Visiting Writers Series

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Every year the Department of English presents its Visiting Writers Series of readings by prominent poets and fiction writers. Free and open to the public, these readings afford our students the chance to interact with successful contemporary authors. Guests have included:

  • Chris Abani
  • Christina Adams
  • Rae Armantrout
  • Dorothy Barresi
  • Ellen Bass
  • Aimee Bender
  • David Benioff
  • Sandow Birk
  • Emily Rapp Black
  • Laurel Ann Bogen
  • John Brantingham
  • Kate Braverman
  • Jericho Brown
  • Jim Brown
  • Stephanie Brown
  • Christopher Buckley
  • Charles Bukowski
  • Ron Carlson
  • Victoria Chang
  • Ann Charters
  • Frank Chin
  • Henri Cole
  • Billy Collins
  • Beverly Coyle
  • Meghan Daum
  • Chris Davidson
  • Lorene Delany-Ullman
  • Juan Delgado
  • Mark Doty
  • Denise Duhamel
  • Stephen Dunn
  • Cai Emmons
  • Maria Amparo Escadon
  • Eliza Factor
  • B.H. Fairchild
  • Edward Field
  • Janet Fitch
  • Montserrat Fontes
  • Katie Ford
  • William L. Fox
  • Judith Freeman
  • Cristina Garcia
  • Richard Garcia
  • Frank X. Gaspar
  • Sandra Gilbert
  • Allen Ginsberg
  • Robert Gish
  • Glen David Gold
  • Albert Goldbarth
  • Jack Grapes
  • Gerald Haslam
  • Heather Havrilesky
  • Eloise Klein Healy
  • Michael Heller
  • Kim Henderson
  • Bob Hicok
  • Edward Hirsch
  • James Houston
  • Jean Wakatsuki Houston
  • Pam Houston
  • Michael Jaime-Becerra
  • Thom Jones
  • Douglas Kearney
  • Ron Koertge
  • Yusef Komunyakaa
  • Steve Kowit
  • Jim Krusoe
  • Colette LaBouff
  • Dylan Landis
  • Alex Lemon
  • Brett Lott
  • Suzanne Lummis
  • Thomas Lux
  • Sarah Maclay
  • Kristen-Paige Madonia
  • Marvin Malone
  • Jo Ann Mapson
  • Corey Marks
  • Jeffrey McDaniel
  • Sandro Meallet
  • Anchee Min
  • Michelle Mitchell-Foust
  • James Moore
  • Sena Jeter Naslund
  • Francis Khiralleah Noble
  • Sharon Olds
  • Alicia Ostriker
  • Robert Pinsky
  • Paula Priamos
  • Eric Puchner
  • James Ragan
  • Linda Raymond
  • Nina Revoyr
  • Rob Roberge
  • Roxana Robinson
  • Floyd Salas
  • Ron Silliman
  • Marisa Silver
  • Maurya Simon
  • Mona Simpson
  • Roberta Smoodin
  • Gary Soto
  • David St. John
  • Susan Straight
  • Cheryl Strayed
  • Judith Taylor
  • Lynne Thompson
  • Rodrigo Toscano
  • David L. Ulin
  • Connie Voisine
  • Susan Vreeland
  • D.J. Waldie
  • Alison Benis White
  • Geoffrey Wolff
  • Cecilia Woloch
  • Gail Wronsky