Events

Our Hernan Diaz event, originally scheduled for 1/27/2022, has been postponed. We are currently rescheduling the event for a day close to 2/22/2022.

Keenan Norris reads from his work as part of his time at UVA as a Rea Visiting Writer in Fiction. Norris is a novelist, essayist, and short story writer.

Join us as we celebrate the release of Lisa Russ Spaar’s new poetry collection, Madrigalia: New & Selected Poems. This in-person event will be free and open to the public.

Novelist Rabih Alameddine lectures on "Concerning the Politics in Art." Alameddine was a National Book Award and National Book Critics’ Circle Award finalist for An Unnecessary Woman.

Poet Kyle Dargan returns to UVA for a webinar poetry reading as a Rea Visiting Writer.

Poet Brenda Hillman reads from her poetry as part of her time at UVA as the 2021 Kapnick Distinguished Writer-in-Residence.

UVA MFA alums Emily Temple and Anna Beecher read from their new novels as part of the Virginia Festival of the Book.

Chris Abani reads from his work as part of his time at UVA as a 2021 Rea Visiting Writer in Fiction. Abani is a novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter, and playwright.

Jos Charles, a 2021 Rea Visiting Lecturer in Poetry reads from her work and has a discussion with UVA faculty members Kiki Petrosino and Brian Teare.