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Visiting Writers Series
The Visiting Writers Series brings working writers to campus to read from their work, to talk about their writing, and to interact with our students. Both the St. Edward's community and the larger Austin community has benefited from the inspiration of the poets, novelists, and essayists who have shared their talents with us.
 

For more information: kater@stedwards.edu or (512) 464-8871

 
Past Visiting Writers
 

Scott Kaukonen, author of Ordination, a collection of short stories that received the 2004 Ohio State University Prize for Short Fiction. One of the short stories, “Punnett’s Squares,” won the 2004 Chicago Tribune’s Nelson Algren Prize.

Elisa Albert, author of How This Night is Different. Her writing has appeared in several books and anthologies including How to Spell Chanukah.

Edward Schwarzschild, author of Responsible Men, a San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year and a BookSense Notable Pick, and of The Family Diamond, a collection of stories about family, love, and loss.

Owen Egerton, author of How Best to Avoid Dying: Stories, the novel Marshall Hollenzer is Driving, several screenplays (including the award winning Evil Twinkie) and a number of essays. His writing has been featured in Puerto del Sol, Killing the Buddha, Tiferet, Word Riot, and several other magazines and literary journals.

Brian Turner, soldier and poet whose book of poems, Here, Bullet won the 2005 Beatrice Hawley Award and the New York Times “Editor’s Choice” selection.

Naomi Shihab Nye, Poet, novelist and author of You & Yours; Going Going; a Maze Me; 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the middle East, a National Book Award finalist in 2002; Come with Me: Poems for a Journey; Fuel; Red Suitcase; and Habibi, a novel for teens that won six Best Book awards. (Fall 2006)

Corrine Lee, winner of the 2004 National Poetry Series. (Spring 2006)

Hayan Charara, Visiting professor of Poetry Writing at UT-Austin and author of two books of poems, The Alchemist’s Diary and The Sadness of Others. (Fall 2005)

Doug Dorst, Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at St. Edward’s, author of Alive in Necropolis, a novel, and Surf Guru, a collection of stories. (FA 2005)

Jean Valentine, poet; author of Dream Barker, Door in the Mountain: New and Collected Poems 1965-2003; and the winner of the 2004 National Book Award for Poetry. (Spring 2005)

Catherine Rainwater, Professor of English at St. Edward’s University, author of Figuring Animals: Essays on Animal Images in Art, Literature, Philosophy, and Popular Culture and Dreams of Fiery Stars: The Transformations of Native American Fiction. (Spring 2005)

James Magnuson, novelist and playwright, director of the Michener Center for Writers at UT-Austin, and author of Ghost Dancing and Windfall. (Fall 2004)

Br. George Klawitter, Professor of English at St. Edward’s University, poet and author of The Agony of Words, Country Matters and Let Orpheus Take Your Hand. (Fall 2004)

Laurie Lynn Drummond, Author of Anything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You. (Spring 2004)

   

Marie Howe

Nationally recognized poet and author of What the Living Do

Spring 2004

Bret Lott

Author of The Hunt Club and Jewel, an Oprah Book Club selection

Fall 2003

Matthew Sharpe

Author of The Sleeping Father and Nothing is Terrible

Fall 2003

 
2002
Ann McCutchan
 
2001
Susie Kelly Flatau
Karen Stolz
Suzy Spencer
Derek Walcott
 
2000
Lee Gutkind
Lucille Clifton
 
1999
Kathleen Peirce
Stephen Dunn
 
 
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