Ithaca College

The Department of Writing, in collaboration with the Handwerker Gallery, continues its Handwerker Reading Series on Tuesday, Nov. 7 (6 p.m.), with readings of creative nonfiction by visiting author and IC graduate Miranda K. Pennington ('07) along with Associate Professor Jen Tennent from the Department of Economics. The reading will take place in the Handwerker Gallery (Gannett Center).

Learn more about these exciting writers below:

Miranda K. Pennington’s debut nonfiction book A Girl Walks into a Book: What the Brontës Taught Me about Life, Love, and Women’s Work (Seal Press, 2017) is a hybrid memoir of growing up reading the Brontës. Miranda graduated from IC in 2007 with a Bachelor of Music and a Writing minor, then earned an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Columbia University, where she has served as a writing consultant and University Writing Instructor. Currently, she’s a Professorial Lecturer in the Literature department at American University. Pennington's work has appeared on Electric Literature, The American Scholar Online, The Toast, the Ploughshares blog, and The Catapult podcast. You can also read a recent "mini-interview" with Pennington over at The Rumpus.

Jen Tennant is an associate professor of Economics at Ithaca College. A health economist by training, her research focuses on disability and mental health policy. She is a lover of all things literary and has a particular affinity for essays, poetry, and theatre.

The event is free and open to the public, and all are invited to attend.

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Jacob White at jrwhite@ithaca.edu or (904) 501-9860. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.