MFA Creative Writing | Visiting Writers Series

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Thomas Mallon

Thomas Mallon

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, Amy Bloom, Andre Dubus III and Tim O'Brien. See the full list of past visiting writers below.

Please see Café Américain for interviews and excerpts from VWS authors.

Audio: Benefit for Food & Friends

Creative writing faculty members Kyle Dargan, Stephanie Grant, David Keplinger, Rachel Louise Snyder, Andrew Holleran, Danielle Evans, Richard McCann read at our annual benefit.

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Audio: Thomas Sayers Ellis

Thomas Sayers Ellis

Poet Thomas Sayers Ellis reads and discusses selections from his poetry.

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Audio: Terence Hayes

Terrance Hayes

Poet Terrance Hayes reads as part of the MFA program’s Visiting Writers Series in March 2010.

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2011-2012 VWS Schedule

Kyle Dargan, Elise Levine & Rachel Louise Snyder
Poetry and Prose Reading
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
7:30 pm, SIS Founder's Room, School of International Service

Pearl Abraham
Fiction Reading
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
7:30 pm, Board Room, Butler Pavilion (sixth floor MGC)

Ross Gay
Poetry Reading
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
7:30 pm, Board Room, Butler Pavilion (6th floor MGC)

Danielle Evans, David Keplinger,
& Stephanie Grant
Poetry and Prose Reading
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
7:00 pm, 826 DC - 3233 14th St. NW

Thomas Mallon
Fiction Reading
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
7:30 pm, Board Room, Butler Pavilion (6th floor, MGC)

Derrick Brown, Glen Finland
Alumni Reading
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
7:30pm, Board Room, Butler Pavilion (6th floor, MGC)

Graduating MFA Student Reading
at Politics and Prose Bookstore
Sunday, May 13, 2012, 5:00 p.m.
Politics and Prose Bookstore
5015 Connecticut Avenue NW

Previous Visiting Writers

Azar Nafisi

Claude Brown

Yusef Komunyakaa

Grace Paley

Frank Conroy

Tillie Olsen

David Grossman

Edward P. Jones

Mary Gaitskill

Nick Flynn

Jamaica Kincaid

Jo Ann Beard

Allan Gurganus

Billy Collins

  

Tony Hoagland

Richard Yates

John Gardner

Tim O'Brien

Jean Valentine

Manil Suri

Colm Toíbín

Allen Ginsberg

Michael Cunningham

Adam Haslett

Li-Young Lee

Mark Doty

Naomi Shihab-Nye

  

Victor Lavalle

Leila Aboulela

Richard Selzer

Paul Monette

Hanan al-Shaykh

Alice McDermott

Matthew Klam

Galway Kinnell

Major Jackson

Andre Dubus III

Marie Howe

Amy Bloom

Jericho Brown

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