Marie Howe Reading & Reception; April 2, 2026

Burnt Orange background with image of woman with blonde curly hair, white text says Marie Howe with reading date April 2, 2026 at 6pm

The Michener Center for Writers is excited to welcome 2025 Pulitzer Prize winner, poet Marie Howe, to the Harry Ransom Center on April 2, 2026 at 6:00pm. Marie will read a sample of her work from New and Selected Poetry (2024) followed by a reception, signing, and book sales. RSVP through The Harry Ransom Center.  …

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Yuki Tanaka (MCW ’19)’s Chronicle of Drifting Named Finalist for 2025 NBCC Award (Poetry)

Chronicle of Drifting is the debut poetry collection by Japanese poet Yuki Tanaka, exploring themes of rootlessness, belonging, and surrealism through dreamlike imagery inspired by Japanese traditions like tanka and haiku. The book features a restless, wandering voice that moves between different personas and locations, blending the inner and outer worlds in a surreal, often poignant, …

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Wednesday, November 12th from 6-8 pm at HRC: Noah Hawley Screening and Discussion

Join Noah Hawley—novelist, screenwriter, and director—and Bret Anthony Johnson, director of the Michener Center for Writers, on Wednesday, November 12th from 6-8pm at the Harry Ransom Center for a screening of the pilot episode of Alien: Earth (released August 2025 on FX). The pilot highlights Hawley’s singular storytelling—his ability to craft complex characters, weave resonant themes, …

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Thursday, October 9th at HRC: Sandra Lim Poetry Reading

Join us on October 9th from 6-8pm at the Harry Ransom Center for a poetry reading with Sandra Lim. Sandra Lim’s previous collections of poetry include The Wilderness (W.W. Norton), winner of the Barnard Women Poets Prize selected by Louise Glück, and Loveliest Grotesque (Kore Press). She is the recipient of the 2023 Jackson Poetry Prize, a Guggenheim …

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Endling by Maria Reva longlisted for the Booker Prize!

Set in Ukraine, an eccentric scientist breeding rare snails crosses paths with sisters posing as members of the marriage industry to find their activist mother. As Russia invades, they embark on a wild journey with kidnapped bachelors and a last-of-its-kind snail. This darkly comic novel explores survival, love, and hope in times of encroaching darkness.

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Dr. Jennifer Chang is a finalist for the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry!

Dr. Chang was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for her third collection of poetry, An Authentic Life (Copper Canyon Press). Her debut, The History of Anonymity (2008), was an inaugural selection for the Virginia Quarterly Review Poetry Series and a finalist for the Shenandoah/Glasgow Prize for Emerging Writers. Her second book, Some Say The Lark (Alice James Books), …

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