Visiting Writers Series
Nebraska Wesleyan University's Visiting Writers Series brings prominent national and international writers to campus. In addition to giving public readings, our visiting writers meet with students to discuss the craft of writing. The mission of this series remains the promotion of literary experiences with contemporary writers meant to enliven and to educate young writers here at NWU.
All readings are free and open to the public.
Past Visiting Writers
| Year | Writers |
|---|---|
| Fall 2024 | Callie Garnett Mary Austin |
| Fall 2023 | Michael Walsh |
| Fall 2022 | Sasha Steensen Sarah Fay |
| Spring 2022 | Charlotte Pence |
| Fall 2021 | Shandana Minhas Ameena Hussein |
| Spring 2021 | Kiki Petrosino Dan Rosenberg T.C. Tolbert Farid Matuk |
| Fall 2020 | Marc Rahe Joyelle McSweeney |
| Spring 2020 | Maria Dahvana Headley Jillian Weise |
| Fall 2019 | Lauren Haldeman Prageeta Sharma Theodore Wheeler |
| Spring 2019 | Ishmael Klein Julia Whicker Anjali Sachdeva |
| Fall 2018 | Traci Brimhall Lisa Wells Jamel Brinkley |
| Spring 2018 | Carolyn Hembree Sandy Longhorn Julie Schumacher Robyn Schiff Nick Twemlow |
| Fall 2017 | Cole Swensen Carol Guess |
| Spring 2017 | Brenda Shaughnessy Brian Blanchfield |
| Fall 2016 | Peter Gizzi Claudia Rankine Lucy Ives |
| Spring 2016 | Porochista Khakpour Michael Knight Shane McCrae |
| Fall 2015 | Dagoberto Gilb J.D. Schraffenberger Kit Yan |
| Spring 2015 | Sarah Braunstein Erik Campbell Robert Fernandez Mary Hickman Amaud Jamaul Johnson Bradford Tice |
| Fall 2014 | Mark Jay Brewin, Jr. Travis Mossotti David James Poissant Christine Sneed |
| Spring 2014 | Trey Moody Joshua Robbins Mary Helen Stefaniak |
| Fall 2013 | Tricia Currans-Sheehan Jeanne Emmons Kristi Maxwell Bradford Tice Laura van den Berg |
| Spring 2013 | Oni Buchanan Charlotte Pence Adam Prince John Walker Jon Woodward |
| Fall 2012 | Chi Tak Chan Chun Ying Lin Caryl Pagel Lysley Tenorio Stephanie Ye |
| Spring 2012 | Suzanne Buffam Jennifer S. Davis David Philip Mullins Srikanth Reddy |
| Fall 2011 | Margaret Lazarus Dean Hye-Kyung Lee Dorothy Tse Susan Wheeler Yueran Zhang |
| Spring 2011 | Jessica Savitz Willy Vlautin |
| Fall 2010 | Meg Kearney Ed Roberson Robert Wrigley |
| Spring 2010 | Arthur Smith Hannah Tinti |
| Fall 2009 | Marcia Douglas John McManus |
| Spring 2009 | Mary Jo Bang Brian Evenson Sheila Heti Gary Lutz |
| Fall 2008 | Joanna Klink Timothy Liu |
| Spring 2008 | Chris Bachelder William Henry Lewis Ben Marcus Selah Saterstrom |
| Fall 2007 | Erik Campbell Graham Foust Christian Hawkey Harryette Mullen Sawako Nakayasu |
| Spring 2007 | Cary Holladay Josip Novakovich Julie Orringer Bapsi Sidhwa |
| Fall 2006 | Grace Bauer Anthony Hawley Jeffrey McDaniel Robyn Schiff |
| Spring 2006 | Chris Offutt Z.Z. Packer |
| Fall 2005 | John D’Agata Denise Duhamel Dean Young |