Annual Writers Festival
Each year the English Major in Creative Writing invites three authors to campus for a week of writing classes, public readings, and individual conferences with advanced writing students.
2023 Writers in residenceShara McCallum |
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2022 Writers in residenceSolmaz Sharif |
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2020 Writers in residenceKali Fajardo-Anstine |
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2019 Writers in residenceLesley Nneka Arimah - Fiction |
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2018 Writers in residenceAngela Morales - Creative Nonfiction |
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2017 Writers in ResidenceAleksandar Hemon - Creative NonfictionJohn Keene - Fiction Cathy Park Hong - Poetry
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2016 Writers in ResidenceSharman Apt Russell - Creative NonfictionAlexander Chee - Fiction Laura Kasischke - Poetry |
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2015 Writers in ResidenceMaggie Nelson - Creative NonfictionRoxane Gay - Fiction Connie Voisine - Poetry |
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2014 Writers in ResidenceGeoff Dyer - Creative NonfictionRebecca Makkai - Fiction Meghan O'Rourke - Poetry |
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2013 Writers in ResidenceChris Adrian - FictionD.A. Powell - Poetry John Jeremiah Sullivan - Creative Nonfiction |
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2012 Writers in ResidenceJane Brox - Creative NonfictionKate Daniels - Poetry ZZ Packer - Fiction |
from left to right: Rachel Webster, Brian Bouldrey, ZZ Packer, Jane Brox, Kate Daniels, Mary Kinzie, and Averill Curdy |
2011 Writers in ResidenceMaureen McLane - PoetryNami Mun - Fiction David Shields - Creative Nonfiction |
from left to right: David Shields, Eula Biss, Maureen McLane, Rachel Webster, Nami Mun, and Shauna Seliy |
2010 Writers in ResidenceJo Ann Beard - Creative NonfictionFrank Bidart - Poetry George Saunders - Fiction |
Held in conjunction with the 2010 Spring Writers' Festival, students, faculty, and English Major in Writing alumni celebrated 30 years of Creative Writing on campus. A reception was held at the Hotel Orrington, followed by a career panel and a reading by four alumni. Anne-Marie Cusac, Cristina Henriquez, Karen Russell, and Joshua Weiner returned to campus to share memories about their time as writing students, talk about their career paths after graduation, and read from their published works. Recording of this reading is available at the above link. News coverage of the 2010 Spring Writers' Festival by journalism student Emma O'Connor. |
2009 Writers in ResidenceDan Beachy-Quick - PoetryNaeem Murr - Fiction Claudia Rankine - Creative Nonfiction |
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2008 Writers in ResidenceBrigit Pegeen Kelly - PoetryAbigail Thomas - Creative Nonfiction |
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