Visiting Writers

Each residency features a new group of distinguished visiting faculty and artists–learn more about them here.

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Paige Ackerson-Kiely

Visiting Alumnx Poet, Summer 2021

Kaveh Akbar

Visiting Poet, Summer 2022

Anna Badkhen

Visiting Writer, MFA in Writing

Alison Bechdel

Visiting Creative Nonfiction Writer, Summer 2016

Emily Bernard

Visiting Writer, Winter 2020

Dominic Bucca

Visiting Alumnx CNF Writer, Summer 2022

Mary Cappello

Visiting Creative Nonfiction Writer, Summer 2017

Joy Castro

Visiting Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Writer, Winter 2016

Alexander Chee

Visiting Writer, Winter 2018

Chen Chen

Visiting Writer, Winter 2020

Mojie Crigler

Visiting Alumnx Creative Nonfiction Writer, Winter 2016

Kyle Dargan

Visiting Poet, Winter 2017

Tere Dávila

Visiting Writer, Winter 2018

Jaquira Díaz

Visiting CNF Writer, Summer 2022

Allison Grimaldi Donahue

Visiting Writer, MFA in Writing

Camille Dungy

Visiting Writer [Poetry][CNF], MFA in Writing

Danielle Evans

Visiting Fiction Writer, Summer 2018

Tarfia Faizullah

Visiting Poet, Summer 2016

Dewaine Farria

Visiting Alumnx Fiction Writer, Summer 2020

Fernando A. Flores

Visiting Fiction Writer, Winter 2022

Vievee Francis

Visiting Poet, Summer 2020

William Giraldi

Faculty, Postgraduate Writers' Conference; Visiting Creative Nonfiction Writer, Winter 2023

Diana Goetsch

Visiting Writer, Winter 2020

James Hannaham

Visiting Fiction Writer, Summer 2016

Terrance Hayes

Visiting Poet, Winter 2019

Yuri Herrera

Visiting VCFA Reads Author, Winter 2018

Garrett Hongo

Visiting Poet, Summer 2019

Ravi Howard

Visiting Fiction Writer, Winter 2023

Samantha Hunt

Visting Fiction Writer, MFA in Writing

Dionne Irving

Visiting Writer, MFA in Writing

Major Jackson

Distinguished Visiting Poet, Winter 2016

Laurie Jean

Visiting Alumnx Creative Nonfiction Writer, Winter 2021

Tyehimba Jess

Visiting Poet, Winter 2018

J. Kates

Visiting Translator, Winter 2017

Yusef Komunyakaa

Visiting Poet, Winter 2022

Victor LaValle

Visiting Fiction Writer, Summer 2017

Kiese Laymon

Visiting Creative Nonfiction Writer, Summer 2020

Sydney Lea

Visiting Writer, Winter 2020

Jeffrey Thomas Leong

Visiting Alumni Poet & Translator, Summer 2018

Ada Limón

Visiting Poet, Summer 2017

Carmen Maria Machado

Visiting Fiction Writer, Winter 2019

Terese Marie Mailhot

Visiting Creative Nonfiction Writer, Winter 2019

Lauren Markham

Visiting Alumnx CNF Writer, Winter 2018

Alex Marzano-Lesnevich

Visiting Creative Nonfiction Writer, Winter 2021

Khaled Mattawa

Visiting Poet & Translator, Summer 2021

Jamaal May

Visiting Poet, Summer 2016

Richard Michelson

Visiting Alumni Poet, Winter 2017

Maggie Nelson

Visiting Writer, Winter 2017

Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Visiting Poet, Winter 2021

Jenny Offill

Visiting Fiction Writer, Summer 2020

Tommy Orange

Visiting Fiction Writer, Winter 2021

Wendy C. Ortiz

Visiting CNF Writer, Summer 2019

Jericho Parms

Alumnx Creative Nonfiction Writer, Winter 2017

Dolen Perkins-Valdez

Visiting Fiction Writer, Summer 2022

Emily Raboteau

Visiting Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Writer, Summer 2017

Mary Ruefle

Visiting Poet, Summer 2018

Sarah Seltzer

Visiting Writer, MFA in Writing

Sean Singer

Patricia Smith

Faculty, Postgraduate Writers' Conference; Visiting Poet, Winter 2023

Patricia Spears Jones

Visiting Writer, MFA in Writing

Bianca Stone

Faculty, Postgraduate Writers' Conference

Liara Tamani

Visiting Alumnx Fiction Writer, Winter 2019

Liza Nash Taylor

Visiting Alumnx Fiction Writer, Winter 2022

Clifford Thompson

Faculty, MFA in Writing [CNF][hybrid]

Kirstin Valdez Quade

Visiting Writer, Winter 2020

Laura van den Berg

Visiting Fiction Writer, Summer 2021

Jerald Walker

Visiting Creative Nonfiction Writer, Summer 2021

Amy Wallen

Visiting Alumnx CNF Writer, Summer 2019

Wendy S. Walters

Visiting CNF Writer, Winter 2022

Laura Warrell

Faculty, Novel Retreat; Visiting Alumnx Fiction Writer, Winter 2023

Sunil Yapa

Visiting Fiction Writer, Summer 2019

Paul Yoon

Visiting Fiction Writer, Summer 2021