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.

Rick Benjamin

• Full Reading
  [Recorded: 04/22/08 | Run time: 22:22]

Samuel R. Delany

• Full Reading
  [Recorded: 02/04/08 | Run time: 33:30]
• from "Dark Reflections" (excerpt)
  [Recorded: 02/04/08 | Run time: 12:18]

Joanna Howard

• Full Reading
  [Recorded: 04/22/08 | Run time: 21:08]

Gale Nelson

• Full Reading
  [Recorded: 03/20/08 | Run time: 30:00]
• Full Reading
  [Recorded: 03/20/08 | Run time: 4:24]

Lisa Samuels

• Full Reading
  [Recorded: 03/20/08 | Run time: 24:19]
• "Progress: A Lecture" / "Egyptology" / "Practice, Practice" (excerpt)
  [Recorded: 03/20/08 | Run time: 5:10]

Peter Straub

• Full Reading
  [Recorded: 03/04/08 | Run time: 31:13]

Marjorie Welish

• Full Reading
  [Recorded: 03/10/08 | Run time: 31:54]