And that’s a wrap for Day 1 of #Kweli23 💫 See you online tomorrow for Day 2! Endless gratitude to our incredible, generous presenters and attendees, as well as to our partners Word Up Community Bookshop/ Librería Comunitaria Barnard College Creative Writing—it is an HONOR to be in community with you all 💞💞

Thank you, #kweli23 for an amazing in-person conference today. Here are a few pics + wise words from some of today's faculty.Follow us @kwelijournal.bsky.social

So much wisdom and inspiration in this session with Edwidge Danticat and Ibi Zoboi. It was an honor to moderate this conversation.

Students interested in publishing—this application is due 4/14 👀

Our deepest congratulations to @alexispauline (‘04) for this honor!

Join us for a reading with the singular Jenny Erpenbeck in conversation with Kenji this Thursday, 9/28 at 6:30 PM! Delighted to be celebrating her new release from New Directions longlisted for National Book Foundation awards! Register here: eventbrite.com/e/writers-at-b…

Writer, translator, literary critic, and Barnard College alum Jhumpa Lahiri returns to campus this semester as a professor of English and director of Barnard's Creative Writing Program (Barnard College Creative Writing). bit.ly/3PyIW4j

We're thrilled to be hosting a reading by extraordinary German author Jenny Erpenbeck in conversation with Kenji on Thursday, 9/28 at 6:30 pm! Celebrating her new novel from New Directions, longlisted for the National Book Foundation awards. Register at eventbrite.com/e/writers-at-b….

The great Jenny Erpenbeck is reading at Barnard tonight, 6:30 pm! She’ll be in conversation with Kenji on KAIROS, her monumental new novel of German unification. Register here: eventbrite.com/e/writers-at-b…

We’re delighted to host the extraordinary Jhumpa Lahiri next week for a reading and conversation with Brandon Taylor and Konstantina Zanou! The event is sold out, but please join our waitlist at forms.gle/iBGGDaYcw1X4aQ… if you'd still like to attend. Hope to see you there!

As a part of our star-studded fall, we're thrilled to host poets LaTasha N. Diggs and Marilyn Hacker on October 19th at 6:30 PM! Reserve here: eventbrite.com/e/writers-at-b…

Location update: Our reading Grief Terrain with the exceptional poets LaTasha N. Diggs and Marilyn Hacker will now be held in Sulzberger Parlor. We hope to see you on October 19th at 6:30 PM! Register here: eventbrite.com/e/writers-at-b…

Head over to Albertine Books tonight for a conversation with Marie NDiaye and Judith Thurman to celebrate “Vengeance is Mine.” eventbrite.com/e/vengeance-is…

October 19, don't miss Whiting winner LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs reading with Marilyn Hacker at Barnard College Creative Writing! Free registration here: buff.ly/46PZome

We look forward to celebrating Idra Novey ('00) next week with a reading from her impressive new novel, "Take What You Need", followed by a conversation with Jhumpa Lahiri ('89). Please join us this Thursday, November 16, at 6:30pm. Register here: eventbrite.com/e/writers-at-b…

As the end of the year approaches, we’re so excited for our Fall 2023 Creative Writing Student Reading! Join us on Tuesday, December 5, at 6 pm in Sulzberger Parlor, to celebrate students as they read their work crafted in this semester’s writing workshops. See you there!

Join us tomorrow (11/13) from 7pm-9pm for the Barnard English Department's Fall 2024 Book Club, featuring Isabella Hammad, who will be discussing her novel Enter Ghost, a rendering of modern-day Palestine. Learn more and register here: english.barnard.edu/events/fall-20…