Visiting Writers
2024-2025 Visiting Writers
- Kim Fu - 9/12/24
- Joe Wilkins - 9/24/24
- Todd Davis - 10/10/24
- Susan McCarty & Matt Kirkpatrick - 11/7/24
- Santee Frazier - 2/6/25 - Viebranz Visiting Professor of Creative Writing
- Lulu Miller - 3/27/25
- Andrew Zawacki - 4/10/25 - Sandra Nelson Poetry Reading
2023-2024 Visiting Writers
- Tom Piazza - 9/14/23
- Tessa Yang - 10/26/23
- Daphne Kalotay - 11/2/23
- Santee Frazier - 2/8/24 - Viebranz Visiting Professor of Creative Writing
- Beth Nguyen - 3/28/24
- Jason Koo - 4/18/24 - Sandra Nelson Poetry Reading
2022-2023 Visiting Writers
- Pamela Erens - 9/8/22
- Christopher Gonzalez - 10/27/22
- Franny Choi - 11/15/22
- Okey Ndibe - 2/2/23 - Viebranz Visiting Professor of Creative Writing
- Jenny Offill - 3/2/23
- Tyler Mills - 4/13/23 - Sandra Nelson Poetry Reading
2021-2022 Visiting Writers
- Aimee Baker - 9/16/21
- Eli Clare - 10/21/21
- Brenda Peynado - 11/4/21
- Ana Maria Spagna - 2/3/22 - Viebranz Visiting Professor of Creative Writing
- Robin Hemley - 4/7/22
- J. Drew Lanham - 5/5/22 - Sandra Nelson Poetry Reading
2020-2021 Visiting Writers
- Leila Philip - 9/10/20
- Robin Behn - 10/29/20
- Angie Cruz - 11/17/20
- James N. Kienitz Wilkins - 12/3/20
- Ana Maria Spagna - 2/4/21 -Viebranz Visiting Professor of Creative Writing
- Lesley Nneka Arimah - 3/25/21
- Ada Limòn - 4/8/21 - Sandra Nelson Poetry Reading
2019-2020 Visiting Writers
- Ted Genoways - 9/12/19
- Kali Fajardo-Anstine - 9/26/19
- Aminatta Forna - 10/29/19
- J. Michael Martinez - 12/5/19
- Joe Wilkins - 2/6/20 - Viebranz Visiting Professor of Creative Writing
- Michelle Kuo - 3/5/20
- GennaRose Nethercott - 4/16/20 - Sandra Nelson Poetry Reading
2018-2019 Visiting Writers
- Jill Bialosky - 9/13/18
- Hanif Abdurraqib - 10/11/18
- Madeleine Thien - 11/5/18
- Jac Jemc - 2/7/19 - Viebranz Visiting Professor of Creative Writing
- Brenda Miller - 3/7/19
- Ross Gay - 4/18/19 - Sandra Nelson Poetry Reading
2017-2018 Visiting Writers
- Sue Halpern - 9/7/17
- Sara Schaff and Ben Landry - 11/9/17
- Okey Ndibe - 2/1/18 - Viebranz Visiting Professor of Creative Writing
- John Edgar Wideman - 3/8/18
- Stephanie Elizondo Griest - 3/29/18
- Camille Dungy - 4/12/18 - Sandra Nelson Poetry Reading
2016-2017 Visiting Writers
- Elizabeth Bradfield - 9/19/16
- Valeria Luiselli - 10/20/16
- Chang-rae Lee - 11/10/16
- Fred Arroyo - 2/2/17 - Viebranz Visiting Professor of Creative Writing
- Kelly Grey Carlisle - 3/2/17
- Mark Doty 4/13/17 - Sandra Nelson Poetry Reading
2015-2016 Visiting Writers
- Angie Estes - 9/17/15
- Adam Gopnik - 10/22/15
- John McNally - 11/5/15
- Lillian-Yvonne Bertram - 2/4/16 - Viebranz Visiting Professor of Creative Writing
- Hilton Als - 3/15/16 - CANCELED
- Sandra Lim - 4/21/16 - Sandra Nelson Poetry Reading
2014-2015 Visiting Writers
- David Means - 10/23/14
- Steven Church - 11/13/14
- John Dermot Woods - 2/5/15 - Viebranz Visiting Professor of Creative Writing
- Charlotte Boulay - 3/5/15
- Mark Irwin - 4/2/15 - Sandra Nelson Poetry Reading
- Lorrie Moore - 4/23/15
2013-2014 Visiting Writers
- Pico Iyer - 9/12/13
- Sven Birkerts - 10/3/13
- Elizabeth & Ned Stuckey-French - 11/5/13
- Kirsten Kaschock - 2/27/14 - Viebranz Visiting Professor of Creative Writing
- Daphne Kalotay - 3/27/14
- Mary Biddinger - 4/10/14 - Sandra Nelson Poetry Reading
- Lorrie Moore - 4/28/14
2012-2013 Visiting Writers
- Kathryn Davis
- Kate Bernheimer
- Steve Gehrke
- Rebecca Solnit
- Bernard Cooper
- Pam Houston
- Timothy Donnelly - Sandra Nelson Poetry Reading
- David Shields
- Stephanie Elizondo Griest - Viebranz Visiting Professor of Creative Writing
2011-2012 Visiting Writers
- Andre Dubus, III
- Ellen Akins
- Kevin Young
- Jaimy Gordon
- Joanie Mackowski
- Kristin Kimball
- Mark Slouka - Viebranz Visiting Professor of Creative Writing
2010-2011 Visiting Writers
- Gabriel Okara
- George Saunders
- Peter Campion
- Robert Finch
- Dinty Moore
- Gish Jen
- Patricia Smith
- Brock Clark
- Peter Selgin, Viebranz Visiting Professor of Creative Writing
2009-2010 Visiting Writers
- Francine Prose
- Steve Almond
- Scott Russell Sanders
- Nathaniel Mackey
- Antonya Nelson
- Christian Bok
- Gerald Early
- Richard Rubin, Viebranz Visiting Professor of Creative Writing
2008-2009 Visiting Writers
- Bill McKibben
- Jennifer Brice
- Stanley Moss
- Jennifer Egan
- Richard Rubin, Viebranz Visiting Professor of Creative Writing
- Lawrence Hill
- Cathy Park Hong
- David Shields
- Thomas McGuane
2007-2008 Visiting Writers
- Toi Derricotte
- Tess Gallagher
- Robert Root
- Jane Hamilton
- Phillip Lopate
- Alice Elliott Dark
- K.L. Cook, Viebranz Visiting Professor of Creative Writing
- Cornelius Eady
- Fath Adiele
- Sena Jeter Naslund
2006-2007 Visiting Writers
- Lee Martin
- Quraysh Ali Lansana
- Thomas Lynch
- Percival Everett
- Thaddeus Rutkowski
- Naomi Gutman
- Nick Carbo
- Lynn Freed
- Trudy Lewis, Viebranz Visiting Professor of Creative Writing
2005-2006 Visiting Writers
- Lorrie Moore
- Marion Roach
- Brenda Flanagan
- Stuart Dybeck
- Tom Chiarella and Dennis McNally
- Naiomi Shihab Nye
- David Lloyd
- John Daniel, Viebranz Visiting Professor of Creative Writing
2004-2005 Visiting Writers
- Peter Ho Davies
- John Irving
- Harryette Mullen
- Jane Satterfield
- Marjorie Sandor
- Carol Bly
- Rick Bass
- Timothy Liu
- John Daniel, Viebranz Visiting Professor of Creative Writing
2003-2004 Visiting Writers
- Cathy Bao Bean
- Charles Baxter
- Michael Steinberg
- Robin Hemley
- John Daniel, Viebranz Visiting Professor of Creative Writing
- Dionne Brand
- John Metcalf
- Nuala Ni Dhonhnaill
- Patricia Hempl
- Anthony Kellman
2002-2003 Visiting Writers
- Elizabeth Inness-Brown
- Judith Ortiz Cofer
- Janisse Ray
- Afua Cooper
- Heather Sellers, Viebranz Visiting Professor of Creative Writing
- Ishan Abdul Rahiim
- Alan Cheuse
- Jane Hamilton
- Cyril Dabydeen
2001-2002 Visiting Writers
- Joel Peckham & Susan Atefate-Peckham
- Gayle Pemberton
- Kate Cohen
- Joy Harjo
- Heather Sellers, Viebranz Visiting Professor of Creative Writing
- Richard McBrien
- Richrd Ford
- Steven Dunn
2000-2001 Visiting Writers
- John D'Agata
- Carolyn Wright
- Colin Harrison & Katherine Harrison
- Alberto Rios
- David Shields
- Robin Hemley, Inaugural Viebranz Visiting Professor of Creative Writing
- Paul Muldoon
- Chase Twichel
1999-2000 Visiting Writers
- Edwidge Danticat
- Amiri Baraka and Blue Ark
- Andrea Barrett
- Tobias Wolff
- Janette Turner Hospital
- Chinua Achebe
- Billy Collins
- Wole Soyinka
1998-1999 Visiting Writers
- Desmond Nakano
- Rosellen Brown
- Robert Coover
- Jo Ann Beard
- Susan Griffin
- Elizabeth Stuckey-French
- Lisa Jarnot
- Tim O'Brien
1997-1998 Visiting Writers
- Ishmael Reed
- Jay McInerney
- Colette Inez
- Russell Banks
- Sandra Cisneros
1996-1997 Visiting Writers
- Jay Wright
- Lucy Grealy
- W.P. Kinsella
- Paule Marshall
- Diana DiPrima
1995-1996 Visiting Writers
- Amiri Baraka
- Gloria Naylor
- Amy Hempel
- Shimmer Chinodya
- Diana Hume George
- Michael Ondaatje
- Elizabeth Denton