The Spring 2026 Zalaznick Reading Series concludes with a reading by poet and scholar Susan Stewart.
Thursday, April 23, 5pm
Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium, Klarman Hall KG70

Susan Stewart is a poet, critic, and translator and the Avalon Foundation University Professor in the Humanities, emerita, at Princeton University. Her new book of poems, Bramble, and her co-translation of Milo De Angelis's Last Stops of the Night Journey have just appeared. Her previous books include Columbarium, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry, and Cinder: New and Selected Poems, as well as the prose works The Ruins Lesson, The Poet's Freedom, Poetry and the Fate of the Senses, and On Longing. She is a former Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, a MacArthur Fellow, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society. Her Clarendon Lectures, Poetry's Nature, were published by Oxford University Press in 2024.

Reception and book signing to follow in the English Lounge, 258 Goldwin Smith Hall

We are proud to partner with Buffalo Street Books at this event. Buffalo Street Books is Ithaca’s only non-profit independent bookstore, dedicated to serving its community through books and literary programming. Katie Kitamura’s books are available online, in-store, and on-site at the reading. Show your student ID at BSB and get 10% off every day!

FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Masking is encouraged.

We strive to host inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals, including individuals with disabilities, to engage fully. To be respectful of those with allergies and environmental sensitivities, we ask that you please refrain from wearing strong fragrances. The venue is wheelchair accessible and equipped with assistive listening technology. If you need additional accommodations to participate in this event, please contact us as soon as possible.

For more information about this event visit english.cornell.edu/zalaznick or email englishevents@cornell.edu. 

This event is presented by the Department of Literatures in English / Creative Writing Program at Cornell University.