2008-2009 Schedule

Ann Beattie, award-winning novelist and short story writer, whose first novel, 1976’s Chilly Scenes of Winter was made into a film, followed by Falling in Place; Love Always; Picturing Will; Another You; My Life, Starring Dara Falcon; and The Doctor’s House.

Molly Peacock, author of six volumes of poetry, including The Second Blush and Cornucopia: New & Selected Poems

Deborah Eisenberg, acclaimed short story writer, whose works include Transactions in a Foreign Currency , Under the 82nd Airborne, All Around Atlantis and Twilight of the Superheroes.

Paul Muldoon was described by The Times Literary Supplement as “the most significant English-language poet born since the second World War,” He won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Moy Sand and Gravel (2002).

Sarah Ruhl was a finalist for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for her play The Clean House. Her newest work, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, was performed at Playwrights Horizons in March 2008 starring Mary-Louise Parker.