Creative Writing Events
Fall 2026 |
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Common Ground Reading Friday, October 23, 6-7:30pm, Alumni Lounge, Old O’Connor Hall Join the Common Ground reading series to experience live readings by undergraduate & graduate student writers. |
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Alumni Reading Series with Nicole Santalucia Thursday, October 29, 6-8pm, Alumni Lounge, Old O’Connor Hall Nicole Santalucia is the author of the new poetry collection Lesbian Dinosaurs / Dinosaur Lesbians (Bordighera Press, 2026). Her other collections include The Book of Dirt (NYQ Books), Spoiled Meat (Headmistress Press), and Because I Did Not Die (Bordighera Press). Santalucia’s work has appeared or is forthcoming in the Indiana Review, the Colorado Review, the Los Angeles Review, the North American Review, the Rumpus, the Normal School, Out Magazine, and elsewhere. She is a professor of English and director of first-year writing at Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania. |
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Translating Persian Fiction: An Evening with Novelist and Professor Amir Ahmadi Arian and Translator Azadeh Eriss Wednesday, November 4, 4-6 pm, Alumni Lounge, Old O’Connor Hall Azadeh Eriss, a PhD student in the Translation Research and Instruction Program (TRIP), reads from her translation of English Professor Amir Ahmadi Arian's novel That Mid-December Day and sits for a conversation with Prof. Ahmadi about the process of translation and the craft of fiction. Amir Ahmadi Arian is the author of several works of fiction and nonfiction in Persian and English. He is an assistant professor of creative writing at Binghamton University. Azadeh Eriss is a PhD student in the Translation Research and Instruction Program (TRIP) at Binghamton University. She began her career as a professional translator in Iran in 2012. Her research explores how translation shapes the way audiences experience stories across languages and cultures, with a particular focus on audiovisual translation (AVT). This is a joint event with the Creative Writing Program and the Translation Research and Instruction Program (TRIP). See the BingUNews article for more information about the collaboration between Arian and Eriss. |
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Common Ground Reading Friday, November 20, 6-7:30pm, Alumni Lounge, Old O’Connor Hall Join the Common Ground reading series to experience live readings by undergraduate & graduate student writers. |
Spring 2027 |
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Coming soon! |
Contact
Creative Writing press and event inquiries can be directed to Jen DeGregorio, Associate Director of Creative Writing: jdegreg1@binghamton.edu



