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About Working Dog - The Graduate Student Reading Series

Working Dog is our graduate student reading series that features the most engaging, bustling, and fresh poems and prose coming out of the Department of English and the Creative Writing Program. Graduate writers are encouraged to privilege new work and bold performance.  Readings are open to the public and held roughly once-a-month during the academic year. Refreshments are served.


Upcoming Events

  • Thursday, September 25

  • Thursday, October 23 Spooky Dog

  • Thursday, November 6

  • Thursday, December 11 Snowy Dog

  • Thursday, January 22

  • Thursday, February 12 Steamy Dog

  • Thursday, March 12

  • Thursday, April 9 Prom Dog

All events will be held at Finch Lane Gallery at 6:30 PM.

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Direct any questions, concerns, or kudos for the Working Dog Reading Series to workingdogreadings@gmail.com.

Our organizers:

Meagan Arthur — Sam Thilén

Last Updated: 3/30/26