Department of English

Bill Dodd presents an examination of original Shakespearean texts—so-called “bad quartos” printed during Shakespeare’s lifetime—for fascinating traces of original theatrical practices.

New England Review poetry editor Rick Barot will read from and discuss his new collection of poetry, Chord (2015). Barot’s first collection of poetry, The Darker Fall (2002), received the Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry. His second collection, Want (2008), was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards and won the 2009 Grub Street Book Prize. His poems and essays have appeared in the New Republic, Poetry, the Kenyon Review, the Virginia Quarterly Review, and others. Rick Barot was born in the Philippines and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area.

A talk and discussion with award-winning public radio producer Joe Richman, founder of Radio Diaries (including NPR’s pioneering Teenage Diaries and Mandela: An Audio History).

Shaun King is a writer and civil rights activist noted for his use of social media to promote religious, charitable, and social causes, including the Black Lives Matter movement. The title of his talk is “Why we have to say black lives matter”.

Sponsored by Meet the Press and The Center for the Comparative Study of Race and Ethnicity

Meet the Press: Join Ryan D’Agostino ‘97, editor-in-chief of Popular Mechanics magazine and former articles editor at Esquire, as he talks about his journey through the New York media landscape.

Lecture by George Yancy, Professor of Philosophy at Emory University.

David Austin is the author of Fear of A Black Nation: Race ,Sex and Security in Sixties Montreal winner of the 2014 Casas De Las America and winner of the silver medal at the 2014 Independent Mr. Austin has produced documentaries on Frantz Fanon and CLR James for CBC Radio’s Ideas .

Meet the Press presents Eric Bates, Editor-in-Chief, The New Republic Magazine :Journalism vs. Trump: The Media as Opposition Party

Dan O’Brien, award-winning playwright and poet, is author of the play “The Body of an American,” poetry collections “War Reporter” and “Scarsdale,” and two opera libretti. He graduated from Middlebury College majoring in English and Theater, received an MFA at Brown University, and has taught and done residencies at many institutions including Princeton, Williamstown Theater Festival, and Sewanee Writers’ Conference. He lives in Los Angeles.

Senior Reception for the Department of English & American Literatures