2018 Festival

ALL EVENTS FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Wednesday, September 12

5 PM

Prize Ceremony and Lecture by Elizabeth Alexander

Sprague Hall
470 College Street

Thursday, September 13

12 PM

At the Existentialist Café

The Graduate and Professional School Club at Yale (GPSCY)
204 York Street

12 PM

Epic Transformations

New Haven Free Public Library
133 Elm Street

12:30 PM

Close Looking: Olivia Laing on David Wojnarowicz

Yale University Art Gallery
1111 Chapel Street

1:30 PM

Pope's Montaigne: A Conversation with Sarah Bakewell

Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Room 38
121 Wall Street

2:30 PM

Art of Playwriting

Yale Cabaret
217 Park Street

3 PM

The Scandal of Translation

Whitney Humanities Center, Room 108
53 Wall Street

4 PM

Anticipating an Audience for African Writing

Whitney Humanities Center, Room 208
53 Wall Street

5:30 PM

On Becoming a Writer

Afro-American Cultural Center
211 Park Street

7:30 PM

Prize Recipient Readings

Yale University Art Gallery, Auditorium
1111 Chapel Street

Friday, September 14

11:45 AM

Endeavors: Delusions of Whiteness in the Avant-Garde

Department of African American Studies, Room 101
81 Wall Street

12 PM

Memories, Secrets, and Lies: Writing on Family

New Haven Free Public Library
133 Elm Street

1:30 PM

Close Looking: Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi on William Etty

Yale Center for British Art
1080 Chapel Street

2 PM

An Imagined Encounter: Langston Hughes and Xavier Villaurrutia

Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Rm 38
121 Wall Street

2:30 PM

Close Looking: Lorna Goodison on Jacob Lawrence

Yale University Art Gallery, Print Room
1111 Chapel Street

4 PM

Portraying Artists

Whitney Humanities Center, Room 208
53 Wall Street

5 PM

Writing Songs with Suzan-Lori Parks

Afro-American Cultural Center
211 Park Street

7:30 PM

Staged Readings: Works by Drama Prize Recipients

Yale University Art Gallery, Auditorium
1111 Chapel Street