Spring Semester Events Hosted by the Libraries

This spring, Evenings @ Burling continues to showcase the talents of Grinnell students and community members. Please join us as we enjoy their fiction, poetry, and music!
February 11, Wednesday night at 7:45pm—Bill Rudolph will read from his poetry.

Rudolph, former president of the Iowa Poetry Association and Christa McAuliffe Fellow, earned his MFA in Poetry Writing from Vermont College—where his mentors included Roger Weingarten, Leslie Ullman and Mark Cox; he has also studied under Edward Hirsch at Breadloaf and Jane Mead at the University of Iowa. His poetry has appeared in The Nebraska Review, Rosebud, Quarterly West, Rattle, The Comstock Review, The English Journal, The South Dakota Review, The Briar Cliff Review, The University of Iowa’s 100 Words, The Mid-America Poetry Review, Byline, and other journals. He teaches literature, writing and humanities in Grinnell, Iowa, where he lives with his wife, Paula, and their two children.
Refreshments will be served.
Location: first floor, Burling Library

March 4, Wednesday night at 7 pm—co-hosted with the Faulconer Gallery—Open Mic night for fiction, poetry, and music.

Join the Grinnell College Libraries and the Faulconer Art Gallery for an evening of literature and music. Read from your own poetry and fiction or that of a favorite author or poet; perform music that you've written yourself or any piece that you've been working on. Share your literary and musical passion in a beautiful setting with other members of the college and the community of Grinnell. Come early for refreshments. If you have questions or want more information, contact Tilly Woodward [woodward] or Liz Rodrigues [rodrigel].
Location: Faulconer Gallery

April 8, Wednesday night at 7:45pm—Grinnell students Amanda Gotera ’09 and Molly McArdle ’09 will read from their latest literary work.

Amanda Gotera, a senior anthropology major from Cedar Falls, Iowa, has curated children's writing for the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers, worked on sea turtle conservation in Mexico, and directed the KDIC news program "Listen Hear: Stories from Grinnell." She is currently working with audio files for a Mentored Advanced Project on experimental ethnographies.

Molly McArdle, a senior English major from Washington, DC, recently published a collection of short stories titled Amenities: Four Stories of Clifton Terrace with the Grinnell College Press and is a frequent contributor to the Grinnell Review. A graduate of Duke Ellington School of the Arts, she received an honorable mention in the National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts Recognition Competition. She was also winner of the Parkmont Poetry Festival Contest and a third place winner of the Horowitz Playwriting Competition. This past summer, she was awarded a Mentored Advanced Project for work in fiction.
Refreshments will be served.
Location: first floor, Burling Library

April 14, Tuesday night at 7:00pm—The students of John Domini’s Craft of Fiction class will read from the work they have been writing throughout the semester. Come enjoy their work and support their efforts.
Refreshments will be served.
Location: first floor, Burling Library


April 21, Tuesday night at 7:45pm—The students of John Domini’s Creative Nonfiction Seminar will read from the work they have been writing throughout the semester. Come enjoy their work and support their efforts.
Refreshments will be served.
Location: first floor, Burling Library


May 6, Wednesday night at 7:45pm—co-hosted with the Faulconer Gallery—Open Mic night for fiction, poetry, and music. See description above for more details. Location: Faulconer Gallery