Literary Arts
For nearly 150 years, the reading and discussion of literature has lived at the center of Chautauqua Institution’s mission of lifelong learning, engaging participants in the social and political issues of our time. Steeped in this history, Chautauqua Literary Arts convenes readers and writers of all ages in community, conversation, intensive craft development, and exploratory learning opportunities.
Events
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Sunday, June 28, 2020 | 03:30pm EDT
Free Sunday Reading with David Giffels and Lillian-Yvonne Bertram
View DetailsDavid Giffels is the author of six books of nonfiction, including the upcoming Barnstorming Ohio: To Understand America, the memoirs Furnishing Eternity and All the Way Home. Chautauqua Writers’ Festival Director Lillian-Yvonne Bertram is the author of But a Storm Is Blowing from Paradise.
Location: Virtual Porch
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Monday, June 29, 2020 | 12:30pm EDT
CLSC Book Discussion: The End of Ice by Dahr Jamail
View DetailsJoin fellow readers to discuss this week’s Chautauqua Literary & Scientific Circle selection, The End of Ice by Dahr Jamail. Conversation is facilitated by CLSC staff and a member of the Chautauqua community. All readers welcome.
Location: Virtual Porch
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Tuesday, June 30, 2020 | 12:30pm EDT
Chautauqua Writers' Center Brown Bag with Poet-in-Residence Lillian-Yvonne Bertram
View DetailsOriginally from Buffalo, Dr. Lillian-Yvonne Bertram is the author of But a Storm Is Blowing from Paradise, chosen by Claudia Rankine as winner of the 2010 Red Hen Press Benjamin Saltman Award, a slice from the cake made of air (Red Hen, 2016) and Personal Science...
Location: Virtual Porch
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Thursday, July 02, 2020 | 03:30pm EDT
Dahr Jamail, CLSC Author, The End of Ice: Bearing Witness and Finding Meaning in the Path of Climate Disruption
View DetailsLike no other book, The End of Ice offers a firsthand chronicle of the catastrophic reality of our situation and the incalculable necessity of relishing this vulnerable, fragile planet while we still can.
Location: CHQ Assembly Video Platform
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Friday, July 03, 2020 | 12:30pm EDT
Chatuauqua Writers' Center Brown Bag with Prose Writer-in-Residence David Giffels
View DetailsDavid Giffels is the author of six books of nonfiction, including the upcoming Barnstorming Ohio: To Understand America, the memoirs Furnishing Eternity and All the Way Home, both winners of the Ohioana Book Award, and The Hard Way on Purpose...
Location: Virtual Porch
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Sunday, July 05, 2020 | 03:30pm EDT
Free Sunday Reading with Jacob White and Mary Biddinger
View DetailsJacob White is an assistant professor at Ithaca College. His story collection Being Dead in South Carolina was published by Leapfrog Press in 2013. Mary Biddinger is the author of six full-length poetry collections, including a new book of prose poems, Partial Genius (Black Lawrence Press, 2019).
Location: Virtual Porch
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Monday, July 06, 2020 | 12:30pm EDT
CLSC Book Discussion: A Nail the Evening Hangs On by Monica Sok
View DetailsJoin fellow readers to discuss this week’s Chautauqua Literary & Scientific Circle selection, A Nail the Evening Hans On by Monica Sok. Conversation is facilitated by CLSC staff and a member of the Chautauqua community. All readers welcome.
Location: Virtual Porch
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Tuesday, July 07, 2020 | 12:30pm EDT
Chautauqua Writers' Center Brown Bag conversation with Week Two poet-in-residence Mary Biddinger
View DetailsMary Biddinger is the author of six full-length poetry collections, including a new book of prose poems, Partial Genius (Black Lawrence Press, 2019).
Location: Virtual Porch
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Thursday, July 09, 2020 | 03:30pm EDT
Monica Sok, CLSC Author, A Nail the Evening Hangs On
View DetailsIn her debut collection, Monica Sok uses poetry to reshape a family's memory about the Khmer Rouge regime—memory that is both real and imagined—according to a child of refugees.
Location: CHQ Assembly Video Platform
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Friday, July 10, 2020 | 12:30pm EDT
Chautauqua Writers' Center Brown Bag with Prose Writer-in-Residence Jacob White
View DetailsJacob White is an assistant professor at Ithaca College. His story collection Being Dead in South Carolina was published by Leapfrog Press in 2013.
Location: Virtual Porch
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Sunday, July 12, 2020 | 03:30pm EDT
Free Sunday Reading with Gabrielle Calvocoressi and Eleanor Henderson
View DetailsGabrielle Calvocoressi is the author of The Last Time I Saw Amelia Earhart, Apocalyptic Swing, and Rocket Fantastic, winner of the Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry. Eleanor Henderson is the author of the novels The Twelve-Mile Straight and Ten Thousand Saints, which was named one of the 10 Best Books of 2011 by The New York Times.
Location: Virtual Porch
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Monday, July 13, 2020 | 12:30pm EDT
CLSC Book Discussion: The Source of Self-Regard by Toni Morrison
View DetailsJoin fellow readers to discuss this week’s Chautauqua Literary & Scientific Circle selection, The Source of Self-Regard by Toni Morrison. Conversation is facilitated by CLSC staff and a member of the Chautauqua community. All readers welcome.
Location: Virtual Porch
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Tuesday, July 14, 2020 | 12:30pm EDT
Chautauqua Writers' Center Brown Bag with Poet-in-Residence Gabrielle Calvocoressi
View DetailsGabrielle Calvocoressi is the author of The Last Time I Saw Amelia Earhart, Apocalyptic Swing (a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize), and Rocket Fantastic, winner of the Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry.
Location: Virtual Porch
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Thursday, July 16, 2020 | 03:30pm EDT
John Hoppenthaler presents The Source of Self-Regard by Toni Morrison
View DetailsHere is Toni Morrison in her own words: a rich gathering of her most important essays and speeches, spanning four decades.
Location: CHQ Assembly Video Platform
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Friday, July 17, 2020 | 12:30pm EDT
Chautauqua Writers' Center Brown Bag with Prose Writer-in-Residence Eleanor Henderson
View DetailsEleanor Henderson is the author of the novels The Twelve-Mile Straight and Ten Thousand Saints, which was named one of the 10 Best Books of 2011 by The New York Times and was adapted into a movie starring Ethan Hawke.
Location: Virtual Porch
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Sunday, July 19, 2020 | 03:30pm EDT
Free Sunday Reading with Janice Eidus
View DetailsJanice Eidus, twice winner of the O.Henry Prize as well as a Pushcart Prize, is a novelist, short story writer, essayist, and freelance editor/writing coach. Among her novels are The War Of The Rosens; Urban Bliss; and, The Last Jewish Virgin; her short story collections include Vito Loves Geraldine and The Celibacy Club.
Location: Virtual Porch
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Monday, July 20, 2020 | 12:30pm EDT
CLSC Book Discussion: Infinite Detail by Tim Maughan
View DetailsJoin fellow readers to discuss this week’s Chautauqua Literary & Scientific Circle selection, Infinite Detail by Tim Maughan. Conversation is facilitated by CLSC staff and a member of the Chautauqua community. All readers welcome.
Location: Virtual Porch
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Thursday, July 23, 2020 | 03:30pm EDT
Tim Maughan, CLSC Author, Infinite Detail
View DetailsA timely and uncanny portrait of a world in the wake of fake news, diminished privacy, and a total shutdown of the Internet.
Location: CHQ Assembly Video Platform
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Friday, July 24, 2020 | 12:30pm EDT
Chautauqua Writers' Center Brown Bag with Prose Writer-in-Residence Janice Eidus
View DetailsJanice Eidus, twice winner of the O.Henry Prize as well as a Pushcart Prize, is a novelist, short story writer, essayist, and freelance editor/writing coach.
Location: Virtual Porch
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Sunday, July 26, 2020 | 03:30pm EDT
Free Sunday Reading with Charlotte Matthews and Philip Metres
View DetailsCharlotte Matthews' works include a novel, The Collapsible Mannequin, a memoir, Comes with Furniture and People (2019) and three poetry collections. Philip Metres is the author of ten books, including Shrapnel Maps (Copper Canyon 2020), Sand Opera (Alice James 2015), and The Sound of Listening: Poetry as Refuge and Resistance (2018).
Location: Virtual Porch