Chautauqua Literary Arts

08/28/2026

Kelly Link NORA SMITHStaff Writer At 2 p.m. today in the Hall of Philosophy, national bestselling author Kelly Link will give a presentation on Week Nine Chautauqua Literary and Scientific

08/28/2026

✨ Join us for this week's CLSC Author Presentation with Kelly Link! ✨

🗓️ Friday, August 28 (Today)
⏰ 2:00 PM
📍Hall of Philosophy

Kelly Link will discuss her unpredictable and beautiful short story collection, White Cat, Black Dog: Stories. We hope to see you there!

08/26/2026

✨ Join us for a CLSC Book Discussion of Dreamt I Found You! ✨

🗓️ Wednesday, August 26
⏰ 12:15 PM
📍Porch of Alumni Hall

Discussion co-facilitators will lead a conversation on 2026 CLSC Unbound selection, Dreamt I Found YouL A Novel by Jimin Han.

08/24/2026

✨ Join us for a CLSC Book Discussion of White Cat, Black Dog! ✨

🗓️ Monday, August 24
⏰ 12:15 PM
📍Ballroom of Alumni Hall (2nd Floor)

Discussion co-facilitators will lead a conversation on 2026 CLSC selection, White Cat, Black Dog: Stories by Kelly Link.

08/23/2026

✨ Join us for the Week Nine Chautauqua Writers Center Faculty Reading ✨

🗓️ Sunday, August 23 (Today)
⏰ 3:30 PM
📍 Hall of Philosophy
🖋️ Featuring Jimin Han and January Gill O'Neil

On Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings of this week, January Gill O'Neil will lead a workshop titled "Begin Again," where participants will be encouraged to explore multiple entry points into poems, using place, image, and sound as guides.

In the afternoons of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, Jimin Han will lead a workshop titled "Myth, Folktales, Family Stories, & You" which will encourage participants to explore the impact of stories we’ve read and heard in our lives and then proceed to create fiction inspired by our findings.

Both workshops still have room for you! Learn more and register today at writers.chq.org

08/22/2026

08/22/2026

08/22/2026

✨Today is CLSC Bryant Day! ✨

🗓️ Saturday, August 22
⏰ 11:30 AM
📍Miller Belltower

Ring in the new reading year with us and learn about the first few 2027 CLSC Selections.

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08/21/2026

✨ Join us for this week's CLSC Author Presentation with Aimee Nezhukumatathil! ✨

🗓️ Friday, August 21(Today)
⏰ 2:00 PM
📍Hall of Philosophy

Aimee Nezhukumatathil will discuss her lyrical book of short essays about food, Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees. We hope to see you there!

08/20/2026

✨ Join us for the Robert Pinsky Favorite Poem Project ✨

🗓️ Thursday, August 20 (Today)
⏰ 3:30 PM
📍 Hall of Philosophy

Celebrate a love of poetry with us! Selected volunteers will read their favorite poems.