Butler Events
10/6 – Gerald Stern and Anne Marie Macari
Howard L. Schrott Center for the Arts, 7:30 PM
Award-winning poets Stern and Macari present their work at a public reading. Following their reading, they will take questions as well as sign books.
10/7 – Q & A with Stern and Macari
Efroymson Center for Creative Writing, 1:00 PM
A question and answer session, particularly for students, will be held in the ECCW. The poets will answer any questions about their work, craft, process, and life.
10/7 – Writing Club
Efroymson Center for Creative Writing, 10:00 AM
Writers of all genres gather and hold each other accountable to write for a set number of minutes.Writing club is like fight club. The first rule is no talking during writing club. If you try to leave before the time is finished, other members will punch you in the face. Metaphorically, of course. The group meets every Wednesday in the ECCW.
10/9 – Poetry Lunch Hour
Efroymson Center for Creative Writing, 12:30 PM
Poetry readers of all backgrounds and skills are invited to the ECCW. This week’s poetry was decided by popular vote: Scattered At Sea, by Amy Gerstler, nominated for the National Book Award. Gerstler’s contemporary poetry is edgy, full of sex, and spurns most of the “poetic” language and imagery we’re most used to. It promises to be a fantastic discussion. If that’s not enough, lunch will be provided with RSVP 24 hours in advance, and a selection of poems will be emailed so no book purchase is necessary. RSVP to mdunn1@butler.edu. All Butler students, faculty, and staff are invited, along with MFA alumni.
10/13 – Laila Lalami
Atherton Union, Reilly Room, 7:30 PM
Laila is the author of numerous essays and three novels including The Moor’s Account, which was a New York Times Notable Book, a Wall Street Journal Best Book of the Year, a nominee for the Hurston-Wright Legacy Award, and a finalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. She will present a free public reading followed by a brief Q & A and book signing.
10/14 – Q & A with Lalami
Efroymson Center for Creative Writing, 12:00 PM
The novelist and essayist will answer questions from students in an intimate, casual environment.
10/22 – Poetry Lunch Hour
Efroymson Center for Creative Writing, 12:30 PM
Come see why the poetry lunch hour continues to draw new readers while regulars return every week. Whether it’s your first time reading poetry since that required poem Freshman year, or you hold a Ph.D in poetry, you are invited to partake in a lively discussion of poetry. All perspectives are welcome! Lunch will be provided with RSVP 24 hours in advance, and a selection of poems will be emailed so no book purchase is necessary. RSVP to mdunn1@butler.edu. All Butler students, faculty, and staff are invited, along with MFA alumni. Poet for this week to be announced.
Indy Events
10/6 – Brian Leung and Roxanne Gay
Purdue University, Krannert Auditorium 7:30 PM
Brian Leung is a fiction writer, whose short story collection World Famous Love Acts won the 2005 Asian-American Literary Award for fiction and the Mary McCarthy Award in Short Fiction. He has also written two novels.
Roxane Gay is a writer, professor, editor, blogger, and commentator. She is a professor of English at Purdue University, founder of Tiny Hardcore Press, contributing editor for Bluestem, and co-editor of [Pank].
10/7 – Michael Martone
University of Notre Dame, 7:30 PM
Martone was born and grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Now a hugely prolific writer and MFA professor at the University of Alabama, he once attended Butler University. The Butler community considers him a favorite, engaging reader and author.
10/10 – Ghost Stories at Crown Hill
Crown Hill Cemetery, 7:30 PM
Join Storytelling Arts of Indiana among the headstones for a night of tales of the dead and the undead. Pack a picnic (or pick up dinner from a variety of food trucks at the event including the Gypsy Cafe and Flying Cupcakes) and bring your cooler, lawn chairs, and blanket. Stories are appropriate for older children.
10/10 – Indy Author Fair
Central Library, 10 AM- 5 PM
Celebrate Indiana’s rich literary tradition with activities for writers and book lovers of all ages! Presented by The Eugene & Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Award and The Indianapolis Public Library. Writing sessions are led by instructors from the Indiana Writers Center. Click the link above for a full listing of events.
10/13 – Where Mercy and Truth Meet: Homeless Women of Wheeler Speak Book Release
Wheeler Mission, Downtown Indianapolis, 7:30 PM
This summer Indiana Writers Center instructors, interns, local writers, and volunteers met twice a week with more than 20 homeless women at the Wheeler Center to help them write about their lives. The women worked hard and wrote honestly, offering valuable personal insight to the many life paths that can lead to homelessness. Fifteen of these women are represented in Where Mercy and Truth Meet: Homeless Women of Wheeler Speak, a print anthology of their work. The stories within are brimming with struggle, heartbreak, and hope.
10/14 – Kaveh Akbar (ahem!) Endowed Reading Series
Broad Ripple Brew Pub, 7:o0 PM
Join Indy’s creative writing community at the Brew Pub for a new reading series that breaks all stereotypes of snoozy public readings. The night includes brief readings from three of Butler MFA’s finest: Poet alumna Allyson Horton, nonfiction professor Andy Levy, and fiction candidate Logan Spackman.
10/28 – Karen Joy Fowler
Depauw Univeristy, 7:30 PM
Karen Joy Fowler is the author of seven novels and four short story collections. Her most recent novel, We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction in 2014.