An evening celebrating the release of creative writing professor Patricia Smith's The Intentions of Thunder, a collection of new and selected poems from one of the most groundbreaking voices in contemporary poetry. Open to public; no registration required.
Bestselling writer and editor Sinéad Gleeson (Hagstone, Constellations) reads from her work. Free tickets required.
Celebrating 80+ years of the Hodder Fellowship with readings by award-winning poets who are past recipients of the Fellowship. Poets include Mary Jo Bang, Cynthia Cruz, and Jacob Shores-Argüello, organized by current Princeton Arts Fellow, former Hodder Fellow and award-winning poet Nicole Sealey.
Reading of a new play by Princeton alumna Juliette Carbonnier ’24 written during a Martin A. Dale ’53 Fellowship. When Polin’s grandmother, Frances (a former star of Yiddish stages from Poland to New York), is suddenly struck with an unbearable sadness, Polin worries that she will inherit her grandmother’s melancholic sickness. In the hopes of escaping her grandmother’s fate, Polin journeys to Frances’ homeland to uncover the truth about her family. Open to public; free tickets required through University Ticketing.
Unfolding a story about female leadership, human rights activism and climate action, Aoife Kelleher's feature documentary "Mrs. Robinson" tells the inspirational life story of change-maker Mary Robinson: Ireland’s first female President, a pioneering. Q&A with filmmaker follows screening. Free tickets required.
