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Events

< February 2023 >

Events listed in white are at the bookshop; events listed in yellow are elsewhere.

Unless noted otherwise all events at the bookshop are free & open to the public.   We recommend masks!

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Poet & ritualist Lisbeth White will read from her recent collection of poetry, American Sycamore, as part of Amherst College’s Visiting Writer Series, in the CHI Think Tank (Frost Library, 2nd floor).   American Sycamore was winner of the 2022 Perugia Press Prize.   Forthcoming in May, White will have a new book co-authored by Destiny Hemphill & Tamiko Beyer, Poetry as Spellcasting: Poems, Essays, & Prompts for Manifesting Liberation & Reclaiming Power.   For more information, see the Amherst College Creative Writing Center website.
  • Friday, February 24th at 6:00pm (Reception)
8th Annual Amherst College LitFest    Reception & Opening of God Made My Face: A Collective Portrait of James Baldwin at the Mead Art Musuem, Amherst College.   Introductions & remarks: Hilton Als; Siddhartha V. Shah, Director of the Mead Art Museum; Jennifer Acker ’00, editor-in-chief of The Common.   For more information: LitFest Calendar.
  • Friday, February 24th at 7:00pm (Conversation)
8th Annual Amherst College LitFest     A Conversation with National Book Award Finalists Meghan O’Rourke & Ingrid Rojas Contreras, moderated by Dennis Sweeney.   In Johnson Chapel, Amherst College.   Introductions & remarks: Amherst College President Michael A. Elliott; Jennifer Acker ’00, editor-in-chief of The Common; Ruth Dickey, Executive Director of the National Book Foundation.   For more information: LitFest Calendar.
  • Saturday, February 25th at 12:00pm (Poetry reading)
8th Annual Amherst College LitFest    Phosphorescence: Special Edition, A Poetry Event with Victoria Chang & Tyehimba Jess in the Friendly Reading Room, Frost Library, Amherst College.   Host: Jane Wald, Executive Director of the Emily Dickinson Museum   For more information: LitFest Calendar.
  • Saturday, February 25th at 4:00pm (Readings)
8th Annual Amherst College LitFest    Readings by Amherst Alumni Authors &The Common student interns in the Friendly Reading Room, Frost Library, Amherst College.   Introductions & remarks: Sofia Belimova ’22, Literary Editorial Fellow, The Common.   Amherst Alumni Authors: Ted Conover ’80, Catherine Newman ’90, Mark Vanhoenacker ’96, & Marti Dumas ’98.   The Common interns: Olive Amdur ’23, Alma Clark ’25, Sophie Durbin ’25, Kei Lim ’25, & Sarah Wu ’25.  For more information: LitFest Calendar.
  • Saturday, February 25th at 7:00pm (Conversation)
8th Annual Amherst College LitFest     Valeria Luiselli in Conversation with Jennifer Acker ’00, Editor in Chief of The Common, in Johnson Chapel, Amherst College.   Introductions & remarks: Kirun Kapur ’97   For more information: LitFest Calendar.
  • Sunday, February 26th at 1:00pm (Colloquium)
8th Annual Amherst College LitFest    President’s Colloquium on Race & Racism: Hilton Als in Conversation with Professor Frank Leon Roberts in Johnson Chapel, Amherst College.  Introductions and remarks: President Michael A. Elliott.   For more information: LitFest Calendar.
  • Tuesday, February 28th at 4:30pm (Talk)
UMass English professor Stephen Clingman presents “Liberating Vision: The Art of William Kentridge” in the Old Chapel, UMass, Amherst.   South African William Kentridge is widely celebrated as one of the world’s great artists, working across multiple media & genres.   Clingman was commissioned by Kentridge to write the catalogue for his 2022 exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in London.   This event will be a rare opportunity to see recent films from Kentridge’s exhibition & to hear excerpts from Clingman’s book.   For more information: Fine Arts Center: University Museum of Contemporary Art.

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