The Department of Literary Arts Contemporary Writers Reading Series brings to the Brown campus distinguished and experimental writers, providing access to significant voices in contemporary literature.

Participating Authors

Note: All Writers Online audio files require RealPlayer, a free mp3 player.

Stanley Crawford

• Full Reading
  [Recorded: 02/25/10 | Run time: 43:22]
• from "The S.S. The Mrs. Unguentine" (excerpt)
  [Recorded: 02/25/10 | Run time: 5:16]

Shelley Jackson

• Full Reading
  [Recorded: 12/07/10 | Run time: 36:49]

Dawn Raffel

• Full Reading
  [Recorded: 04/14/10 | Run time: 33:58]
• "The Alternate Palace" (excerpt)
  [Recorded: 04/14/10 | Run time: 7:15]

Tony Tost

• Full Reading
  [Recorded: 03/02/10 | Run time: 35:08]
• "Poem for the Fourth of July" (excerpt)
  [Recorded: 03/02/10 | Run time: 7:06]

Kyoko Yoshida

• Full Reading
  [Recorded: 03/13/10 | Run time: 28:38]
• "The Squirrel Heaven" (excerpt)
  [Recorded: 03/13/10 | Run time: 10:13]