Friday, April 3rd, 2026: 9:30-5 p.m.
Harvard Divinity School, James Room, Swartz Hall, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge.
Please RSVP below. We're afraid that as of today (3/23) we're at capacity for the mid-day lunch, so registration is now closed for that.
Susan Howe's reading will also be live-streamed: https://www.youtube.com/woodberrypoetryroom.
9:30-10:00 Coffee and pastries
9:50 WELCOME
10:00 -11:15 Roundtable with flash talks on Susan Howe’s work from Harvard faculty and graduate students
11:15-11:30 BREAK
11:30 Elizabeth Willis (Iowa Writers Workshop), “Reading in Relation”
12:30-2:30 LUNCH
2:30-3:30 Craig Dworkin (University of Utah), “Specters of Marks”
3:30-3:45 BREAK
3:45-4:45 Reading by Susan Howe from Penitential Cries
With thanks for financial support to the Provostial Committee, the Division of Arts and Humanities, Harvard University; the Harvard Department of English; the Harvard Divinity School; the Committee on the Study of Religion, and the Woodberry Poetry Room,.