Readings and Lectures

The Visiting Writers Series

Reading series sponsored by the English Department with additional support from the Mabel Groseclose Fund.

For more information:

• Visiting Writers Reading Series 2012-2013
• Visiting Writers Reading Series 2011-2012
• Visiting Writers Reading Series 2010-2011
• Visiting Writers Reading Series 2009-2010  
• Visiting Writers Reading Series 2008-2009
• Visiting Writers Reading Series 2007-2008
• Visiting Writers Reading Series 2005-2006
• Visiting Writers Reading Series 2004-2005

The Walt Whitman Lecture

An annual reading by a prominent writer sponsored by the English Department with support from the Mabel Groseclose Fund and the Office of the President.

• 2008-2009 Charles Simic, Former U.S. Poet Laureate
• 2007-2008 Richard Wilbur, Former U.S. Poet Laureate
• 2005-2006 Galway Kinnell
• 2004-2005 Billy Collins, Former U.S. Poet Laureate
• 2003-2004 W.S Merwin
• 2002-2003: Derek Walcott, Nobel Laureate
• 2001-2002: Robert Pinsky
• 2000-2001: Adrienne Rich
• 1999-2000: Louise Gluck
• 1998-99: Seamus Heaney, Nobel Laureate
• 1997-98: Stanley Kunitz