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Fayetteville, AR 72701

P 479-575-4301
F 479-575-5919
E-mail: engl@uark.edu

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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:

2021

  • A.E. Stallings
  • Brandon Hobson
  • Patricia Smith

2020

  • Julie Buntin and Gabe Habash
  • Idra Novey
  • Linda Bierds

2019

  • Curtis Bauer
  • Robin Becker
  • Howard Norman

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

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