Writing Seminars Presents: Lauren Russell

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@ Lauren Russell is the author of A Window That Can Neither Open nor Close: Poems, Plots, Chance (Milkweed Editions, 2024); Descent (Tarpaulin Sky Press, 2020), winner of the Poetry […]

Justin Torres: Albert Dowling Visiting Writer

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@ Justin Torres is the author of Blackouts, winner of the 2023 National Book Award for Fiction, and was a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize, the National Book […]

Solmaz Sharif: Ackerman Visiting Writer

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@ Born in Istanbul to Iranian parents, Solmaz Sharif is the author of Customs (Graywolf Press, 2022) and Look (Graywolf Press, 2016), a finalist for the National Book Award. She […]

Peter Carey: Chaffee Visiting Writer

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@ Peter Carey is one of three writers in history to have won the Booker Prize twice, first for Oscar and Lucinda and then for True History of the Kelly […]

Mary Ruefle: Sullivan and Elder Visiting Poet

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@ Mary Ruefle is the author of many books, including The Book  (Wave Books, 2023), Dunce (Wave Books, 2019), which was a finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize, longlisted for the National Book Award and […]

Writing Seminars Presents: Shannon Robinson

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@ Shannon Robinson’s debut short story collection, The Ill-Fitting Skin, is winner of the Press 53 Award for Short Fiction. Her writing has appeared in The Gettysburg Review, The Iowa […]