The Columbia University School of the Arts Writing Division is pleased to announce its remaining 2007-2008 Creative Writing Series Lectures. So far this year, lecturers have included Judith Thurman, James Wood, Francine Prose, Sven Birkerts, Jorie Graham, Lee Abbott, Philip Gourevitch and Jonathan Lethem:

We invite you to join us for our next lecturer: Kurt Anderson.

Thursday, February 21
7:00 pm
413 Dodge Hall
Kurt Anderson

Co-founder of Spy magazine and Inside.com, former editor-in-chief of New York magazine; award-winning journalist, host of Studio 360 on WNYC-FM; author of Heyday, and New York Times Notable book of the year, Turn of the Century.

Upcoming lectures:

Thursday, March 6
7:00 pm
413 Dodge Hall
Peter Gizzi

Recipient of the Lavam Younger Poets Award from the Academy of American Poets; Fellowship from The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation; author of five volumes of poetry.

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Wednesday, March 12
7:00 pm
413 Dodge Hall
Kathryn Harrison

Author of the six novels including The Binding Chair and Poison, and three memoirs, The Kiss, The Mother Knot, and The Road To Santiago, reviewer for The New York Times Book Review; her essays have appeared in The New Yorker and Harper’s.

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Thursday, April 17
7:00 pm
Philosophy Hall Lounge
George Saunders

MacArthur Fellow, author of three collections of short stories, In Persuasion Nation, Pastoralia, and< CivilWarLand in Bad Decline, and the novella The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil; named by The New Yorker as one of the “Best Writers Under 40,” His work appears regularly in The New Yorker, Harper’s, and GQ.

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Thursday, April 24
7:00 pm
413 Dodge Hall
Joanna Scott

Recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a Lannan Award; author of five novels including Make Believe, The Manikin, and Tourmaline, and the short story collection, Various Antidotes.