Profile

Kaveh Akbar is the author of two books of poetry—Pilgrim Bell (Graywolf 2021) and Calling a Wolf a Wolf (Alice James 2017)—and the editor of The Penguin Book of Spiritual Verse. Born in Tehran, Iran, Kaveh teaches at Purdue University and in the low-residency MFA programs at Randolph and Warren Wilson colleges. He serves as Poetry Editor for The Nation. kavehakbar.com »

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Jamaal May

Visiting Poet, Summer 2016

Tess Lewis

Visiting Literary Translation Writer

Sean Singer

William Giraldi

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

Laura van den Berg

Visiting Fiction Writer, Summer 2021

Major Jackson

Distinguished Visiting Poet, Winter 2016