NOW OPEN: Tiger Tea Room
Princeton University Library and Campus Dining opened the doors to the Tea Room on September 9. The new venue serves coffee, tea, and assorted bakery items but also presents a new and unique service: afternoon tea.
Available by reservation only, afternoon tea service will offer patrons an opportunity to enjoy a personal pot of tea along with a tiered tray of tea sandwiches, fruit tarts, butter cookies, and scones, all accompanied by jam and clotted cream. Personal French presses are available in place of tea. Daily, starting from 9/09/2019, until 10/05/2019, excluding 9/14, 9/15, 9/21, 9/22, 9/28, 9/29.
11:00 a.m. , Firestone Library / 1st floor
Toni Morrison exhibition
As the world mourns the passing of Toni Morrison, Nobel Laureate in Literature and Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities, Emeritus, at Princeton University, Princeton University Library (PUL) presents in her memory a selection of first editions, translations, corrected typescripts, and a handwritten first draft of her novels.
The exhibition is a tribute to her profound legacy and impact on writing, culture, and beyond. The materials on display are part of the Toni Morrison Papers, which are permanently housed in PUL’s Rare Books and Special Collections.
Please note that Firestone Library is open 8:00 a.m. to 11:45 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 8:00 a.m. to 10:45 p.m. Friday; 9:00 a.m. to 10:45 p.m. Saturday; and 9:00 a.m. to 11:45 p.m. Sunday.
Sept. 19-28 Seuls en Scène 2019
Seuls en Scène 2019 presents The Disorder of Discourse. On December 2, 1970, Michel Foucault gave his inaugural lecture at the Collège de France, the first lesson for which a rewriting subsists, entitled L’Ordre du discours. Fanny de Chaillé recreates the event and puts together a discursive performance destined for university amphitheaters. The effect of this re-enactment of Foucault’s words is to set his thoughts in motion once again.
Sept. 19
An Evening of Literature and Music
A reading by New Delhi-based author Chandrahas Choudhury from his new novel, Clouds (Simon and Schuster), with music performed by Princeton Swara, the University’s premeire South Asian performance student group.
Free, no tickets required.
The Art of Bible Translation: A Belknap Conversation with Robert Alter
Belknap Visitor in the Humanities, Class of 1937 Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Berkeley
Mon, 9/23 · 4:30 pm · 101 McCormick Hall
Labyrinth Live at the Library Presents: Joyce Carol Oates
Wednesday 9/25 at 7pm
Princeton Public Library, Witherspoon Street
Reading by Yusef Komunyakaa, David Treuer, and Maxine Hong Kingston
September 25, 2019, 7:30 PM, Richardson Auditorium
In celebration of its 80th Anniversary, the Program in Creative Writing kicks off the season with a reading by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa, Ojibwe novelist and non-fiction writer David Treuer ’92, and National Book Award-winning writer Maxine Hong Kingston as part of the Althea Ward Clark W’21 Reading Series.
The Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program in Creative Writing celebrates 80 years during the 2019-20 academic year with readings by 80 writers.
Susan Stewart Presents Poets Kathleen Graber and Eleanor Wilner
The River Twice & Before Our Eyes
Thursday 9/26 at 6pm
Labyrinth Books Princeton
Fornesian Playwriting in the Twenty-first Century
September 26, 2019, 12-1:15 PM
Seminar Room W331, Wallace Dance Building. For Princeton students, faculty + staff. RSVP required
In this interactive discussion, acclaimed playwright and scholar Anne García-Romero will consider the ground-breaking playwriting pedagogy developed by award-winning Cuban-American playwright María Irene Fornés (1930-2018). Delving into elements of the Fornés playwriting method (including yoga, sense memory, visualization, drawing and utilizing found materials), García-Romero will explore the new pedagogical frameworks necessary for the sustainability of Fornesian playwriting in the twenty-first century.
RSVP required to Brian Herrera, bherrera@princeton.edu. A brief excerpt from García-Romero’s essay-in-process will be circulated in advance of the session to those who RSVP.
October 2019 Events
Gauss Seminars in Criticism Presents: Naomi Klein with Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
A Call to Action: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal
Tuesday 10/1 at 7pm
Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University
Jhumpa Lahiri & Sandra Bermann
The Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories
Wednesday 10/2 at 6pm
Labyrinth Books Princeton
C.K. Williams Reading Series: Matthew Zapruder
October 4, 2019, 6:30 PM
Forum
Poet Matthew Zapruder, author of the acclaimed book Why Poetry, reads from his work along with creative writing seniors. Book sales and signing will follow the readings.
The C.K. Williams Reading Series, named in honor of the late Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning poet C.K. Williams, who served on Princeton’s Creative Writing faculty for 20 years, showcases senior thesis students of the Program in Creative Writing with established writers as special guests.
Leora Batnitzky, Ilana Pardes & Elaine Pagels
The Song of Songs: A Biography
Thursday 10/10 at 6pm
Labyrinth Books Princeton
Dorothea, Johannes, and Helmuth von Moltke
Last Letters: The Prison Correspondence between Helmuth James and Freya von Moltke 1944-45
Friday 10/11 at 6pm
Labyrinth Books Princeton
Entrenchment: Wealth, Power, and the Constitution of Democratic Societies
Tuesday 10/15 at 6pm
Labyrinth Books Princeton
Iran Reframed: Anxieties of Power in the Islamic Republic
Wednesday 10/16 at 6pm
Labyrinth Books Princeton
Reading by Andrew Motion and Aleksandar Hemon
October 16, 2019, 7:30 PM, Wallace Theater
Poet Andrew Motion and Princeton Professor of Creative Writing and nonfiction writer Aleksandar Hemon read from their work as part of the Althea Ward Clark W’21 Reading Series.
Sanctified Sisters: A History of Protestant Deaconnesses
Thursday 10/17 at 6pm
Labyrinth Books Princeton
Jennifer Rubin, opinion columnist, Washington Post
Oct 16, 2019 04:30PM to 06:00PM
Friend Center, room 101
LLL Presents: Michael Graziano
Rethinking Consciousness: A Scientific Theory of Subjective Experience
Monday 10/21 at 7pm
Princeton Public Library, Witherspoon Street
Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen
Tuesday 10/22 at 6pm
Labyrinth Books Princeton