Althea Ward Clark W’21 Reading Series

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Seniors in Princeton’s renowned Program in Creative Writing read from the novels and collections of short stories written as their senior independent work. No tickets required.

Seniors in Princeton’s renowned Program in Creative Writing read from the screenplays or collections of poems or translations written as their senior independent work. No tickets required.

Selected students from spring 2024 courses in creative writing read from their work in fiction, poetry, screenwriting and literary translation as part of the Althea Ward Clark W’21 Reading Series.

Translator, poet and past MacArthur Fellow Khaled Mattawa (Fugitive Atlas) and award-winning writer Hiroko Oyamada (The Hole) with translator David Boyd read from their work as part of the Althea Ward Clark W’21 Reading Series. Tickets required.

Tony, Grammy, and OBIE Award-winning playwright and screenwriter David Henry Hwang (M. Butterfly, Yellow Face) and acclaimed poet and Professor of Creative Writing Ilya Kaminsky (Deaf Republic, Dancing in Odessa) read from their work as part of the Althea Ward Clark W’21 Reading Series. Tickets required.

Selected students from fall courses in Creative Writing read from their work in fiction, poetry, screenwriting and literary translation as part of the Althea Ward Clark W’21 Reading Series, presented by the Program in Creative Writing. Open to public; no tickets required.

Man Booker Prize-winning author Marlon James, author of A Brief History of Seven Killings and the bestselling Dark Star Trilogy, and Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize winner and Professor of Creative Writing Patricia Smith read from their work as part of the Althea Ward Clark W’21 Reading Series. Tickets currently sold out.

Bestselling fiction writer Ling Ma (Bliss Montage, Severance) and MacArthur Foundation Fellow and National Medal of Arts-winning writer Sandra Cisneros (The House on Mango Street) read from their work to kick off the Althea Ward Clark W’21 Reading Series. Tickets required.