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@TheLannanCenter/Twitter | Patricia Smith, acclaimed poet and professor of creative writing at Princeton University, spoke with students through a special seminar program and gave a public poetry reading.

Award-Winning Poet Visits Georgetown to Speak with Students

By Emily Han January 26, 2023

Distinguished poet and award-winning author Patricia Smith engaged with students through a seminar discussion and poetry reading Jan. 24. Hosted by the Georgetown University Lannan Center for Poetics...

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Lannan Center for Poetics and Social Practice Chair Aminatta Forna led students in discussion of national identity and cultural stereotypes in Trumps America.

Panel Reflects on Cultural Stereotypes in Trump’s America

By Mariel Mendez November 14, 2017

Conversations on nationality and culture must avoid stereotypes and generalizations, argued the panelists at an event titled “Are we the ‘Other’ in Modern America?” led by Lannan Center for Poetics...

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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen defended immigration as a part of a cosmopolitan view of world affairs in an event co-sponsored by The Hoya.

Author Advocates Role of Cosmopolitanism in Peace

By Patricja Okuniewska March 31, 2017

Cosmopolitanism can serve as an agent for peace in an age of conflict, according to Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen at a talk during an annual symposium hosted by the Lannan Center...

Lannan Symposium Examines Perceptions of America

By Emily Brown April 5, 2013

Bringing together writers and artists from around the world, the Lannan Center for Poetics and Social Practices held its seventh Spring Symposium and Literary Festival April 2 and 3. The symposium...

Author, Alum Examines Role Of Identity in Literature

By Caitlyn Casey September 28, 2012

Lannan Chair of Poetics Dinaw Mengestu (COL ’00) kicked off the Reading and Talk Series in the Lannan Center for Poetics and Social Practice Tuesday. Mengestu was a Lannan fellow as an undergraduate...

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