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SwatTalks is an Alumni Council program that brings the talent and expertise of Swarthmore alumni, faculty, and staff to the greater College community through free, virtual seminars. Each SwatTalk lasts one hour and is available through Zoom. SwatTalk sessions will be recorded as permitted by the presenters.

 

Upcoming SwatTalks:

“God and Sex . . . and Swarthmore” with Jon Raymond ’94

December 10 AT 8 P.M. ET

Jon Raymond ’94 is one of the most accomplished and versatile American writers working today. He is the author of five novels, including The Half-Life (a Publisher’s Weekly Best Book of 2004) and Freebird (an Indie Next Great Reads selection), as well as the short story collection Livability (winner of the Oregon Book Award). He’s also collaborated on six films with the director Kelly Reichardt, including Old Joy and First Cow, and on the HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce with Todd Haynes, for which he was nominated for an Emmy. His new novel, God and Sex — about a middle-aged, “minor writer of spiritual texts,” his affair with his friend’s wife, and his apparently successful request for divine intervention — has been hailed by The Washington Post as “an unexpected answer to readers’ prayers for fiction that dares to approach the treacherous border of faith,” while The New York Times has declared that “profound, ancient questions animate the book, and justify its oversize title.”

Please join Jon for a conversation with the artist Ed Johnson ’93 about writing for the page and for the screen, God and Sex . . . and Swarthmore.

Register for “God and Sex . . . and Swarthmore” with Jon Raymond ’94

 

SwatTalk with Peter Katzenstein ’67 and David Laitin ’67

JaNUARY

More Details Coming Soon

 

Watch Recordings of Past SwatTalks

 

Accommodations & Questions 

If you require accommodations to participate in this webinar, please contact alumni@swarthmore.edu at least 24 hours in advance for assistance.

If webinars are permitted to be recorded, they will be made available on the SwatTalks recordings page at a later time.

If you have any technical difficulties with Zoom, please contact help@swarthmore.edu.

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