Ars Poetica
Visiting Writers

The EOU literary lecture series Ars Poetica has promoted literary arts in the region since its inception in the early 1960s, hosting as many as a dozen visiting writers every academic year. Past visiting writers include Czeslaw Milosz, Denise Levertov, Richard Hugo, William Stafford, Robert Creeley, among others.

In more recent years, Ars Poetica has hosted readings and workshops by Debra Earling, William Kittredge, Garrett Hongo, Sherman Alexie, Peter Rock, Dorianne Laux, Jon Davis, Christopher Buckley, Marie Howe, Carl Adamshick, Katrina Roberts, Anthony Doerr, Michael McGriff, Jess Walter, Crystal Williams, Matthew Dickman, and many more.

The 2012-13 Ars Poetica schedule will feature readings by Molly Gloss, Keejte Kuipers, Joshua McKinney, and Danielle Deulen.

Visiting writers for the Summer 2013 and Winter 2014 MFA residencies will be announced in this space soon.