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Author Salon Series

President Keen’s Author Salon Series

Join the 10th President of Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­, Suzanne Keen, for a series of intimate literary gatherings with the Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­community across the country. President Keen will host award-winning writers such as Myriam J.A. Chancy, Rebecca Makkai, Susan Choi, and Andrew Sean Greer for thought-provoking conversations with Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­alums, families, and friends. All events are free and open to the greater Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­community.

 

“It’s in our nature to relate to one another’s stories. When we read novels with a sense of empathy, we come away with an improved sense of other people’s perspectives and experiences that are quite different from our own.â€

—Suzanne Keen, President

 

Seattle, WA | Tuesday, October 11 | 6:00pm
Featuring Myriam J.A. Chancy
Guggenheim Fellow and Hartley Burr Alexander Chair of Humanities at Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­
Women’s University Club of Seattle

Chicago, IL | Thursday, October 20 | 6:30pm
Featuring Rebecca Makkai
2019 Pulitzer Prize Finalist and 2018 National Book Award Finalist
Towne & Oak, Winnetka

San Francisco, CA | Wednesday, November 2 | 6:30pm
Featuring Andrew Sean Greer
2018 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Fiction and Mary Routt Chair of Writing at Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­ (2016)
The Century Club of California

Los Angeles, CA | Tuesday, December 6 | 6:30pm
Featuring Lynne Thompson ’72, Los Angeles Poet Laureate (2021-2022) and
Luis J. Rodriguez, Los Angeles Poet Laureate (2014-2016)
Red Hen Press, Pasadena

San Diego, CA | Wednesday, January 25 | 6:30pm
Featuring Jean Chen Ho
2023 Mary Routt Endowed Chair of Creative Writing at Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­
At the home of Kalpana ’94 and James Rhodes, La Jolla

Washington, DC | March 15 | 6:30pm
Featuring Dwandalyn Reece ’85
Curator of Music & Performing Arts at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History & Culture
Politics and Prose, Den Coffeehouse

New York, NY | Saturday, March 18 | 2:00pm
Featuring Susan Choi
2019 National Book Award Winner for Fiction
The Lotos Club, New York

Boston, MA | Thursday, March 23 | 6:00pm
Featuring Tracy K. Smith
2012 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Poetry and U.S. Poet Laureate (2017-2019)
The Library, Hampshire House

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