Brown Bag lecture

Mississippi poet laureate Beth Ann Fennelly to discuss Bishop’s craft, ‘illuminating’ take on prodigal son in Brown Bag

by Emma Francois on July 23, 2018

Without stops, it is nearly a 14 hour drive from Oxford, Mississippi to Chautauqua, New York. Beth Ann Fennelly This is the drive Mississippi’s poet laureate Beth Ann Fennelly drove with her husband and three

Week Four writer-in-residence Valerie Boyd to talk literary kinship, Alice Walker and Zora Neale Hurston

by Emma Francois on July 19, 2018

Alice Walker was 29 when she trekked through Florida in search of Zora Neale Hurston’s unmarked grave. The year was

Daniel Klem’s lecture to look at undiscussed cause of avian deaths worldwide

by Casey McCarthy on July 16, 2018

For humans, hypertension, high blood pressure and other ailments are known as “silent killers.” Technology and medicine have helped humans

Stielstra to explore writing in times of urgency

by Emma Francois on July 12, 2018

When Carrie Bradshaw sits at her computer to type her next column, she is alone — accompanied solely by a

For BTG Brown Bag, Jeffrey to discuss architectural legacy at Chautauqua

by Casey McCarthy on July 9, 2018

Chautauqua is often described as a Victorian village, but Bob Jeffrey hopes to dispel this rumor in preparation for the

In Brown Bag, CTC to open conversation on ‘An Octoroon,’ addressing race issues in America

by Kevin C. Vestal on June 27, 2018

In the stage directions for An Octoroon, playwright Branden Jacob-Jenkins admits that he has no idea what an enslaved person sounds like, “and neither do you.” The play, which opens Chautauqua Theater Company’s 2018 season

Dream Delivery Service’s Mathias Svalina to talk writing beyond paper in Brown Bag

by Emma Francois on June 25, 2018

The subway growls to a stop. Inside, the “Mona Lisa” smiles. Four Catholic priests play backgammon at a table, unperturbed.

Week Eight’s poet-in-residence Laura Kasischke to discuss mysterious nature of images

by Ryan Pait on August 14, 2017

Laura Kasischke is obsessed with images. Her workshop at the Chautauqua Writers’ Center this week is titled “Revisiting the Image,”

Week Seven’s poet-in-residence Julia Spicher Kasdorf to discuss relationship between poetry and news

by Ryan Pait on August 10, 2017

People can be somewhat terrified of the news in 2017, but Julia Spicher Kasdorf has a way to soothe those

Week Seven’s prose writer-in-residence Kim Todd to talk predators, fear with Brown Bag lecture

by Ryan Pait on August 9, 2017

When it came to scheduling a residency at the Chautauqua Writers’ Center, Week Seven was the only week that worked

Week Two’s prose writer-in-residence Ashley Mace Havird explores questions of genre with Brown Bag lecture

by Ryan Pait on July 6, 2017

About 15 years ago, Ashley Mace Havird was working on a longer piece of writing that she thought would become a memoir. “Several years and drafts later, I realized that no, this is not interesting

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