Skip to main content
Connecticut College
  • About Connecticut College
  • Academics
  • Admission & Financial Aid
  • Alumni & Life After Conn
  • Athletics
  • Campus & Community
  • Career Preparation
  • Commencement
  • Defy Boundaries Campaign
  • Giving
  • Human Resources
  • Strategic Planning
  • Student Experience
  • Calendar
  • News
  • Directory
  • Employment
  • Libraries & Technology
  • CC Magazine
  • Site Map
Make a gift CamelWeb Today at Conn

Specialized Resources

  • Accessibility Services
  • Admission Deadlines
  • Admitted Students
  • Admitted Student Statistics
  • Arboretum
  • Arts and Culture
  • Bookshop
  • Campus Map
  • Clubs and Activities
  • Counseling Services
  • Directions to Campus
  • Essays That Worked
  • Financial Aid Services
  • Health Services
  • International Students
  • Interviewing
  • Libraries
  • Orientation
  • Request Information
  • Residential Life
  • Majors and Minors
  • Student Blog
  • Sustainability
  • Technology Services
  • Title IX: Sexual Respect
  • Transfer Students
  • Tuition and Fees
  • Transportation
  • Visit Campus
  • Academic Advising
  • Academic Calendar
  • Academic Resource Center
  • Arboretum
  • Arts and Culture
  • Camel Card Office
  • Campus Safety
  • Campus Map
  • Career Services
  • Class Schedules
  • Clubs and Student Engagement
  • Connections
  • Counseling Services
  • Course Catalog
  • Equity and Inclusion
  • Environmental Health & Safety
  • Global Focus
  • Health Services
  • Libraries
  • Residential Life
  • Sustainability
  • Technology Services
  • Title IX: Sexual Respect
  • Transportation
  • Academic Advising
  • Academic Calendar
  • Arboretum
  • Arts and Culture
  • Banner Self-Service
  • Camel Card Office
  • Campus Map
  • Campus Safety
  • Center for Teaching & Learning
  • Course Catalog
  • Course Information and Schedules
  • Equity and Inclusion
  • Employee Benefits
  • Environmental Health & Safety
  • Facilities Management
  • Human Resources
  • Instructional Technology
  • Libraries
  • Moodle
  • Sustainability
  • Technology Services
  • Title IX: Sexual Respect
  • Wellness Program
  • Academic Calendar
  • Academic Resource Center
  • Alcohol and Drug Education
  • Arboretum
  • Arts & Culture
  • Athletics Calendar
  • Bookshop
  • Camel Card Office
  • Campus Map
  • Campus Safety
  • Career Services
  • CARE Team
  • Commencement
  • Counseling Services
  • Equity and Inclusion
  • Fall Weekend
  • Applying for Financial Aid
  • First-Year Student FAQ
  • Global Focus
  • Health Services
  • Libraries
  • Orientation
  • Parent enewsletter
  • Parents Council
  • Residential Life
  • Resources for Parents and Families
  • Student Employment
  • Tuition and Fees
  • Visiting New London

 

  • Area Attractions & Events
  • Area Hotels
  • Arboretum
  • Arts and Culture
  • Bookshop
  • Campus Map
  • Campus Safety
  • The Children's Program
  • Community Learning/Volunteering
  • Directions
  • Events and Catering
  • Equity and Inclusion
  • Reserving Harkness Chapel
  • Local Restaurants and Dining
  • OnStage Performances
  • Transportation
  • Alumni Directory
  • Alumni Events
  • Alumni Association
  • Arts and Culture
  • Bookshop
  • Campus Map
  • Fall Weekend
  • Global Focus
  • Libraries
  • Library Databases
  • Notable Alumni
  • Email Help
  • Replacement Diploma
  • Reunion
  • Sponsor an Internship
  • Support the College
  • Title IX: Sexual Respect
  • Transcripts
  • Update Your Info
  • Volunteer
  • Post a job or internship
  • Explore employment programs
  • Learn about funded internships

Daniel Klagsbrun Symposium

The Klagsbrun Symposium with authors with Dorothy Allison and Michael Denneny.
  • Home 
  • Home 
  • News 
  • News Archive 
  • 2019 
  • Daniel Klagsbrun Symposium

Daniel Klagsbrun Symposium

“I brought my southern Baptist roots to queer politics, to always stand up for my convictions and to help my people—women, the poor and queer people,” Dorothy Allison, the author of “Bastard out of Carolina,” said while speaking at Connecticut College’s 19th Daniel Klagsbrun Symposium on Creative Arts and Moral Vision.

Allison received mainstream recognition for “Bastard out of Carolina,” a finalist for the 1992 National Book Award. The novel was also adapted into a film starring actress Jennifer Jason Leigh.

Allison, who also wrote the national best-seller “Cavedweller,” was speaking with Michael Denneny, editor of “Christopher Street.” The two held a conversation entitled “Gay Culture and Courage after the Stonewall Rebellion.”

The symposium, which included a book signing, was hosted by Blanche McCrary Boyd, the Roman and Tatiana Weller Professor of English and Writer-in-Residence. Boyd was recently named a finalist for the 2019 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for her latest novel, “Tomb of the Unknown Racist.”

The Daniel Klagsbrun Symposium was established in 1989 to create a positive, living memorial to Daniel Klagsbrun, a 1986 graduate of Connecticut College. Through the generosity and commitment of Daniel’s parents, Emilie and Herbert Klagsbrun, the symposium has brought to the College an amazing array of authors, including: Dorothy Allison, Saul Bellow, Joseph Brodsky, Sandra Cisneros, Michael Cunningham, E.L. Doctorow, Jhumpa Lahiri, Wally Lamb, Colum McCann, Jay McInerney, Adrienne Rich, David Sedaris, Jessica Soffer ’07, Art Spiegelman, Amy Tan, Hannah Tinti ‘94, Elie Wiesel and Tobias Wolff.

 

Blanche Boyd introduces Michael Denneny and Dorothy Allison.
dorothy allison and michel denney at the Klagsbrun Symposium
Michael Denneny and Dorothy Allison.
Herbert Klagsbrun P’86, Neal Manchester ‘86, Emilie Klagsbrun P’86, Rich Schneider, and President Katherine Bergeron pose for a photo.
From L to R, Herbert Klagsbrun P’86, Neal Manchester ‘86, Emilie Klagsbrun P’86, Rich Schneider, and President Katherine Bergeron.
michael denney at Klagsbrun Symposium
Michael Denneny and Dorothy Allison.
audience responds to the authors at the Klagsbrun Symposium
Audience at the 19th Daniel Klagsbrun Symposium.
michael Denney engages the audience at the Klagsbrun Symposium
Michael Denneny speaks to members of the audience.
dorothy allison at the Klagsbrun Symposium
Dorothy Allison.
students talking to dorothy allison at the Klagsbrun Symposium
Dorothy Allison signs books for students.



April 15, 2019

Related News & Media

Recent News

Commencement 2022

Commencement 2022

Campus News

Eight alumni inducted into Athletics Hall of Fame

Eight alumni inducted into Athletics Hall of Fame

Alumni News

Connecticut College
270 Mohegan Avenue
New London, CT 06320
1 (860) 447-1911
info@conncoll.edu
admission@conncoll.edu
Web Privacy Policy
Web Accessibility Notice

Website Navigation

  • About Connecticut College
  • Academics
  • Admission & Financial Aid
  • Alumni & Life After Conn
  • Athletics
  • Campus & Community
  • Career Preparation
  • Commencement
  • Defy Boundaries Campaign
  • Giving
  • Human Resources
  • Strategic Planning
  • Student Experience
Make a gift CamelWeb Today at Conn
  • Calendar
  • News
  • Directory
  • Employment
  • Libraries & Technology
  • CC Magazine
  • Site Map

Social Media

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • LinkedIn