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Oxford University Professor Bart van Es gives a lecture on “1594: Shakespeare’s Most Important Year” on Wednesday, Sept. 24, at 5 p.m. in the Baker Center Theater. In this lecture, van Es explores the consequences of Shakespeare’s decision to become a sharer in the Chamberlain’s acting company. This decision, he […]

The spring literary festival 2014’s Lit Fest is March 26-28 and welcomes fiction writer Andrea Barrett, poet Frank Bidart, essayist Sven Birkerts, fiction writer Ben Fountain, and essayist Rebecca Solnit. Bidart was among the winners at the National Book Critics Circle awards were announced March 13. Bidart won the poetry […]

Patrick O’Keefe will read from his new novel, The Visitors, hot off the Viking Penguin press, on Friday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m. in the Faculty Commons of Alden Library. O’Keeffe was born in Ireland, but he has lived in the United States for more than 20 years. He is Assistant Professor […]

The English Department presents a Futures in English Symposium to give undergraduate students an opportunity to hear from recent graduates whose English degrees helped them establish their careers. Three Ohio University alumni are the guest speakers. The symposium is Friday, April 11, at the Alden Library Faculty Commons (third floor), with […]

The Ohio University Creative Writing program presents fiction writer, poet, and essayist Mark Brazaitis in a reading Thursday, Jan. 30,at 7:30 p.m. in the Walter Hall Rotunda. Brazaitis is the author of five books of fiction: The River of Lost Voices: Stories from Guatemala, winner of the 1998 Iowa Short Fiction […]

Visiting essayist Roxane Gay visits campus to read from her work on Thursday, Oct. 24, at 7:30 p.m. in the Faculty Commons of Alden Library. Gay is part of the Writers in Residence series presented by the Creative Writing program. Gay’s writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Best American […]