Distinguished Writers in Residence

Every other year, a distinguished writer in residence joins the Department of English for a semester. The writer typically teaches two courses, usually in seminar format. Faculty in the department work to ensure that seats are made available to undeclared first-year students along with declared English majors. The writer in residence maintains office hours and participates fully in university life. In addition to the contributions the writer makes in the classroom, he or she is also invited to give one or more public lectures to the larger campus community.

	Honor Moore Distinguished Writer in Residence, 2011 Honor Moore writes in almost every genre and has won awards in most. The Bishop's Daughter, Moore's 2008 memoir, was recently released in paperback (May 2009) along with... (read more)
	Colson Whitehead Distinguished Writer in Residence, 2009 Colson Whitehead was born in 1969, and was raised in Manhattan. After graduating from Harvard College, he started working at the Village Voice, where he wrote reviews of television... (read more)
	Tomaz Salamun Distinguished Writer in Residence, 2007 Slovenian poet Tomaž Šalamun is one of Europe’s most prominent poets and a leader of the Eastern European avant-garde. Early in his career he edited the literary magazine Perspektive and... (read more)
	Josephine Humphreys Distinguished Writer in Residence, 2005 Josephine Humphreys is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She is the author of Dreams of Sleep, which won the 1985 Hemingway Foundation Award for a first work of fiction... (read more)
	Diane Ackerman Distinguished Writer in Residence, 2001 Poet, essayist, and naturalist, Diane Ackerman is the author of two dozen highly acclaimed works of nonfiction and poetry, including A Natural History of the Senses -- a book beloved by... (read more)
	Angela Ball Distinguished Writer in Residence, 1999 Angela Ball is professor of English in the Center for Writers at the University of Southern Mississippi and poetry editor for Mississippi Review... (read more)

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