In Rome in the Coming Months? Join Us! (Upcoming Events)

Tuesday, April 26, 2016, 6:30-8:00 PM, Reading by Poet Eleanor Wilner.  

Eleanor Wilner is the author of seven books of poems, including Tourist in Hell (University of Chicago Press) and The Girl with Bees in Her Hair (Copper Canyon Press). Her work is widely anthologized, most recently in The Best American Poetry 2014. (From JohnCabot.edu)

 

Tuesday, May 31, 2016, 6:30-8:00 PM, Reading by Poet Peter Hughes.  

Peter Hughes is a poet and the founding editor of Oystercatcher Press. His Selected Poems was published by Shearsman in 2013 along with ‘An intuition of the particular’: some essays on the poetry of Peter Hughes, edited by Ian Brinton.  (From JohnCabot.edu)

 

Wednesday, June 1, 2016, 6:30-8:00 PM, Reading by Author Charles Lambert.

Charles Lambert was born in England, but has been living in Italy since 1980.  In 2008, his first novel, Little Monsters, was published by Picador, and his second novel, Any Human Face, was published in 2010 (Picador).  His most recent work, The Scent of Cinnamon and Other Stories, a collection of short stories was published by Salt Publishing.

 

Wednesday, June 8, 2016, 6:30-8:00 PM, Reading by Author Jonathan Levi.

Jonathan Levi is the author of the 1992 novel A Guide for the Perplexed and Septimania (April 2016, The Overlook Press), as well as many plays and opera libretti that have been performed internationally. (From JohnCabot.edu)

 

 

Wednesday, June 15, 2016, 6:30-8:00 PM, Reading by 2016 Writer in Residence Susan Minot.

Susan Minot is an award-winning novelist, short-story writer, poet, and screenwriter. Her first novel, Monkeys, was published in a dozen countries and won the Prix Femina Étranger in France. Her novel Evening was a worldwide best seller and became a major motion picture. (From JohnCabot.edu)

 

Other Upcoming Events:

Wednesday, May 25, 2016, 6:30-8:00 p.m, Secchia Terrace, Guarini Campus, CW Institute Faculty Reading and Welcome Party.

Tuesday, June 7, 2016, 6:30-8:00 p.m., Aula Magna Regina, Guarini Campus, CW Institute Reading.

Tuesday, June 14, 2016, 6:30-8:00 p.m., Aula Magna Regina, Guarini Campus, CW Institute Reading.

Monday, June 20, 2016, 6:30-8:00 p.m., Aula Magna Regina, Guarini Campus, CW Institute Craft Talk: 2016 Writer in Residence Susan Minot.

Wednesday, June 22, 2016, 6:30-8:00 p.m., Secchia Terrace, CW Institute Student Reading and Farewell Party.

 

To learn more about attending, visit the Institute for Creative Writing and Literary Translation Events Page

1 Oct 2014 |Reading of Keats: A Fundraiser at the Non-Catholic Cemetery in Rome

Painting by Walter Crane, Gravestone of English Poet John Keats in the Protestant Cemetery in Rome, 1873.  Image found: http://enabime.wordpress.com

Whether or not you are in Rome, if you are an admirer of John Keats’ poetry or poetry in general, then this fundraising event may be of interest to you.

On Wednesday, October 1, 2014, the Non-Catholic Cemetery (also known as the Protestant Cemetery) will be holding a reading of Keats’ poems and letters to raise funds for the renewal of his gravesite area.

Unbeknownst to many, the Non-Catholic Cemetery is operated by means of donations and voluntary service.  Keats is not the only notable figure to be buried in the Cemetery.  In fact, visitors to the Cemetery will find the graves of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Joseph Severn (buried next to Keats), Antonio Gramsci, August von Goethe, Amelia Rosselli, Juan Rodolfo Wilcock, and many more.

Where: Cimitero Acattolico, Via Caio Cestio, 6 –00153 Rome

When: Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Time: 6PM – 7PM

Cost: FREE (Donations welcomed), seats limited to 80, send names to marion.cadman@libero.it

Please, see below for event flyer (click on image to enlargen):

Keats Reading, Oct. 1, 2014