Lannan Center Podcast
Lannan Center for Poetics and Social Practice at Georgetown University is a literary, critical, and pedagogical undertaking devoted to the situation of poetry and poetics in the contemporary world. Based in the President’s Office, the Center brings attention to a traditional domain of academic research, but sees poetry as a current practice rather than as a field of historical research. The Center recognizes that “art’s social presence,” in the phrase of Adrienne Rich, is vital to contemporary culture; that poetry, or writing more generally, traverses the fields of aesthetic, social, political, and religious thought: it reconfigures these fields according to the designs of imagination. The Lannan Center hosts Readings and Talks throughout the academic year. Music: Quantum Jazz — "Orbiting A Distant Planet" — Provided by Jamendo.
- Update frequency
- every 18 days
- Average duration
- 59 minutes
- Episodes
- 64
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Mark Nowak | 2021-2022 Readings & Talks
On February 8th, 2022, the Lannan Center presented a reading and talk featuring poets Mark Nowak. Moderated by Carolyn Forché.
About Mark Nowak
Mark Nowak is the author of four poetry collections: Soci…
Virtual Event: Valzhyna Mort and Michael Prior | 2021-2022 Readings & Talks
On January 25th, 2022, the Lannan Center presented a reading and talk featuring poets Valzhyna Mort and Michael Prior. Moderated by Carolyn Forché.
About Valzhyna Mort
Valzhyna Mort is a poet and tran…
Special Event: Tope Folarin | 2021-2022 Readings & Talks Series
On November 30th, 2021, the Lannan Center presented a reading and talk featuring author Tope Folarin Introduction by Aminatta Forna.
About Tope Folarin
Tope Folarin is a Nigerian-American writer based …
Aminatta Forna in Conversation with John Freeman I 2021-2022 Readings and Talks Series
On November 9th, 2021, the Lannan Center presented a reading and talk featuring author Aminatta Forna and editor John Freeman. Introduction by David Gewanter.
About Aminatta Forna
Aminatta Forna was bo…
Douglas Stuart in Conversation with Maureen Corrigan I 2021-2022 Readings and Talks Series
On October 26th, 2021, the Lannan Center presented a reading and talk featuring Douglas Stuart and Maureen Corrigan. Introduction by Aminatta Forna.
About Douglas Stuart
Douglas Stuart is a Scottish-Am…
Jericho Brown I 2021-2022 Readings and Talks Series
On October 12th, 2021, the Lannan Center presented a reading and talk featuring poet Jericho Brown. Introduction by Carolyn Forché.
About Jericho Brown
Jericho Brown is the recipient of a Whiting Write…
An Evening with Acclaimed Writer Sofi Oksanen
On September 21st, 2021, the Lannan Center presented a reading and talk featuring Sofi Oksanen. Moderated by Lannan Center Director, Aminatta Forna. Cosponsored by the Georgetown Medical Humanities I…
A Reading Featuring 2020 Caine Prize Winner Irenosen Okojie
On April 20, 2021, we held a virtual reading and conversation with Irenosen Okojie, winner of the 2020 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing. Moderated by Prof. Lahra Smith, Director of African Studies…
Readings & Talks Featuring Carolyn Forché
On April 13, 2021 the Lannan Center presented a Crowdcast webinar featuring Carolyn Forché. Moderated by Penn Szittya of the Lannan Foundation.
Carolyn Forché's first volume of poetry, Gathering the …
The View From Abroad: "What Can America Learn from the Experience of Other Nations at a Time of Crisis?"
On March 18, 2021 the Lannan Center presented a Crowdcast webinar on the subject The View From Abroad: "What Can America Learn from the Experience of Other Nations at a Time of Crisis?" This was the …
"THIS LAND:" An Evening with Salman Rushdie
On March 18, 2021 the Lannan Center presented a Crowdcast webinar featuring author Salman Rushdie, as part of "THIS LAND" the 2021 Lannan Center Symposium. Moderated by BBC's Razia Iqbal.
About Salman…
"THIS LAND": A Reading Featuring Poet Laureate Joy Harjo
On March 16, 2021 the Lannan Center presented a Crowdcast webinar featuring Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, as part of "THIS LAND" the 2021 Lannan Center Symposium. Moderated by poet Carolyn Forché.
About Jo…
Readings & Talks Featuring Shane McCrae and Vievee Francis
On February 9, 2021 the Lannan Center presented a Crowdcast webinar featuring Shane McCrae and Vievee Francis. Introductions by Lannan Fellows Joshua Kim and Renny Simone. Moderated by Carolyn Forc…
Readings & Talks Featuring Javier Zamora and Natalie Scenters-Zapico
On January 26, 2021 the Lannan Center presented a Crowdcast webinar featuring Javier Zamora and Natalie Scenters-Zapico. Introductions by Lannan Fellows Dennese Mae Javier and Nohora Arrieta Fernande…
Readings & Talks Featuring Carmen Giménez Smith and José Olivarez
On November 17, 2020, the Lannan Center presented a Crowdcast webinar featuring Carmen Giménez Smith and José Olivarez. Introduced by Aminatta Forna and moderated by English Department Chair Ricardo…
Valeria Luiselli in Conversation with Aminatta Forna | 2020-2021 Readings and Talks Series
On October 20, 2020, the Lannan Center presented a Crowdcast webinar featuring Valeria Luiselli in conversation with Aminatta Forna. Introduced by Lakshmi Krishnan.
Valeria Luiselli's recent novel, L…
Susan Choi in Conversation with Maureen Corrigan | 2020-2021 Readings and Talks Series
On September 29, 2020 the Lannan Center presented a Crowdcast webinar featuring Susan Choi in Conversation with Maureen Corrigan. Introduction by Aminatta Forna.
Susan Choi is most recently the author…
Bernardine Evaristo in Conversation with Maureen Corrigan
On May 18, 2020, author and 2019 Booker Prize Winner Bernardine Evaristo was interviewed by NPR's Maureen Corrigan (The Nicky and Jamie Grant Distinguished Professor of the Practice in Literary Criti…
John Murillo and Tina Chang I 2019-2020 Readings and Talks Series
On February 25, 2020, the Lannan Center presented a reading and talk featuring poets John Murillo and Tina Chang. Introduction by Patricia Guzman.
John Murillo is the author of the poetry collections …
"Power and Language" with Caine Prize Winner Lesley Nneka Arimah
On February 18, 2020, the Lannan Center presented "Power and Language," a special event with Caine Prize winning writer Lesley Nneka Arimah. Welcome: Aminatta Forna (Director of the Lannan Center, Ge…