Man Booker Prize-winning author Marlon James, author of A Brief History of Seven Killings and the bestselling Dark Star Trilogy, and Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize winner and Professor of Creative Writing Patricia Smith read from their work as part of the Althea Ward Clark W’21 Reading Series. Tickets required.
Ilya Kaminsky, professor of creative writing at Princeton, and Patricia Smith, visiting professor of creative writing, have been named Academy of American Poets Chancellors. Smith will join the Princeton faculty effective Sept. 1.
The Princeton University Board of Trustees has approved the appointment of six faculty members, including four full professors and two assistant professors.