Spring 2024 Dr. Carl Calendar Visiting Writers Series

All readings are free and open to the public; refreshments will be offered. No reservations/tickets are needed.


Jane Wong

Memoirist, Poet and NJ Native
Monday, February 26 at 7pm
Lincroft, Student Life Center, Navesink III

Jane Wong grew up in a Chinese American restaurant on the Jersey shore. She is the author of the 2023 debut memoir, Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City and two poetry collections.

“With a strong sense of place and voice, heart and soul, Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City delivers a fresh take on the Asian American working class — and one woman’s journey to understanding her past.” — Good Morning America

 


Lauren Grodstein

Bestselling Novelist
Wednesday, March 20 at 7pm
Lincroft, Student Life Center, Navesink III

Woman with long brown hair wearing a grey blazer and black crewneck shirt.Lauren Grodstein is the author of five novels, including the New York Times bestseller A Friend of the Family and the Washington Post Book of the Year The Explanation for Everything. Her new novel is the Read with Jenna selection We Must Not Think of Ourselves:

“Inspired by a little-known piece of history—the underground group that kept an archive to ensure that the lives of Jewish occupants of the Warsaw Ghetto in World War II were not lost to history—this is a heart-wrenching novel of love and defiance that People Magazine calls “gripping, emotional, and against all odds, hopeful.”


Alina Pleskova and Karl Michael Iglesias

Poets
Tuesday, April 16 at 7pm
Lincroft, Student Life Center, Navesink III

   

Alina Pleskova is a poet and Moscow-born immigrant turned proud Philadelphian. She is the author of a chapbook and the new collection, Toska.

Karl Michael Iglesias contains multitudes as a Puerto Rican actor, director, and author of the poetry chapbook Catch a Glow.


For more information on the Dr. Carl Calendar Visiting Writers Series, please contact Professor Suzanne Parker, Director of the Creative Writing Program, at sparker@brookdalecc.edu.