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TV Writing Symposium – Okie Noodling film screening with Bradley Beesley

Lorton Performance Center 550 South Gary Place, Tulsa, OK, United States

Join TU's Department of Film Studies for a screening of the documentary Okie Noodling, followed by a Q&A with director Bradley Beesley, producer James Payne and Assistant Professor Justin Rawlins. If you have questions, please email Jeff Van Hanken at jeff-vanhanken@utulsa.edu.

Poetry Reading by Quraysh Ali Lansana and students

Tyrrell Hall 2930 East 6th Street, Tulsa, OK, United States

Join TU's Department of English and Office for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for an evening with critically-acclaimed poet and writer Quraysh Ali Lansana, who will discuss works exploring race, politics, […]

Poetry reading series – Susan Briante

Tyrrell Hall 2930 East 6th Street, Tulsa, OK, United States

Have you ever read poetry that uses fieldwork and archives to deal with important social and political concerns? Come hear three acclaimed poets who employ research and reporting to grapple […]

Canceled: Poetry Slam

Allen Chapman Student Union 440 S Gary Ave, Tulsa, OK, United States

Note: This event has been canceled. The Poetry Slam offers poets the opportunity to share their work and connect with other poets and poetry-lovers on campus. There will be food […]

Poetry Reading Series – Nomi Stone

Tyrrell Hall 2930 East 6th Street, Tulsa, OK, United States

Have you ever read poetry that uses fieldwork and archives to deal with important social and political concerns? Come hear three acclaimed poets who employ research and reporting to grapple […]

Poetry Reading Series – Paisley Rekdal

Tyrrell Hall 2930 East 6th Street, Tulsa, OK, United States

Have you ever read poetry that uses fieldwork and archives to deal with important social and political concerns? Come hear three acclaimed poets who employ research and reporting to grapple with such timely issues as immigration, identity, cultural appropriation, racism and the military- and prison-industrial complexes. Their works intersect with the social sciences, drawing on […]

Stylus Reading and Reception

Tyrrell Hall 2930 East 6th Street, Tulsa, OK, United States

TU’s student-run literary and arts magazine, Stylus, will be celebrating it’s 2023 issue, Home, and announcing the winners of its writing and visual arts contests. For more than two decades, Stylus has been publishing the best writing in fiction, poetry, drama and screenplays, and spotlighting the creativity of students at The University of Tulsa. Please […]

TU Reading Series – Jordan Stempleman

Chapman Hall 2830 East 5th Street, Tulsa, OK, United States

The English & Creative Writing department is honored to welcome Jordan Stempleman, who is the author of nine books of poetry, including Cover Songs (The Blue Turn), Wallop, and No, Not Today (Magic Helicopter Press). […]

Free

TU Reading Series – Carolyn Mikulencak

Tyrrell Hall 2930 East 6th Street, Tulsa, OK, United States

The Department of English & Creative Writing welcomes essayist and fiction writer Carolyn Mikulencak to campus for a public event. Raised in Tulsa and a graduate of TU, Carolyn Mikulencak […]

Free

Romanian Literature in Translation

Flagship x Tulsa Artist Fellowship 112 N. Boston Ave., Tulsa, OK, United States

Writer, translator, and Presidential Professor of English and Creative Writing Jennifer Croft will host renowned Romanian translator Sean Cotter to discuss his adventures in Romanian fiction, including most recently with Mircea Cărtărescu, an author frequently thought to be in the running for the Nobel Prize. Cotter's translation of Cărtărescu's novel Solenoid was named one of the […]

Free

RAW Horror!

Allen Chapman Student Union 440 S Gary Ave, Tulsa, OK, United States

TU students join the TU Reading and Writing Club (RAW) as they present RAW Horror, an evening of frightening story telling, cider, snacks, and pumpkins.

Free

Book Launch and Reading by Christopher Stewart

Tyrrell Hall 2930 East 6th Street, Tulsa, OK, United States

TU community join the Department of English for a book launch and reading by Christopher Stewart. Christopher Stewart is co-author of The Walmart Republic. His poems have appeared in Bryant Literary Review, The Perch, Connecticut River Review, and many other journals. His work frequently addresses themes concerning mental illness and recovery. In his academic career, […]

Free

Poetry Reading by Tarfia Faizullah

Tyrrell Hall 2930 East 6th Street, Tulsa, OK, United States

Join the Department of English for a poetry reading by Tarfia Faizullah for her first book of poetry, "Seam." Faizullah lived in Dhaka on a Fulbright fellowship, where she interviewed women rape survivors of the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971. The nine-month war had between 300,000 and 3 million dead and between 200,000 and 400,000 […]

Free