The Department of Literary Arts Contemporary Writers Reading Series brings to the Brown campus distinguished and experimental writers, providing access to significant voices in contemporary literature.

Participating Authors

Note: All Writers Online audio files require RealPlayer, a free mp3 player.

Ishmael Beah

• Full Reading
  [Recorded: 05/04/07 | Run time: 26:48]
• from "A Long Way Gone" (excerpt)
  [Recorded: 05/04/07 | Run time: 5:12]

Mei-mei Berssenbrugge

• Full Reading
  [Recorded: 03/06/07 | Run time: 36:32]
• From "Parallel Lines" (excerpt)
  [Recorded: 03/06/07 | Run time: 6:02]

Rodrigo Garcia Lopes

• Full Reading
  [Recorded: 03/14/07 | Run time: 42:01]