PENN IN PRINT
Highlights from Penn's Literary Community
Once again we celebrate Penn authors in this campus-wide series of events. This year's program takes you into some of Penn's most exciting locations to experience our thriving writing community - from fiction, to nonfiction, to film, and everything in between. Co-sponsored by Penn Alumni, the Black Alumni Society, University of Pennsylvania Library, University of Pennsylvania Press, the School of Arts and Sciences, and Kelly Writers House.

Saturday, October 16

9 - 10:30 am
HOT OFF THE PRESS: BREAKFAST WITH PENN AUTHORS
Rosenwald Gallery, 6th Floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center
Join recently-published Penn authors for a breakfast discussion of their latest books. Featured authors include Sarah Dunn, C'91, The Big Love; Neil Lanctot, C'87, Negro League Baseball: The Rise and Ruin of a Black Institution; and Solomon Asch Center Associate Marc Sageman, Understanding Terror Networks. Register early! Space is limited to the first 60 registrants.

11 am - Noon
THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT FILM: THE CINEMA STUDIES PROGRAM AT PENN
Film Studies Classroom, 4th Floor West, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center
Don't miss this opportunity to hear from Timothy Corrigan, Director of Penn's Cinema Studies program. Distinguished by its comprehensive approach to filmmaking, the vibrant University program combines history, technology, and culture. Tim Corrigan is co-author of The Film Experience.

1 - 3 pm
PENN IN PRINT OPEN HOUSE
We invite you to stop by the Kelly Writers House OPEN HOUSE for conversation, coffee, and snacks with members of the Writers House community. See our newly refurbished technology classroom, sign-up for a live webcast of one of our readings, or register for an upcoming online Alumni Book Group led by a member of the Penn Faculty.

1:30 - 2:30 pm
FROM PRIDE AND PREJUDICE TO BRIDGET JONES
Film Studies Classroom, 4th Floor West, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center
Explore the interplay between the Jane Austen classic and the contemporary phenomenon it inspired with Nancy Shawcross, Adjunct Professor of English and Curator of Manuscripts for the Annenberg Rare Book and Manuscript Library. This program is based on Professor Shawcross' popular Penn course, Out of Hollywood: Literature to Film.

4 - 6 pm
A CELEBRATION OF ALUMNI WRITERS
Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk
The celebration features poet Deborah Burnham (G'76, GR'89), fiction writer and former Writers House Director, Kerry Sherin Wright (C'87), nonfiction writer and NPR contributor Stefan Fatsis (C'85), and short-story writer Courtney Zoffness (C'00). The panel will be moderated by California-based literary agent Robert Shepherd (C'83,G'83). A catered reception will follow with plenty of time for conversation. RSVP to rsvphomecoming@writing.upenn.edu. For more information about our panel of
alumni writers, please visit www.writing.upenn.edu/~wh/calendar.

4 - 6 pm
BACK TO DU BOIS: BLACK AUTHORS SHOWCASE AND AMISTAD GALLERY OPENING
W.E.B. Du Bois College House, 3900 Walnut Street
Co-sponsored by the Black Alumni Society (BAS) and the W.E.B. Du Bois College House.
Meet African-American authors from the Penn community and learn more about their work at this annual presentation. Tour the new Amistad Gallery, featuring the work of Ernel Martinez. Space is limited; make your reservations now. For more information contact Ronald Ramsey at (215) 573-3710 or e-mail ronaldr@ben.dev.upenn.edu

PENN ALUMNI FILM SCREENING: Friday Night Lights
The Bridge: Cinema De Lux, 40th and Walnut Streets
Based on the book by Buzz Bissinger, C'76
6 pm Book signing with Buzz Bissinger
7 pm Film screening
Based upon the best-selling book by Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Buzz Bissinger, Friday Night Lights chronicles the 1988 season of the Permian High Panthers of Odessa, Texas, with football players, coaches, mothers, fathers, fans and families struggling with ongoing personal conflicts while the team fights for a state championship. Mr. Bissinger will introduce this private, opening-weekend screening for Penn alumni. Ticket price includes popcorn and a beverage. Special thanks to Stacey Snider, C'82, Chairman of Universal Pictures, for making this screening possible.

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