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Modern Literature Reading Series Past Readings

William Gass: 
A Celebration of William Gass

Tennessee Williams: 
The Secret Year: Photo and Manuscript Exhibit

Stanley Elkin: 
Reading Stanley Elkin

Howard Nemerov: 
Recollecting Howard Nemerov

John N. Morris: 
Selections

Vladimir Nabokov: 
With Nabokov

Marianne Moore: 
Language, Expectations, and Play

Samuel Beckett: 
...Beckett

Donald Finkel: 
A Question of Seeing

Gertrude Stein: 
Rose is a Rose

Iris Murdoch: 
The Philosopher's Pupil

Elizabeth Bishop 
Thus Should Have Been Our Travels

Robert Duncan: 
Resemblances

May Swenson: 
Another Animal
The Modern Literature Reading Series has developed over the course of 4 years into a robust and fascinating exploration of spoken-word literature.

The links at left offer a historical glimpse at readings from past semesters.

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