• U of A
• Fulbright College
• Departments
• English
• Graduate
• M.F.A. in Creative Writing
• Visiting Writers

Visiting Writers

Every year, visiting writers and translators read student manuscripts, offer editorial advice, and present public readings. This is a partial list of recent guests:

2018

• Esther Allen
• Marie-Helene Bertino
• Jennifer Grotz

2017

• Natalie Diaz
• Clare Cavanagh

2016

• Chris Abani
• Karen Tei Yamashita

2015

• Olivia Sears
• David Bezmozgis
• Dave Smith

2014

• Mary Kay Zuravlev
• Daniel Simon

2013

• Caryl Phillips
• Marian Schwartz
• Jeffery Skinner
• Sarah Gorham
• Don Bogen
• Rodney Jones

2012

• Elizabeth Harris
• Michelle Boisseau
• Alexis Levitin
• William Logan
• Steve Yarbrough

2011

• Leslie Daniels

2011

• Marilyn Nelson

2010

• Joanie Mackowski

2009

• Breon Mitchell
• Ron Slate
• Mark Slouka

2008

• Jennifer Chang
• Tom Franklin
• Michael Palma

2007

• John Dufresne
• Mary Morissy
• Paul Zimmer

2006

• Sabina Murray
• A.E. Stallings
• William Gay
• Thomas Lynch

2005

• Ethan Canin
• Pattiann Rogers
• Thom Satterlee
• Maurice Manning
• Jean Thompson

2004

• Franz Wright

2003

• Khaled Mattawa
• Colum McCann
• Gerald Stern

2002

• Amitav Ghosh