WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — (Feb. 15, 2023) — New York Times bestselling author Ann Leary will lecture at both Bucknell University and Lycoming College March 7…

Poet, essayist, editor and Susquehanna University professor Karla Kelsey will join American poet, translator, travel writer and Allegheny College professor Christopher Bakken to present free,…

Ada Limón will deliver a free, public poetry reading as the Sojka visiting poet for the Stadler Center for Poetry & Literary Arts on Tuesday,…

Poet and novelist Laura Kasischke will present a free, public poetry reading on Tuesday, Feb. 4 at 7 p.m. in Bucknell Hall as part of…

Chet’la Sebree, an assistant professor of English and the new director of the Stadler Center for Poetry and Literary Arts, will deliver a poetry reading…

Poets Victoria Chang and Aurora Masum-Javed will conduct free, public readings on Tuesday, Sept. 4 at 7 p.m. in Bucknell Hall as part of the 2018-19 Stadler Center for Poetry & Literary Arts Writers Series.

The Stadler Center of Poetry and Literary Arts will host Vu Tran, writer-in-residence for 2018-19, for a fiction reading on Thursday, Oct. 4 at 7…

Bucknell's Stadler Center for Poetry & Literary Arts will present renowned poet, essayist, professor of classics and translator Anne Carson as its 2018–19 Sojka Visiting Poet. She will present her performance piece "A Lecture on the History of Skywriting," with collaborator Robert Currie, on Tuesday, Nov. 13, at 7 p.m. in the Weis Center for Performing Arts. Book sales in the Wes Center Atrium will precede the reading. Carson will also engage in a Q&A on Antigonick, her recent version of the Sophocles’ Antigone, with Bucknell English professor G.C. Waldrep and classics professor Stephanie Larson on Wednesday, Nov. 14 at 12 noon in the Elaine Langone Center Forum. Time will be allotted for audience questions. Please note that locations for these events have changed to reflect expected audience sizes. Both events are free and open to the public.

Bucknell University English professors Paula Closson Buck and G.C. Waldrep will present a free poetry reading on Thursday, Nov. 29,  at 7 p.m. in Bucknell Hall as part of the 2018-19 Stadler Center for Poetry & Literary Arts Writers Series.

Celtic storyteller Fiona Powell will present a holiday story hour to families in Bucknell Hall on Saturday, Dec. 1 from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. The annual free, public event is intended for children ages 4 to 11. The story hour will be followed by a cookie-decorating session, with all cookies and supplies provided to attendees.

The 2018-19 Stadler Center for Poetry and Literary Arts Poet-in-Residence, Brenda Hillman, will give a free, public reading on Tuesday, Feb. 5 at 7 p.m. in Bucknell Hall.

The Stadler Center for Poetry & Literary Arts will host its annual student reading on Thursday, April 11 at 5 p.m. in Bucknell Hall. The free, public event brings together the winners of Bucknell's two literary contests, the Cadigan Prizes for Younger Writers and the Julia Fonville Smithson Memorial Prize, for a formal reading in Bucknell Hall.

The Weis Center for the Performing Arts will host Lenny Kaye, acclaimed guitarist for the Patti Smith Group, on Monday, Dec. 4 at 7 p.m. in the Weis Center Atrium Lobby. “An Evening with Lenny Kaye” is free and tickets are not required. There will be a free question and answer session with Kaye on the same day as the performance at 12 noon, also in the Weis Center Atrium Lobby.

The Department of Music and the Stadler Center of Poetry will present "Falling Still" — a program featuring works for cello and piano, inspired by the writings of Katherine Min, on Sunday, Oct. 15 at 4 p.m. at Rooke Recital Hall.

The Boston-based Grammy-nominated string orchestra A Far Cry will present a new evening-length work called "The Blue Hour" on Thursday, Nov. 9 at 7:30 p.m. at the Weis Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets can be purchased online at Bucknell.edu/BoxOffice or by calling 570-577-1000. Tickets are also available in-person from several campus locations.

The Stadler Center for Poetry will welcome Bucknell's 2018 Poet-in-Residence Camille T. Dungy, author of four books of poetry, for a reading on Tuesday, Feb. 6, at 7 p.m. in Bucknell Hall. A reception and book-signing will follow the reading. All Stadler Center Writers Series events are free and open to the public.

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Peter Balakian ’73 is the 13th Janet Weis Fellow in Contemporary Letters at Bucknell University, becoming the first Bucknell graduate to receive the honor. The Donald M. and Constance H. Rebar Professor of the Humanities in the Department of English and Director of Creative Writing at Colgate University, he will accept the award during a ceremony on Thursday, April 5, at 7 p.m. in Bucknell Hall. After the presentation, Balakian will read from his poetry and memoir, and then engage in a moderated discussion with Bucknell Professor of English Harold Schweizer. A book-signing will follow. The event is free and open to the public.