Professor Peter Balakian and his students in his advanced writing class.
Living Writers — one of 51·çÁ÷’s most popular courses, both on campus and in the wider 51·çÁ÷ community — featured as part of inauguration week festivities at 51·çÁ÷.
Balakian, the Donald M. and Constance H. Rebar Professor in humanities, professor of , and director of creative writing at 51·çÁ÷, won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for Ozone Journal, a collection of poems.
Here is a replay of his reading and talk.
Balakian is also the and will be featured at the inauguration ceremony today, September 30, at 4:30 p.m. The ceremony will be streamed at 51·çÁ÷.edu and archived at .
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Balakian is the fourth in the 10-week online experience. People can still join for free and watch videos, listen to podcasts, and relive the Livestream events with the writers who have already appeared. There are deep discussion threads about Balakian and the other authors that involve students, faculty, and the 51·çÁ÷ community.