Yale Bulletin and Calendar

September 23, 2005|Volume 34, Number 4

Anne Fadiman

'Francis Conversations' continue
with reading by author

Anne Fadiman, the Francis Writer in Residence, will give a public reading on Wednesday, Sept. 28, at 8 p.m. in Rm. 211 of the Hall of Graduate Studies, 320 York St. The event is free and open to the public.

The Francis Writer in Residence program was established by Yale alumnus Paul E. Francis, Class of 1977, to bring a distinguished writer of non-fiction to campus to teach during the academic year and engage actively with undergraduates, serving as an academic mentor to students through seminars, readings and other activities.

Fadiman is the first Francis Writer in Residence, a three-year position she assumed in January. She teaches a non-fiction writing seminar each term and advises the editors of several undergraduate publications, as well as students who are thinking about becoming nonfiction writers and editors.

"It's a privilege being surrounded by students so full of energy, enthusiasm, talent and hope," she says. "They're just beginning to step off the precipice from the familiar terra firma of academic writing into the shark-filled waters of creative non-fiction, and I'm thrilled to see them take that risk. Being here makes me remember my own tentative beginnings as a writer. The main difference is that when I was their age, I wasn't anywhere near as good as some of them."

The Sept. 28 reading is the second in a series of "Francis Conversations" sponsored by the Yale College Dean's Office. Fadiman will read from and discuss her essays and articles, including a piece about the experience of re-reading that was published Sept. 14 as the introduction to the book "Rereadings: Seventeen Writers Revisit Books They Love."

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