the questions of life: what’s growing, what’s not, what’s thriving, what’s not, what’s being stifled, what’s being fed. The John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics is delighted to host Pádraig Ó Tuama as he explores dynamics of conflict, language, rhyme, description, and resolution for this engaging evening at Washington University in St. Louis.
Emerson Auditorium in Knight Hall

Ada Calhoun - Crush

Join us as we welcome Ada Calhoun, NY Times Bestselling author of Why We Can't Sleep, Also a Poet, & St. Marks Is Dead. We are excited to welcome Ada back for another great visit to St. Louis for her first novel Crush!

Visiting Writer - Pip Adam

Hurst Lounge