Writers’ Center faculty Angela May and Shonda Buchanan to present ‘The Islanders,’ ‘Who’s Afraid of Black Indians?’ by Nora Smith on July 17, 2026
Beloved baked beans return with CLSC Alumni Association Annual Great American Picnic by Nora Smith on July 17, 2026
Sony Ton-Aime and Lauren Francis-Sharma to dive into historical moments to provide hope for today’s political landscape by Nora Smith on July 10, 2026
Author Stefan Fatsis to present changing lives of dictionaries in digital age for CLSC by Nora Smith on July 9, 2026
Charlotte Matthews, Lily Hoang to lead Week Seven Writers’ Center workshops by Emma Francois on August 3, 2018
Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich to present ‘The Fact of a Body’ for annual Chautauqua Prize by Emma Francois on August 2, 2018
Writer-in-residence Jess Row to lead Brown Bag with discussion of empty spaces, gentrification in American literature, language by Emma Francois on August 2, 2018
Jessica Bruder to talk CLSC “Nomadland,” focusing on immersive journalism, the rise of workampers by Emma Francois on August 1, 2018
CLSC Young Readers to read “Ahimsa” by Supriya Kelkar, learn lessons from the freedom movement in India by Flora Junhua Deng on July 31, 2018
Poet-in-residence Allison Joseph to discuss global poetry, “diminishing borders” in Brown Bag by Emma Francois on July 30, 2018
Allison Joseph, Jess Row to lead Week Six Writers’ Center workshops on global poetry, fiction beyond cultural divides by Emma Francois on July 27, 2018
At inaugural Janus Prize reception, winner Nicole Cuffy discussed the meaning of art, inadequacy of words by Emma Francois on July 27, 2018
Writer-in-Residence Kazim Ali to discuss ‘genre queer,’ American tradition of innovation in literature in Brown Bag by Emma Francois on July 26, 2018
Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi to talk ‘Call Me Zebra’ in CLSC Roundtable by Emma Francois on July 25, 2018
Inaugural Chautauqua Janus Prize to celebrate disruption of form, Nicole Cuffy’s ‘Atlas of the Body’ by Emma Francois on July 24, 2018
CLSC Young Readers to explore books on dissent and expression during Week Five by Flora Junhua Deng on July 24, 2018
Chautauqua Literary Arts Friends look to encourage young writers in annual contests by Emma Francois on July 23, 2018
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
Writers-in-residence Beth Ann Fennelly and Kazim Ali to teach workshops on ‘musicality’ of sound, writing one’s surroundings by Emma Francois on July 20, 2018
Inaugural Young Writers’ Institute to continue immersive learning next season by Emma Francois on July 20, 2018