Chen Chen is the author of two books of poetry, Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency (2022) and When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities (2017), which was longlisted for the National Book Award and won the Thom Gunn Award, among other honors. His work appears in many publications, including Poetry and three editions of The Best American Poetry. He has received two Pushcart Prizes and fellowships from Kundiman, the National Endowment for the Arts, and United States Artists. He was the 2018-2022 Jacob Ziskind Poet-in-Residence at Brandeis University and currently teaches for the low-residency MFA programs at New England College and Stonecoast. He lives with his partner, Jeff Gilbert, and their pug, Mr. Rupert Giles.

The Aetna Writer-in-Residence Program began in 2003. Supported by funding from the Aetna Chair in Writing, UConn’s Creative Writing Program invites a nationally or internationally-known author to campus for a residency each semester. Each author spends three days on campus offering tutorials for students, holding Q&A sessions with the campus community, leading master classes in creative writing, sharing meals with students, and giving a public reading of his or her work. As a result of the Aetna Writer-in-Residence program, UConn graduate and undergraduate students can participate in an intense hands-on learning experience with some of today’s most exciting authors.

Past Aetna Writers-in-Residence included Ilya Kaminsky, Jeff Parker, Tara Betts, Kimiko Hahn, Amber Dermont, Jericho Brown, Laura van den Berg, Camille Dungy, Jo-Ann Mapson, Eduardo C. Corral, Andre Dubus III, G.C. Waldrep, Margot Livesey, Shara McCallum, Connie Voisine, Edmund White, Colum McCann, Lynne McMahon, Fay Weldon, Phillis Levin, Allen Kurzweil, Naeem Murr, Steve Almond, C.D. Wright, Stuart O’Nan, and Beth Ann Fennelly.

“Transcribathon” describes the full range of the Early Modern Studies Working Group’s efforts to teach and develop the skills of paleography. Critical to researching the early modern period is the ability to read manuscripts. This is not always so easy! Thus, our ongoing paleography workshop is designed to provide introductory tutelage and regular practice.

The University of Connecticut’s annual student-run Humanities Undergraduate Research Symposium.

Details: https://humanitiesundergraduate.symposium.uconn.edu/

UConn Professor Debapriya Sarkar talks about her new book Possible Knowledge: The Literary Forms of Early Modern Science, reception to follow.

This event is part of the programming for Seeing Truth, an exhibition about art, science, museums, and making knowledge. Details about the exhibit can be found at http://futureoftruth.uconn.edu/seeing-truth

Come on by Austin's Stern Lounge at 6:00 PM for the Long River Reading Series. Featuring UConn poet Trace Peterson, author of Since I Moved In, as well as Carly Bria and Daniel Milovic. Join in on the fun afterward in our open-genre open mic!

The Early Modern Reading Group brings together graduate students and faculty for lively, enriching conversations about texts with cross-disciplinary value. This semester we are reading Lady Ranelagh: The Incomparable Life of Robert Boyle's Sister.

Meeting of the CWP Leadership Council.

This panel discussion is part of a series bringing former students together with current students. We will talk about the range of experiences, skills, and perspectives gained from undergrad English studies and the different kinds of pursuits alumni/-ae have embarked on. Panelists include:

Shana Attar (‘11; M.Ed., Harvard; Psych researcher; PhD candidate, U of Washington)

James Duffy (’19; Mental health counselor, grad student)

Joe Guarneri (’14; Writer, editor, counselor & advisor; higher education professional with Master’s)

Sebastian Rozo (’17; Author, teacher, student of Philosophies and Spiritualities, professional writer)

Michael Socci (’16; Public librarian, Master’s degree in Library/Information Sciences)

Natacha Streiff (’16; Equine and Gestalt therapist, mental health counselor, coaching grad student)

For more information, please contact frederick.roden@uconn.edu

“Transcribathon” describes the full range of the Early Modern Studies Working Group’s efforts to teach and develop the skills of paleography. Critical to researching the early modern period is the ability to read manuscripts. This is not always so easy! Thus, our ongoing paleography workshop is designed to provide introductory tutelage and regular practice.

Zoom webinar: login information to follow

Come share your work in an informal, welcoming and constructive gathering with fellow writers- all genres welcome!!

Teacher-as-Writer Workshops are monthly gatherings for Teacher Consultants and other Connecticut teachers who wish to share and receive feedback on their writing. We also hold writing retreats in the fall and the spring.

The writing workshops are held by the Connecticut Writing Project on the UConn, Storrs campus from 10am to 12pm in the Stern Lounge on the second floor of the Austin Building.

UConn Journalism will host a Local News Job & Internship Fair on Saturday, March 25.

WHERE: UConn Storrs Campus, Oak Hall, Fourth Floor North near OAK 408

WHEN: Saturday, March 25 from 10 a.m. to noon.

WHY: UConn Journalism is committed to strengthening the local news landscape in Connecticut and the region. We want to help connect local newsrooms with aspiring, well-trained young journalists.

We know that strong local journalism builds social cohesion, encourages political participation, educates and empowers people. Local journalists inform and guard the public they serve. Local news helps us see, know, care about and understand our communities. It drives conversations and serves as the public record.

WHO: This event is co-hosted by our new UConn student chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. It is open to college journalism students in Connecticut, especially seniors graduating in May 2023.

Confirmed participants include WTNH-TV, Fox61, WFSB News, Hartford Courant, The Day, The Connecticut Mirror, Record-Journal, Journal Inquirer, Connecticut Examiner and Western Mass News.

REGISTER: http://s.uconn.edu/journalismjobfair

APPLY HERE: https://connecticutwritingproject.submittable.com/submit/250571/cwp-summer-institute-2023

Honoring those 273 7-12 grade students who won awards in the 2023 CT Scholastic Writing Awards.

You are invited to the University of Connecticut Humanities Institute (HBL 4-209) on March 30, at 12:30PM to attend a talk by Carl Wennerlind, Professor of History at Barnard, on his new book on the history of capitalism: Scarcity: A History from the Origins of Capitalism to the Climate Crisis (Harvard UP, 2023).

The Early Modern Reading Group brings together graduate students and faculty for lively, enriching conversations about texts with cross-disciplinary value. This semester we are reading Lady Ranelagh: The Incomparable Life of Robert Boyle's Sister.

The Gerson Irish Reader 2023 will be Anne Enright, one Ireland’s most renowned contemporary fiction writers. Enright has published seven novels and received the 2007 Man Booker Prize for her best-selling novel, The Gathering. Enright’s second novel, What Are You Like?, was shortlisted for a 2000 Whitbread Award. Her writing consistently explores family, love, identity and motherhood, and her most recent novel, Actress, was published in 2020.