48th Annual ODU Literary Festival: Suspend Your Disbelief
Schedule
Sun, 05 Oct, 2025 at 11:00 am to Fri, 10 Oct, 2025 at 09:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
4600 Hampton Boulevard, Norfolk, VA, United States, Virginia 23529 | Norfolk, VA
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Literature traps ideas in amber, preserving them to reawaken in future minds. This ancient technology, as potent as magic, requires no power source or machineryโonly the willingness of readers to suspend disbelief. The act of surrender unlocks worlds, conjuring dreams, binding us to the shared human project of imagining what might be.The 48th Annual Old Dominion University Literary Festival honors this leap of faith. To suspend disbelief is to trust the artist, to let the boundary between reality and imagination blur until the written word is a vessel of wisdom and marvel. From Sun 5 Oct to Fri 10 Oct, join us in celebrating a timeless craft that is the inheritance of all of us.
-Marianne Chan and John McManus, Festival Co-directors
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All events are in University Theatre unless indicated otherwise. All readings are free and open to the public.
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โจ 11:00 a.m. Young Adult Event: P. D'Jรจlรญ Clark at Prince Books (109 E Main Street)
โจ 4:00 p.m. Opening Reception at The Green Onion Restaurant (1603 Colley Avenue)
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โจ 12:00 p.m. MFA Alumni and Student Readings: Gregory Grosvenor & January Gill O'Neil, Constellate Launch Party
โจ 1:30 p.m. Elizabeth White
โจ 3:00 p.m. Ariana Benson
โจ 4:30 p.m. P. D'Jรจlรญ Clark
โจ 7:00 p.m. 2025 Edith and Forrest P. White Writer in Residence: Lauren Oyler
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โจ 12:30 p.m. Workshop: Kristen Renee Miller, mpark (BAL 2027)
โจ 3:00 p.m. Kristen Renee Miller
โจ 4:30 p.m. Annabelle Tometich
โจ 7:00 p.m. Crystal Wilkinson
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โจ 12:00 p.m. Workshop: Crystal Wilkinson, Gordon Art Galleries (4509 Monarch Way)
โจ 3:00 p.m. Faculty Reading: Princess Joy L. Perry
โจ 4:30 p.m. Musical Event: Tim Seibles & Chris Brydge
โจ 7:00 p.m. Tony Tulathimutte
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โจ 12:30 p.m. Workshop: Kindra McDonald Greene, Elizabeth River Trail
โจ 2:00 p.m. Erika Howsare, In Front of Webb Center
โจ 3:30 p.m. Kindra McDonald Greene & JJJJJerome Ellis, In Front of Webb Center
โจ 6:30 p.m. Shadows of the Imagination Game Jam, Monarch Hall 2116
โจ 7:30 p.m. The Great Filipino American ASWANG Pageant followed by โAswang: Mythic Monsters and the Magic of the Page" discussion panel
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โจ 7:00 p.m. What We Ask of Flesh (Remica Bingham-Risher, Christal Brown, INSPIRIT Dance), Attucks Theatre, 1010 Church Street
For more information, please contact the ODU Department of English at (757) 683-3991 or email [email protected].
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Where is it happening?
4600 Hampton Boulevard, Norfolk, VA, United States, Virginia 23529Event Location & Nearby Stays: