IUPUI's Reiberg Reading Series

The lineup for the 2008-09 Rufus and Louise Reiberg Reading Series. All readings are free and in the Lilly Auditorium, lower level of University Library at IUPUI, Indianapolis (except for Frank X. Walker). Directions are available at http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/. For information, contact Terry Kirts, tkirts@iupui.edu or 317-274-8929.

7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23
novelist and anthologist Porter Shreve.
Author of Drives Like a Dream, a 2005 Chicago Tribune Book of the year and the new novel When the White House Was Ours, Shreve is the director of Purdue’s MFA program in creative writing.

7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6
poet Adam Sol
A Trillium Award-winning poet, Sol is the author of three books of poetry, including Crowd of Sounds and his new novel in verse Jeremiah, Ohio.

7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6
poet and nonfiction writer Joe Bonomo
Author of Sweat: The Story of the Fleshtones and Installations, which was a 2007 National Poetry Series selection by Naomi Shihab Nye.

7 p.m. Thursday, March 5
International Women’s Day Celebration
Join poets, writers, performers, and activists from our community for this festive celebration! This event is co-sponsored by the IUPUI Women’s Studies Program. A reception begins at 6:30 p.m.

7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 26
poet and prose writer Jesse Lee Kercheval
The founding director of the MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of Wisconsin, Kercheval has published poetry, fiction, memoirs, and creative writing textbooks.

7 p.m. Thursday. April 23
poet and editor Frank X. Walker
at the Julia M. Carson Government Center, 300 E,. Fall Creek Parkway, Indianapolis.
A founding member of the Affrilachian Poets, Walker is the author of four collections of poetry. Part of the Etheridge Knight Festival for the Arts