Past Readings and Podcasts
Reading Series
The lively public Reading Series hosts a wide array of writers, translators, editors and poets, and connects our program to the local community. Nearly all events are free and open to the public and include book sales and signings. If you would like to receive email announcements about upcoming literary events, please email creative.writing@nyu.edu with your request. Read more...
"Open Book" Videocast Series: Watch interviews featuring some of today's most prominent authors. In collaboration with Slate, interviews are conducted by Deborah Landau and Meghan O'Rourke.
Podcasts of Visiting Authors: Listen to audio recordings of readings by recent visiting authors.
Photo Galleries: Visit photo galleries documenting recent readings by eminent writers.
"Open Book" Videocast Series: Watch interviews featuring some of today's most prominent authors. In collaboration with Slate, interviews are conducted by Deborah Landau and Meghan O'Rourke.
Podcasts of Visiting Authors: Listen to audio recordings of readings by recent visiting authors.
Photo Galleries: Visit photo galleries documenting recent readings by eminent writers.
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Fiction Reading
Acclaimed author Lorrie Moore’s most recent title is the novel "A Gate at the Stairs" (Knopf, 2009). Moore is the 2013 Distinguished Fiction Writer-in-Residence in the NYU Creative Writing Program. Introduced by Darin Strauss.
Location:
Greenberg Lounge, NYU School of Law, 40 Washington Square South
Listen to the podcast of this event.
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Poetry Reading
Brenda Shaughnessy’s new collection is "Our Andromeda" (Copper Canyon Press, 2012). "To Keep Love Blurry," Craig Morgan Teicher’s latest title, was published by BOA Editions in 2012.
Location:
Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, 58 West 10th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues
Listen to the podcast of this event.
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The New Salon: Poets in Conversation
Edward Hirsch’s books include “The Living Fire: New and Selected Poems” and the bestselling title "How to Read a Poem: And Fall in Love with Poetry." In conversation with Charif Shanahan. Co-sponsored with the Poetry Society of America.
Location:
Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, 58 West 10th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues
Listen to the podcast of this event.
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Canceled: "Granta" Presents
Evening events have been canceled due to weather conditions.
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Canceled: The Emerging Writers Reading Series
Evening events have been canceled due to weather conditions.
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Ugly Duckling Presse Presents
This event features readings by poets from the innovative Brooklyn-based publisher (pictured: Jacqueline Waters). Hosted by editors Anna Moschovakis and Matvei Yankelevich. Co-sponsored with Ugly Duckling Presse.
Location:
Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, 58 West 10th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues
Listen to the podcast of this event.
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Fiction Reading
Manuel Gonzales’s debut, "The Miniature Wife and Other Stories," was released in January (Riverhead, 2013). NYU Creative Writing Program alumna A. M. Homes’s novel "May We Be Forgiven" appeared from Viking in fall 2012.
Location:
Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, 58 West 10th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues
Listen to the podcast of this event.
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The New Salon: Writers in Conversation
Nell Freudenberger, an alumna of the NYU Creative Writing Program, is most recently the author of "The Newlyweds" (Knopf, 2012). 2012 MacArthur Fellow Dinaw Mengestu’s (pictured) latest title is "How to Read the Air" (Riverhead, 2010). In conversation with Darin Strauss.
Location:
Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, 58 West 10th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues
Listen to the podcast of this event.
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Pink Thunder: Reading and Performance
Michael Zapruder performs from his album “Pink Thunder” (Black Ocean Books, The Kora Records, 2012), a collection of inventive free-verse indie rock songs made from poems by two dozen American poets. With special guest reader Matthew Rohrer.
Location:
Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, 58 West 10th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues
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NYU Gallatin Faculty Poets
Emily Fragos's latest book is "Hostage: New & Selected Poems" (Sheep Meadow, 2011). Jean Gallagher's titles include "This Minute" and "Stubborn" (Oberlin College Press, 2006). "Self-evident," Scott Hightower's fourth poetry book, is new from Barrow Street Press. Idra Novey's (pictured) most recent collection, "Exit, Civilian" (University of Georgia Press, 2012) was a 2011 National Poetry Series Selection. Co-sponsored with NYU Bookstore.
Location:
NYU Bookstore, 726 Broadway
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"Zoetrope: All-Story" Presents
An evening with contributors to the National Magazine Award–winning quarterly published by Francis Ford Coppola (pictured: David Means). Hosted by founding editor Adrienne Brodeur. Co-sponsored with "Zoetrope: All-Story."
Location:
Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, 58 West 10th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues
Listen to the podcast of this event.
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Fiction and Nonfiction Reading
Poet and novelist Nicholas Christopher’s novel “Tiger Rag” is new from Dial Press. David Shields reads from his new nonfiction title “How Literature Saved My Life” (Knopf, February 2013). Fiction writer and poet Terese Svoboda’s novel “Tin God” will be reissued by University of Nebraska Press/Bison Books in April.
Location:
Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, 58 West 10th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues
Listen to the podcast of this event.
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The New Salon: Poets in Conversation
Tina Chang reads and discusses her work; her latest collection is “Of Gods and Strangers” (Four Way Books, 2011). In conversation with Alice Quinn. Co-sponsored with the Poetry Society of America.
Location:
Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, 58 West 10th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues
Listen to the podcast of this event.
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Poetry Reading
James Arthur’s debut, “Charms Against Lightning” appeared from Copper Canyon Press in 2012. Heather Christle’s most recent book is “What Is Amazing” (Wesleyan University Press, 2013). Arda Collins (pictured) received the Yale Series of Younger Poets Prize for “It Is Daylight” (Yale University Press, 2009). Hosted by Matthew Rohrer.
Location:
Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, 58 West 10th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues
Listen to the podcast of this event.
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Poetry Reading
Pulitzer Prize–winner and "New Yorker" poetry editor Paul Muldoon reads from his new book, “The Word on the Street: Rock Lyrics,” released in February by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Introduced by Deborah Landau.
Location:
Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, 58 West 10th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues
Listen to the podcast of this event.
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The Emerging Writers Reading Series
Acclaimed novelist Siri Hustvedt’s most recent work is “Living, Thinking, Looking” (Picador, 2012), a collection of essays. The Emerging Writers Reading Series showcases graduate students of the NYU Creative Writing Program and features established writers as special guests.
Location:
KGB Bar, 85 East 4th Street
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Poetry Reading
Alex Dimitrov’s debut poetry book is “Begging for It” (Four Way Books, 2013). Poet and NYU faculty member Marie Howe is the author of three collections including “The Kingdom of Ordinary Time” (W. W. Norton, 2008).
Location:
Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, 58 West 10th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues
Listen to the podcast of this event.
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Fiction Reading
Vikram Chandra is the author of the critically acclaimed “Sacred Games;” “Love and Longing in Bombay: Stories;” and “Red Earth and Pouring Rain.”
Location:
Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, 58 West 10th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues
Listen to the podcast of this event.
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"Washington Square" Launch Party
Featuring readings by contributors to the new issue of "Washington Square," the national literary journal produced by graduate students in the NYU Creative Writing Program. (Pictured: Rachel Zucker)
Location:
Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, 58 West 10th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues
Listen to the podcast of this event.
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The New Salon: Poets in Conversation
The eminent poet John Ashbery has won nearly every major American literary award for poetry, including the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the National Book Award. His newest collection “Quick Question” was released by Ecco in December 2012. In conversation with Deborah Landau. Co-sponsored with the Poetry Society of America. Please note change in location and reservation policy: No RSVPs required; seating is first come, first served.
Location:
NYU Global Center, 238 Thompson Street (Level C Auditorium)
Listen to the podcast of this event.
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West 10th Launch Reading
Readings by contributors to "West 10th," the literary journal produced by undergraduate students in the NYU Creative Writing Program. With special guest poet Gerald Stern.
Location:
Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, 58 West 10th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues
Listen to the podcast of this event.
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The Emerging Writers Reading Series
Joyelle McSweeney is a poet and author of hybrid-genre novels. Her new book “Salamandrine: 8 Gothics” is forthcoming this year from Tarapulin Sky Press. The Emerging Writers Reading Series showcases graduate students of the NYU Creative Writing Program and features established writers as special guests.
Location:
KGB Bar, 85 East 4th Street
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Lunchtime Fiction Reading
Israeli writer Etgar Keret is the author of six story collections, most recently “Suddenly, a Knock on the Door” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012).
Location:
Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, 58 West 10th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues
Listen to the podcast of this event.
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Poetry Reading: Cave Canem Fellows
Readings from new poetry collections by Cave Canem Fellows (pictured: Dawn Lundy Martin). Co-sponsored with Cave Canem Foundation.
Location:
Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, 58 West 10th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues
Listen to the podcast of this event.
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NYU Alumni Reading
NYU Creative Writing Program alumni read from recently published books. (Pictured: Tyehimba Jess)
Location:
Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, 58 West 10th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues
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"Fire and Forget: Short Stories from the Long War"
Readings by Matt Gallagher, Phil Klay, and Roy Scranton, contributors to "Fire and Forget: Short Stories from the Long War" (Matt Gallagher and Roy Scranton, editors, Da Capo Press, 2013), an anthology of stories by veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. (Pictured: Roy Scranton) All three readers are alumni of the the NYU Veterans Writing Workshop, a program which would not be possible without the vision and generosity of Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith and the Disabled American Veterans Charitable Service Trust.
Location:
Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, 58 West 10th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues
Listen to the podcast of this event.
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Undergraduate Reading
NYU Creative Writing Program undergraduate students read original poems and stories.
Location:
Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, 58 West 10th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues
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NYU Veterans Writing Workshop Reading
This reading features participants of the Veterans Writing Workshop, a community outreach initiative of the NYU Creative Writing Program offering free classes to recent veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. With special guest poet Marie Howe (pictured). The NYU Veterans Writing Workshop would not be possible without the
vision and generosity of Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith and the Disabled American Veterans Charitable Service Trust.
Location:
Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, 58 West 10th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues
Listen to the podcast of this event.
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The New Salon: Writers in Conversation
Sam Lipsyte’s story collection, “The Fun Parts,” is new from Farrar, Straus and Giroux. In conversation with Darin Strauss.
Location:
Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, 58 West 10th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues
Listen to the podcast of this event.
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"Bones Will Crow: An Anthology of Burmese Poetry"
Zeyar Lynn and Khin Aung Aye (pictured) read from "Bones Will Crow" (Northern Illinois University Press, 2012), edited and translated by ko ko thett and alumnus James Byrne. Hosted by editor James Byrne. Co-sponsored with PEN American Center as part of the PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature.
Location:
Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, 58 West 10th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues
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Poetry Reading
National Book Award–winner Mark Doty’s (pictured) forthcoming publications are a poetry collection “Deep Lane” and a nonfiction book “What Is the Grass,” both from W. W. Norton. NYU Creative Writing Program alumnus Angelo Nikolopoulos reads from his debut, “Obscenely Yours” (Alice James Books, 2013), winner of the 2011 Kinereth Gensler Award.
Location:
Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, 58 West 10th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues
Listen to the podcast of this event.
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Reading and Conversation: Poetry Fellows
Readings by Eduardo C. Corral (pictured), Nicole Terez Dutton, and Matthew Olzmann. Co-sponsored with CantoMundo, Cave Canem Foundation, and Kundiman.
Location:
Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, 58 West 10th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues
Listen to the podcast of this event.
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The Emerging Writers Reading Series
William Giraldi is the author of the novel “Busy Monsters” (W. W. Norton, 2011) and the fiction editor of "AGNI." The Emerging Writers Reading Series showcases graduate students of the NYU Creative Writing Program and features established writers as special guests.
Location:
KGB Bar, 85 East 4th Street
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Goldwater Hospital Workshop Reading
The annual showcase of a creative writing workshop led by graduate student fellows for residents of Goldwater Hospital, a public facility for the severely physically challenged.
Location:
Jurow Lecture Hall, NYU Silver Center, 100 Washington Square East
