The Secret Garden: Claire O’Donnell as Mary, Abraham Huestis as Colin, Carolyn Shields as Martha, and Patrick Nyhan as Dickon. Photo by Dawn Oesch.
SARATOGA SPRINGS —The New York State Summer Writers Institute will offer evening readings by an extraordinary line-up of distinguished writers this June and July. Except where noted, the readings, which are free and open to the public, will begin at 8 p.m. and be held on the Skidmore College campus. Note, Tickets are required for Caffe Lena events.
Monday, June 24, 8 p.m.: Cristina Garcia (fiction) & Megan Fernandes (poetry) Reading, Dining Hall (upstairs)
Tuesday, June 25, 8 p.m.: Margot Livesey (fiction) & Daniel Torday (fiction) Reading, Dining Hall (upstairs)
Wednesday, June 26, 8 p.m.: Phillip Lopate (non-fiction) & Elizabeth Benedict (fiction) Reading at Caffe Lena
Thursday, June 27, 8 p.m.: Honor Moore (memoir) & Rosanna Warren (poetry) Reading, Dining Hall (upstairs)
Friday, June 28, 8 p.m.: NY Times Columnist John McWhorter: Conversation w/ Bob Boyers, Davis Auditorium
Saturday, June 29: Film, Leon Morin, Priest @ 6:30 p.m., 8 p.m. Conversation w/Phillip Lopate, Davis Auditorium
Monday, July 1, 8 p.m.: James Hannaham (fiction) & Richard Blanco (poetry) Reading, Davis Auditorium
Tuesday, July 2, 8 p.m.: Francine Prose (fiction) & Campbell McGrath (poetry) Reading, Dining Hall (upstairs)
Wednesday, July 3, 8 p.m.: Elisa Gonzalez (poetry) & Vinson Cunningham (fiction) Reading, Dining Hall (upstairs)
Thursday, July 4, 8 p.m.: Jenny Offill (fiction) & April Bernard (poetry) Reading, Dining Hall (upstairs)
Friday, July 5, 8 p.m.: Poetry & Jazz: An Evening with Robert Pinsky and Todd Coolman at Caffe Lena
Monday, July 8, 8 p.m.: Joyce Carol Oates (fiction) & Henri Cole (poetry) Reading, Gannett Auditorium
Tuesday, July 9, 8 p.m.: Mary Gaitskill (fiction) & Amy Hempel (fiction) Reading, Dining Hall (upstairs)
Wednesday, July 10, 8 p.m.: Jerald Walker (non-fiction) & Sandra Lim (poetry) Reading, Dining Hall (upstairs)
Thursday, July 11, 8 p.m.: Rick Moody (fiction) & Adam Braver (fiction) Reading at Caffe Lena
Friday, July 12, 8 p.m.: Louise Gluck Memorial: Henri Cole, Kathryn Davis, Peg Boyers, Dining Hall (upstairs)
Saturday, July 13: Film, Death In Venice @ 6:30 p.m., discussion 9 p.m. TBA, Davis Auditorium
Monday, July 15, 8 p.m.: Thomas Chatterton Williams (memoir) & Peg Boyers (poetry) Reading, Dining Hall
Tuesday, July 16, 8 p.m.: Paul Harding (fiction) & Karan Mahajan (fiction) Reading, Dining Hall (upstairs)
Wednesday, July 17, 8 p.m.: William Kennedy (fiction) & Chase Twichell (poetry) Reading, Dining Hall (upstairs)
Thursday, July 18, 8 p.m.: Caryl Phillips (fiction) & Binnie Kirshenbaum (fiction) Reading at Caffe Lena
Friday, July 19, 8 p.m.: Panel on the 2024 November Election: Poet Tom Healy and Historians Jennifer Delton & Beau Breslin, Gannett Auditorium
Led by directors Robert Boyers and Adam Braver, the New York State Summer Writers Institute has been offering students the opportunity to learn from an extraordinary faculty of distinguished writers since 1987. The program is an offshoot of the New York State Writers Institute created by Albany native and Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Kennedy.