Events

Reading by A. Van Jordan & Emma Cline

Event Overview

Dates

March 28, 2023

Hours

7:30 PM

Location

James Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.

Admission

FREE; open to public

Award-winning poet A. Van Jordan, author of five poetry collections including M-A-C-N-O-L-I-A and the forthcoming When I Waked, I Cried to Dream Again (W.W. Norton, June 2023), and novelist Emma Cline, author of The Girls and the forthcoming book The Guest (May 2023), read from their work as part of the Althea Ward Clark W’21 Reading Series. Hosted by the Program in Creative Writing.

Tickets & Details

The reading is free and open to the public; no tickets or advance registration required.

Directions

Get directions to the James Stewart Film Theater located on the first floor at 185 Nassau Street.

COVID-19 Guidance + Updates

Per Princeton University policy, all visitors are expected to be either fully vaccinated, have recently received and prepared to show proof of a negative COVID test (via PCR within 72 hours or via rapid antigen within 8 hours of the scheduled visit), or agree to wear a face covering when indoors and around others

Accessibility

symbol for wheelchair accessibilityThe James Stewart Film Theater is wheelchair accessible. Visit our Venues and Studios section for accessibility information at our various locations. Guests in need of access accommodations are invited to contact the Lewis Center at 609-258-5262 or email LewisCenter@princeton.edu at least one week in advance of the event date.

About the Authors

Van Jordan smiles wearing a navy blazer in a library with dark wooden shelves filled with books

Photo courtesy A. Van Jordan

Award-winning poet A. Van Jordan is the author of four collections, most recently The Cineaste, (W.W. Norton, 2013). His other books include Quantum Lyrics (W.W. Norton, 2007), M-A-C-N-O-L-I-A (W.W. Norton, 2005), which was listed as one the Best Books of 2005 by The London Times, and Rise (Tia Chucha Press, 2001), which won the PEN/Oakland Josephine Miles Award. Jordan has been awarded a Whiting Writers Award, an Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, and a Pushcart Prize. He is also a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a United States Artists Fellowship, and a Lannan Literary Award in Poetry. His next book is When I Waked, I Cried to Dream Again, to be published by Norton in June 2023.

 

Emma Cline looks off to left with head resting against her right knuckles. She sits in a sunlit room.

Emma Cline. Photo credit: Nathan Bajar

Emma Cline is the author of The Girls, the story collection Daddy, and The Guest, forthcoming in May 2023. The winner of the Plimpton Prize and an O. Henry Award, Cline was also named one of Granta‘s Best Young American Novelists.

Presented By

  • Program in Creative Writing

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