PAST READINGS

2008-2009

Friday, October 24 at 7:00 PM: The Writers Studio welcomes special guest Etgar Keret, who reads along with Writers Studio faculty Isabelle Deconinck and Lisa Bellamy. Housing Works, 126 Crosby Street, NYC. Cash bar and cafe.

Friday, November 14 at 7:00 PM: Tucson Writers Studio welcomes special guest reader Steve Orlen, who reads with Tucson writers Deborah Harrison, Alan Frolich, and Lisa K. Harris. St. Philip's in the Hills Episcopal Church West Gallery, 4440 N.Campbell Ave. @ River Road. $5 suggested donation. Reception and book signing follow the reading.

Thursday, December 4 at 7:00 PM: The Writers Studio welcomes special guest readers Robert Pinsky, Tom Sleigh, and Rachel DeWoskin. Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Square South, NYC. $5 suggested donation at the door. Book signing and reception follow the reading.

Sunday, February 1 from 7:00-9:00 PM: Writers Studio faculty Therese Eiben, Joel Hinman, Lucinda Holt, and Lynn Schmeidler read at KGB Bar, 85 East 4th St. NYC. Cash bar.

Friday, March 6 at 7:00 PM: The Writers Studio celebrates The Pushcart Press, and its founder and editor Bill Henderson with guest readers Major Jackson, Tree Swenson, Jim Shepard, Joan Silber, Beena Kamlani and Rosanna Warren. Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Square South, NYC. $5 suggested donation at the door.

Friday, April 3 at 7:00 PM: The Writers Studio celebrates Five Points with readings by Ann Beattie, Edward Hirsch. Alice Hoffman, JD McClatchy, and Philip Schultz. Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Square South, NYC. $5 suggested donation at the door.

The last reading of this season will be Sunday, May 10th at 7:00 PM at KGB Bar, 85 East 4th St. NYC. Cash bar. Writers Studio faculty readers will include Lesley Dormen, Peter Krass, Sheila Welch and Cynthia Weiner.

 2007-2008

Friday, November 9 at 7:00 PM: The Writers Studio celebrates The Pushcart Press, and its founder and editor, Bill Henderson, with readings by Dan Chaon, Linda Gregg, Mary Karr, Philip Levine and Rick Moody. Book signing and reception to follow. Village Community School, 272 West 10th Street, between Greenwich Street and Washington Street, $5 suggested donation at the door.

Monday, December 3 at 7:00 PM: Philip Schultz reads from his new book of poetry, Failure (Harcourt, fall 2007) and is joined by special guest reader Gerald Stern. Book party, holiday party and general good cheer to follow. Village Community School, 272 West 10th Street, NYC, $5 suggested donation at the door.

Sunday, January 13 at 7:00 PM: Writers Studio faculty, Lucinda Holt, Joel Hinman, Michele Herman, and Therese Eiben read at KGB Bar, 85 East 4th St NYC 7-9 pm. Cash bar.

Thursday, February 7 at 7:00 PM: Lawrence Joseph reads with Alice Mattison at Housing Works, with Writers Studio faculty Lisa Bellamy and Lesley Dormen. Housing Works 126 Crosby Street, NYC. Cash bar and cafe.

Friday, April 4 at 7:00 PM: Edward Hirsch reads from his new book of poetry, Special Orders (Knopf 2008) with Junot Diaz and Writers Studio Assistant Director Cynthia Weiner. Book party to follow.Village Community School, 272 West 10th Street, NYC, $5 suggested donation at the door.

Friday, May 2 at 7:00 PM: The Writers Studio celebrates The Georgia Review with readings by Philip Levine, Albert Goldbarth and Anna Solomon. Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Square South, NYC, $5 suggested donation at the door.

 2006-2007

The 2006-2007 Reading Series celebrated The Writers Studio 20th Anniversary.

Friday, November 10 at 7:00 PM: Monique Truong reads with Writers Studio Faculty Eleanor Kedney, Lucinda Holt, Kirby Pulver, and Abigail Wender. KGB, 85 East 4 Street. Cash bar. Book signing follows the reading.

Thursday, December 7 at 7:00 PM: The Writers Studio celebrates its 20th anniversary with readings by Jennifer Egan, Julia Glass, Matthew Klam, Martha McPhee, Carl Dennis, Grace Schulman, Edward Hirsch, and Robert Pinsky at Judson Church, 55 Washington Square South. Suggested donations $5. Reception and book signing follow the reading. View snapshots of this event.

Friday, February 23 at 7:00 PM: Gary Shteyngart reads with Writers Studio writers at Housing Works, 126 Crosby Street. Reception and book signing follow the reading.

2005 - 2006

Thursday, December 1, 7 PM: Amy Hempel, Kate Walbert and James Lasdun read with Writers Studio FacultyAndree Lockwood, Lesley Dormen and Abigail Wender. Book-signing and Holiday Party follow the reading.

Friday February 17, 7PM: The Writers Studio celebrates The Gettysburg Review with readings by Peter Stitt, editor; Emily Raboteau; Michael Waters and Carol Frost and Writers Studio faculty Isabelle Deconinck; Eleanor Kedney; and Cynthia Weiner, assistant director. Reception follows the reading.

Friday April 21, 7PM: The Writers Studio celebrates National Poetry Month with readings by Campbell McGrath, Mac Arthur Award winner whose most recent book of poems is Pax Atomica ( Ecco/Harper Collins); Robin Robertson, one of Scotland's most celebrated poets and author of Swithering (Harcourt); Philip Schultz, founder and director, who will read new poems including "The Adventures of 78 Charles Street" which appears in this week's New Yorker, and Duncan Bock and Leslie Findlen, writers from the Master Class. Book signing and wine reception follow the reading. This is the last reading of the season--please join us!

2004 - 2005

Friday, April 15, 7:00 PM
A celebration of National Poetry Month.
Marie Ponsot, D. Nurkse and Philip Schultz read with Writers Studio writers, Nancy Green, Kirby Pulver, and Iromie Weeramantry. Book signing and reception to follow the reading

Thursday, February 10, 7:00 PM
A celebration of The Kenyon Review.
Readings by Edward Hirsch, author of How to Read a Poem And Fall in Love with Poetry (Harcourt 1999), and Lay Back the Darkness: Poems (Knopf 2003), Grace Schulman, author of Days of Wonder: New and Selected Poems (Viking 2003) and editor of The Poems of Marianne Moore (Viking 2003) and Rebecca McClanahan, author of Riddle Song and Other Rememberings (University of Georgia Press 2002). Plus readings by Writers Studio Faculty: Martha Qualben, Cynthia Weiner, and Abigail Wender. Book-signing and reception to follow the reading.

Friday, December 3, 7:00 PM
A celebration of Poets & Writers, and the publication of The Practical Writer: From Inspiration to Publication edited by Therese Eiben and Mary Gannon and the staff of Poets & Writers (Penguin 2004). Guest readers: Jonathan Dee, John Haskell, Suji Kwock Kim, Colson Whitehead. Readings by Writers Studio Faculty: Lesley Dormen, Leslie Findlen, and Cynthia Weiner. Holiday Party and book-signing to follow the reading.

Friday, November 7, 7:00 PM
Students from the Master Classes read with Martha McPhee, National Book Award Finalist for Gorgeous Lies (Harcourt 2002), and former Writers Studio student. Book signing and reception to follow reading.

“An informed and attentive audience; that's what a writer wants in a reading and that's what I found at the Writer's Studio. A large audience? I found that too. And a sympathetic staff. Plus wine and intelligent discussion. I was, however briefly, in heaven.”

-JOHN HASKELL, author of I am Not Jackson Pollack (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2003)

2003 - 2004

Friday, November 7, 7:00 PM
The Writers Studio celebrates Poets of the New Century with readings by David Godine, publisher; Roger Weingarten, editor; Edward Hirsch and Victoria Redel, poets. Also featuring readings by students from the master classes: Duncan Bock, Linda Carela, Martha Qualben, and Roger Turnau. Reception and book-signing to follow the reading.

Friday, December 12, 7:00 PM
Julia Glass, 2003 National Book Award winner for Three Junes reads with Writers Studio Faculty: Lesley Dormen, Cynthia Weiner, Abigail Wender, and Philip Schultz, Director, followed by a Holiday Party.

Thursday, February 26, 7:00 PM
Adam Haslett, who was a finalist for the 2002 Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award for his debut book, You Are Not a Stranger Here: Stories (Doubleday 2002) will read with students from the Master Classes: Odette Chatham Baker, Patrick Cole, Yetsuh Frank, Joanne Naiman, Sheila Welch.

Thursday, April 22, 7:00 PM
The Writers Studio celebrates National Poetry Month: Philip Schultz reads from his new book, Living in the Past (Harcourt 2004), along with students from the Master Classes: Isabelle Deconinck, April Heck, Lucinda Holt, and Steven Radwell. Book signing and party to follow.

“I knew as soon as the evening started that I was in a safe community where writers might attempt to try stuff without looking over their shoulder. That's a great feeling. [That] tone is set by the faculty and trickles down; people are stumbling along, writing, making it up as they go and the school supports it. Which is good because it's the most important thing about an environment that artsy people share. It must come from the teachers...”

-MATTHEW KLAM, author of Sam The Cat and Other Stories (Random House 2000)

2002 - 2003

Monday, November 11, 7:00 PM
Students from the Master Classes plus guest reader, A.M. Homes.

Friday, December 13, 7:00 PM
Faculty Reading with special guest reader, Matthew Klam, followed by a Holiday Party.

Wednesday, February 5, 7:00 PM
The Writers Studio celebrates Pequod, a journal of fiction, poetry, and art, with a reading. Special appearances by: Paula Fox, Rachel Hadas, Siri Hustvedt, James Lasdun, and Mark Rudman, editor. Also, Writers Studio members: Jane Avrich, Lucinda Holt, Mark Peterson, Deborah McAlister. Reception and book-signing to follow the reading.

Friday, April 11, 7:00 PM
The Writers Studio celebrates Pushcart Press
Readings by students from the Master Classes plus Bill Henderson, founder and publisher of Pushcart Press, speaks about the history and future of the small press.