MFA Creative Writing | Visiting Writers Series

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Eduardo C. Corral

Eduardo C. Corral

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.

See 2012-13 preview article:
Amy Hempel Kicks Off VWS.

Former visiting writers and writers in residence include Grace Paley, Amy Bloom, Thomas Mallon, Andre Dubus III and Tim O'Brien. See the partial list of past visiting writers below.

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

Download: 2012-13 VWS Poster.

Listen: VWS on iTunesU.

Video: Recent Readings

Visiting Writers Series annual benefit reading

See recent readings from Andre Dubus III, Ross Gay, and creative writing faculty.

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Poetry: Valzhyna Mort

Valzhyna Mort

Poet Valzhyna Mort will return to AU on February 27 for the Visiting Writer Series and will read from her two poetry books.

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2012-2013 VWS Schedule

Amy Hempel
Fiction
October 2, 2012

Paul Lisicky
Fiction and Nonfiction
October 17, 2012

Eduardo C. Corral
Poetry
November 7, 2012

Annual Faculty Benefit
Reading for 826DC
Poetry and Prose
January 23, 2013

Ted Conover
Nonfiction
February 4, 2013

Ishion Hutchinson &
Valzhyna Mort
Poetry
February 27, 2013

Hanna Pylvainen
Fiction
March 20, 2013

Ira Silverberg
Director, Literature Program,
National Endowment for the Arts
Talk and Discussion
April 9, 2013

Graduating MFA Student Reading
May 2013

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

Thomas Mallon

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