The Visiting Writers Series
Each semester the ESU Creative Writing Program, along with other departments such as the Department of English, Modern Languages, and Journalism; the ESU Special Events Board; the ESU Performing Arts Board; and the ESU Ethnic and Gender Studies Program, hosts visiting writers from around the country that specialize in various forms and genres of writing.
Past Visiting Writers
Peter J. Harris, April 20, 2017
Julie Hensley, March 30, 2017
Bob Johnson, March 30, 2017
Laura Moriarty, March 10, 2017
Maryfrances Wagner, February 27, 2017
Greg Field, February 27, 2017
William H. Clamurro, February 1, 2017
Kevin Rabas, November 7, 2016
Lisa Greenwood, October 12, 2016
Dennis Etzel Jr., October 6, 2016
Robert Stewart, September 19, 2016
Bernadette Murphy, April 15, 2016
Allison Joseph, March 10, 2016
Jon Tribble, March 10, 2016
Tracey Million Simmons, February 29, 2016
Mike Graves, February 29, 2016
William Trowbridge, January 29, 2016
Alli Jordan, November 6, 2015
Dan Jorgensen, October 27, 2015
Andrés Rodríguez, October 9, 2015
Jimmy Santiago Baca, September 21, 2015
Megan Kaminski, April 16, 2015
S. Portico Bowman, March 30, 2015
Laura Lee Washburn, March 30, 2015
Stephen Locke, March 9, 2015
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, March 9, 2015
Whitney Terrell, March 5, 2015
Kevin Willmott, Nov. 3, 2014
Benjamin Cartwright, Oct. 24, 2014
Frank Higgins, Sept. 22, 2014
Julene Bair, September 11, 2014
Jose Faus, Sept. 5, 2014
Ramona McCallum, April 18, 2014
Stan Banks, April 10, 2014
Stephen Meats, April 4, 2014
Leah Sewell, March 28, 2014
Xanath Caraza, March 14, 2014
Dennis Etzel, Jr, March 10, 2014
Darren Canady, Nov. 18, 2013
Kij Johnson, Nov. 4, 2013
Donald Reichardt, Oct. 15, 2013
Robert Rebein, Oct. 7, 2013
Julianne Couch, Oct. 3, 2013
Prospero's Poets, Sept. 29, 2013
Gary Gildner, Sept. 26, 2013
Israel Wasserstein, April 26, 2014
Susan Jackson Rodgers, April 11, 2013
Bart Edelman, April 5, 2013
Mary Stone Dockery, March 8, 2013
Lisa Moritz, March 8, 2013
Poets 150, March 1, 2013
Eric McHenry, Feb 4, 2013
Hardy Jones, Nov 19, 2012
Esther Luttrell, Nov 5, 2012
Kellie Wells, Oct 15, 2012
Penny Weiner, Oct 12, 2012
Don Levering, Sept 21, 2012
Bill Sheldon, Sept 12, 2012
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg Aug 31, 2012
Matt Porubsky and Leah Sewell, Fall 2011
Jen McConnell, Fall 2011
Eric McHenry, Fall 2011
Caleb Ross, Fall 2011
Sarah Smarsh, Spring 2011
Joseph Harrington, Spring 2011
Kevin Willmott, Fall 2010
Thomas Fox Averill, Fall 2010
Cheryl Unruh, Fall 2010
Matt Porubsky, Fall 2010
Kevin Haworth, Fall 2010
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, Spring 2010
Jeffrey Thomson, Spring 2009
Dan Jaffe, Fall 2008
Paul Lim, Fall 2008
Ariel Robello, Fall 2008
Denise Low, Spring 2008
Eloise Klein Healy, Spring 2008
Dennis Etzel, Jr., Spring 2008
Tasha Haas, Spring 2008
John Jenkinson, Spring 2008
Richard Uhlig, Fall 2007
Gary Gildner, Fall 2007
Tim Seibles, Spring 2007
Selah Saterstrom, Spring 2007
Jay Boyer, Fall 2006
Daniel Spees, Fall 2006
Bill Sheldon, Fall 2006
Steven Hind, Fall 2006
Sharman Apt Russell, Spring 2006
Max McCoy, Fall 2005
Darren DeFrain, Fall 2005
Amy Fleury, Spring 2005
Bart Edelman, Spring 2005
Jeffrey Thomson, Fall 2004
Gary Gildner, Fall 2004
Diana Joseph, Spring 2004
Ron Carlson, Fall 2003
Cheryl Lachowski, Fall 2002
Melissa Pritchard, Fall 2001
Tom Averill, Fall 2001
Fred D'Aguiar, Spring 2001
Kansas Women Writers, Spring 2001
Elizabeth Dodd, Laura Washburn, and Amy Fleury
Amy Fleury, Fall 2000
Don Levering, Spring 2000
H. Lee Barnes, Spring 2000
Amy Blackmarr, Spring 2000
Bill Kloefkorn, Fall 1999
Mary Crockett Hill, Fall 1999
Jay Wright, Spring 1999
Amiri Baraka, Spring 1999
Joyce Carol Thomas, Spring 1999
The Writers' Place on the Move, Fall 1998
Phyllis Becker, Phil Miller, Robert Stewart,
Donna Trussell, Gloria Vando, Keith Denniston
Ron Carlson, Spring 1998
Jacqueline Berger, Spring 1998
E. Ethelbert Miller, Spring 1998
John Burnside, Fall 1997
Sonya Sanchez, Spring 1997
Sherod Santos and Lynn McMahon, Spring 1997
Alberto Alvaro Rios, Fall 1996