Althea Ward Clark W’21 Reading Series

The Lewis Center’s Program in Creative Writing annually presents the Althea Ward Clark W’21 Reading Series, which provides an opportunity for students, as well as all in the greater Princeton region, to hear and meet outstanding contemporary writers. All readings, which are free and open to the public, begin at 6:00 p.m. at Labyrinth Books, located adjacent to the campus at 122 Nassau Street in Princeton. Authors’ books will be available for purchase and signatures at all readings.

Additional events in the spring include a Student Reading at 5 p.m. on April 15 at Chancellor Green Rotunda and Senior Thesis Readings on April 21 and 22 at 4:30 p.m. at Prospect House.

2024-25 Althea Ward Clark W’21 Readings Schedule

 

Labyrinth Books · Presented by: Program in Creative WritingLabyrinth Books

Best-selling novelist and incoming 2025-26 Hodder Fellow Ayana Mathis (The Twelve Tribes of Hattie, The Unsettled) and National Book Award-winning poet and translator Marilyn Hacker (Calligraphies, A Stranger’s Mirror) read from their recent work in the 2024-25 Althea Ward Clark W’21 Reading Series. No tickets required.

Labyrinth Books · Presented by: Program in Creative WritingLabyrinth Books

Award-winning poet, essayist, and 2021 MacArthur Fellow Hanif Abdurraqib (There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension, A Little Devil in America) and 2020 Booker Prize-winning and bestselling novelist Douglas Stuart (Shuggie Bain, Young Mungo) read from their recent work. No tickets required.

Tue Nov 19, 2024 · 5:00 pm

Fall 2024 Student Reading

Chancellor Green Rotunda · Presented by: Program in Creative Writing

Selected students from fall creative writing courses 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.

Labyrinth Books · Presented by: Program in Creative WritingLabyrinth Books

National Book Award-winning poet Don Mee Choi (trilogy Mirror Nation, DMZ Colony, Hardly War), Princeton's Bain-Swiggett Visiting Professor and Visiting Lecturer in Poetry, and National Book Award-winning fiction writer Samanta Schweblin (Seven Empty Houses, Fever Dream) read from their recent work. No tickets required.

Series Poster

2024-25 reading series poster

Questions?

For details about readings and the Program in Creative Writing, contact Program Manager Erin West, erin.west@princeton.edu.