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Speaker Series: Conversations with Writers

Since 2006, the University Writing Program has invited to the campus nationally and internationally known writers to speak about their work. We intend our workshops to bring together faculty, students, and members of the broader community in a series of discussions around the craft of writing and the composition of particular books by our authors.

Topics have ranged from science writing to the art of the book review, from writing on food to writing on politics. These events produce lively exchanges about the issues and themes that these writers explore. Our speakers have included Seymour Hersh, Jeffrey Toobin, Gary Marcus, Mary Roach, Jim Trefil, Raj Patel, William Langewiesche, Carla Meyer, Kim Stanley Robinson, Michael Pollan, and Tracy Kidder, among others. Over the coming years we aim to host at least one major speaker event per quarter.

Speakers are recommended by faculty members of the UWP, and are invited by the Public Relations Committee. We appreciate the collaboration of the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts and the UC Davis Community Book Project in arranging for some of these events.

 

Eugene H. RobinsonAlan CheuseWilliam Least Heat-Moon


Upcoming events

  1. May 9, 2013 - Jay Feldman

Video Archive

  1. March 12, 2013 - Scientific and Technical Writing, with Alan Meier, Jennifer Hubard, and Ian Hoffman, from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  2. March 5, 2013 - Nina Amir and Chris Higgins
  3. November 15, 2012 - Adair Lara
  4. November 8, 2012 - Conversations with Sac Bee Journalists: Scott Lebar, Anita Creamer, Darrell Smith
  5. May 1, 2012 - Lidia Yuknavitch
  6. April 12, 2012 - Sherman Alexie
  7. March 7, 2012 - Eyal Press 
  8. February 23, 2012 - Eric Klineberg 
  9. January 27, 2012 - Howard Becker 
  10. November 29, 2011 - Zach Weiner 
  11. November 15, 2011 - Jen Cross 
  12. May 27, 2011 - Spring Warren 
  13. May 12, 2011 - Pat Pattison 
  14. April 20, 2011 - Ryan Van Meter 
  15. March 30, 2011 - Naseem Rakha 
  16. May 18, 2010 - Paul McHugh 
  17. September 29, 2009 - Eugene H. Robinson 
  18. October 5, 2009 - William Least Heat-Moon
  19. October 13, 2009 - Alan Cheuse
  20. April 20, 2009 - Mary Roach
  21. April 4, 2009 - Dan Sperling
  22. January 30, 2009 - Raj Patel
  23. December 2, 2008 - Tracy Kidder
  24. October 10, 2008 - Jeffrey Toobin
  25. March 6, 2008 - James Trefil
  26. April 22, 2008 - Gary Marcus
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