Upcoming Events
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9/19
Colson Whitehead Reading Project
Colson Whitehead Reading Project
Thursday, September 19th, 2019
04:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Storrs Campus Humanities Institute Conference Room, 4th Floor, Babbidge Library
A faculty-led reading group for UCON faculty about Colson Whitehead’s new book "The Nickel Boys" in advance of his visit to campus. -
9/21
Teacher as Writer Workshop
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9/23
Registration Due for Fall Teacher-Writer Retreat
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9/26
Colson Whitehead
Colson Whitehead
Thursday, September 26th, 2019
04:30 PM - 06:00 PM
Storrs Campus Konover Auditorium
The Africana Studies Institute is hosting #1 bestselling author Colson Whitehead.
Colson Whitehead is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Underground Railroad (an Oprah’s Book Club selection and winner of the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize), The Noble Hustle, Zone One, Sag Harbor, The Intuitionist, John Henry Days, Apex Hides the Hurt, and one collection of essays, The Colossus of New York. He was named New York’s 11th State Author in 2018. His next book, The Nickel Boys, is set for release in July 2019.
Colson Whitehead’s reviews, essays, and fiction have appeared in a number of publications, such as the New York Times, The New Yorker, New York Magazine, Harper’s and Granta.
He has received a MacArthur Fellowship, A Guggenheim Fellowship, a Whiting Writers Award, the Dos Passos Prize, a fellowship at the Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers, and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for John Henry Days.
He has taught at the University of Houston, Columbia University, Brooklyn College, Hunter College, New York University, Princeton University, Wesleyan University, and been a Writer-in-Residence at Vassar College, the University of Richmond, and the University of Wyoming.
He lives in New York City.
This event is cosponsored by the Provost's Office, the Humanities Institute, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of History, the Department of English and the Creative Writing Program -
9/27
Conference for Secondary School Writing Centers
Conference for Secondary School Writing Centers
Friday, September 27th, 2019
08:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Storrs Campus Student Union Theater
Our conference is designed for middle and high school teachers and students who are interested in starting or maintaining peer-based writing centers in their schools. We will feature presentations by schools that have successfully developed peer writing centers and interactive workshops for students and teachers. We encourage participation at all stages of the writing center process, from newly interested to veteran schools. Go to: http://writingcenter.uconn.edu/high-school-outreach/ for more information. -
10/4
CWP Writers Retreat
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10/5
CWP Writers Retreat
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10/5
Connecticut Literary Festival
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10/6
CWP Writers Retreat
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10/10
CWP Leadership Council Meeting
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