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The Colgate Community enjoys the Living Writers series together

Members of the Colgate community enjoy the Living Writers series together.

The university’s signature Living Writers course brings 10 highly regarded authors to campus every year. The Colgate community is invited to attend their public readings in person or via the web at colgate.edu/livingwriters.

“It has been wonderful to hear from so many people who are so excited to engage with us through this course,” said Jane Pinchin, who co-teaches the course and program with fellow English professor Jennifer Brice.

Mark your calendars for the remaining nine authors, or visit colgate.edu/livingwriters to watch any of their presentations. Here is the schedule:

Nadifa Mohamed
September 18, 4:30 p.m.
Persson Auditorium

Xiaolu Guo
September 25, 4:30 p.m.
Love Auditorium

Pico Iyer
October 2, 4:30 p.m.
Love Auditorium

Jonathan Franzen
October 23, 4:30 p.m.
Love Auditorium

Marjane Satrapi, 4:30 p.m.
October 30, 4:30 p.m.
Love Auditorium

Chang-rae Lee
November 6, 4:30 p.m.
Love Auditorium

Téa Obreht
November 13, 4:30 p.m.
Love Auditorium

Marlon James
November 20, 4:30 p.m.
Persson Auditorium

Martin Amis
December 4, 4:30 p.m.
Love Auditorium

Living Writers is designed to be a way for participants to interact personally or virtually with top authors from around the world. People are encouraged to post questions on Twitter or Facebook using the tag #livingwriters. You also can post questions on the Colgate Livestream channel.

There also is an opportunity for a deeper engagement through the university’s Living Writers on ColgateX course. The free noncredit course focuses on four of the visiting authors: Franzen, Mohamed, Satrapi, and Amis.

More than 700 people already have joined the course, and anyone interested in participating still can by signing up here.