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Visiting Writers Series 2008-9

In a city long known for its creative activity and writers—including Walt Whitman, Langston Hughes, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Katherine Anne Porter, Sterling Brown, William Meredith, and Doris Grumbach—we continue the tradition by serving as a lively venue for creative work by both established and emerging writers.

Former visiting writers and writers in residence include Grace Paley, Edward P. Jones, Michael Cunningham, Azar Nafisi, Amy Bloom, Mark Doty, Yusef Komunyakaa, Richard Rodriguez, Mary Gaitskill, Li-Young Lee, Terry McMillan, Marie Howe, Colm Tóibín, Alice McDermott, Tony Hoagland, Major Jackson, Tillie Olsen, Marilyn Hacker, Victor Lavalle, Edward Hirsch, Manil Suri, and Jamaica Kincaid.

2008-2009 Schedule

Annual MFA Alumni Reading: Sandra Beasley and Barbara Goldberg
Oct 1

Annual Faculty Benefit Reading for Food & Friends
Oct 15

Fiction Reading: David Grossman
Oct 29

Poetry Reading: Michael Collier
Nov 5

Memoir Reading: Honor Moore
Nov 19

Fiction Reading: H. G. Carrillo
Jan 28

Poetry Reading: Naomi Shihab Nye
Feb 11

Fiction Reading: Jayne Anne Phillips
Feb 25

Poetry & Prose Reading: Dunya Mikhail & Bruce Weigl
Mar 18

Nonfiction Reading: Anne Hull
Apr 11

Graduating MFA Student Reading
May 3