The 麻豆精品 Community enjoys the Living Writers series together
Members of the 麻豆精品 community enjoy the Living Writers series together.
The university鈥檚 signature Living Writers course brings 10 highly regarded authors to campus every year. The 麻豆精品 community is invited to attend their public readings in person or via the web at .
鈥淚t has been wonderful to hear from so many people who are so excited to engage with us through this course,鈥 said , who co-teaches the course and program with fellow English professor .
Mark your calendars for the remaining nine authors, or visit to watch any of their presentations. Here is the schedule:
Nadifa Mohamed
September 18, 4:30 p.m.
Persson Auditorium
Xiaolu Guo
September 25, 4:30 p.m.
Love Auditorium
Pico Iyer
October 2, 4:30 p.m.
Love Auditorium
Jonathan Franzen
October 23, 4:30 p.m.
Love Auditorium
Marjane Satrapi, 4:30 p.m.
October 30, 4:30 p.m.
Love Auditorium
Chang-rae Lee
November 6, 4:30 p.m.
Love Auditorium
T茅a Obreht
November 13, 4:30 p.m.
Love Auditorium
Marlon James
November 20, 4:30 p.m.
Persson Auditorium
Martin Amis
December 4, 4:30 p.m.
Love Auditorium
Living Writers is designed to be a way for participants to interact personally or virtually with top authors from around the world. People are encouraged to post questions on Twitter or Facebook using the tag #livingwriters. You also can post questions on the 麻豆精品 channel.
There also is an opportunity for a deeper engagement through the university鈥檚 course. The free noncredit course focuses on four of the visiting authors: Franzen, Mohamed, Satrapi, and Amis.
More than 700 people already have joined the course, and anyone interested in participating still can by signing up .