. : NAVIGATE CHATHAM : . About Chatham Academics Admissions Student Life Campus Services Athletics News & Events Chatham College for Women College for Graduate Studies College for Professional & Continuing Studies Chatham University :: Majors & Programs :: Writing, Literary & Cultural Studies Division :: Creative Writing Creative Writing   Admission Requirements   Rachel Carson Fellowship   Curriculum   Faculty & Staff   News & Events   Field Seminars   FAQs   Alumni   Contact Information   Inquire   Apply NOW!   Photo Galleries Related Information   Creative Writing (BFA)   Low Residency (MFA)   The Fourth River   RCI   Links of Interest   Student Outcomes   Student Publications   Program Council   PA One Book Creative Writing Events 08/29/2008 - 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Peter Oresick and Heather McNaugher Read from Their New Books PETER ORESICK is Associate Director of the Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing at Chatham University. His new book is Warhol-o-rama, Carnegie Press, August 2008. Other books include For a Living: The Poetry of Work; The Pittsburgh Book of Contemporary American Poetry; and Working Classics: Poems on Industrial Life. HEATHER MCNAUGHER is Assistant Professor of English in Chatham University's MFA Program and poetry editor of Fourth River. Her chapbook, Panic & Joy was published this spring by Finishing Line Press. Registration and Directions Fee : Free Location : Mellon Board Room No directions available Event Contact Information Sheryl St. Germain 412-365-1190 sstgermain@chatham.edu Past Events 01/23/2007 Marcia Bonta, Naturalist and Writer Presentation 01/26/2007 MFA Program Alumni & Student Readings 02/05/2007 Reading by Paolo Corso, Fiction Writer 02/22/2007 Huang Xiang Poetry Readings 02/23/2007 MFA Program Faculty Readings 03/14/2007 Reading by William J. Cobb, Fiction Writer 03/27/2007 Craft Lecture by Shirley Geok-lin Lim, Memoirist & All-Campus Author 03/27/2007 Reading by Shirley Geok-lin Lim, Memoirist & All-Campus Author 04/09/2007 MFA Publishing Class Book Launch 04/16/2007 MFA Program's Fiction Student Readings 04/18/2007 MFA Students Final Readings in Celebration of Graduation 06/22/2007 Lauren Alleyne, Poetry Reading 06/29/2007 Most Wanted Fine Arts Second Anniversary Show 07/27/2007 Most Wanted Fine Arts Presents: Bands, Artists and Writers 08/17/2007 Summer Graduation MFA Readings and Reception 08/27/2007 New MFA Graduate Student Orientation and Reception 09/06/2007 International Writers Read from their Work 09/21/2007 Claudia Emerson, Poetry Reading 10/01/2007 Ander Monson, Author 10/25/2007 Fourth River Release Party 10/30/2007 Jenny Erpenbeck (German) and Susan Bernofsky (Translator) 11/06/2007 Nancy Pagh, Poetry Reading 12/07/2007 Vijay Nair Reading 01/11/2008 Aubrey Hirsch, Michael Simms, Christy Diulus Reading 01/23/2008 Film Screening of Roddy Doyle's "The Commitments" 01/28/2008 Conversation and Question and Answer Session with Roddy Doyle 01/29/2008 Andrew Wingfield, Fiction Reading 02/04/2008 Marc Harshman, Children's Book Author and Poet 02/11/2008 MFA Fiction Candidate Tyrone Jaeger Reading and Presentation 02/12/2008 MFA Fiction Candidate Jessica Weintraub Reading and Presentation 02/13/2008 MFA Fiction Candidate Randall Silvis Reading and Presentation 02/15/2008 Book launch for Sheryl St. Germain's Let it Be a Dark Roux: New and Selected Poems 02/20/2008 David Blair Reading 02/22/2008 Heather McNaugher featured at Pot Luck Readers Series 03/17/2008 Kathy Ayres, Karen Williams, Sally Alexander, Bob Alexander, A Celebration of Children's Writing 03/18/2008 Joel Tarr Lecture and Power Point Presentation on Nine Mile Run - Co-Sponsored by The Rachel Carson Institute 03/27/2008 Teake Zuidema Lecture and Slide Show 03/27/2008 Jenni Ferrari-Adler, Fiction Writer and Editor 04/01/2008 Melanie Brown Lecturer Reading, Debra Marquart 04/18/2008 Chatham MFA in Creative Writing Independent Publishing Class Chapbook Launch PROGRAM NEWS 04/24 Bridges to Other Worlds: an International Literary Festival 04/21 MFA Graduate Students Final Reading 03/20 Randall Silvis' New Book 02/19 Jen McClung's Essay 02/13 Sheryl St. Germain's Let It Be a Dark Roux Book Launch 02/13 Heather McNaugher Reads at Pot Luck Readers Series 01/27 New Student Fellowships for 2008-2009 01/10 Heather McNaugher's New Book 11/27 MFA Low Residency Program to Launch Fall 2008 11/01 Poets and Writers Magazine features Chatham MFA Program 09/27 MFA Program and Faculty Activity for Spring and Summer 2007 08/09 Chatham MFA program named one of five innovative MFA programs     Chatham University Creative Writing Lindsay House • Woodland Road • Pittsburgh, PA 15232