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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Sydney Lea

Visiting Writer, Winter 2020

Major Jackson

Distinguished Visiting Poet, Winter 2016

Vandana Khanna

Visiting Poet, MFA in Writing

Shruti Swamy

Visiting Fiction Writer

Camille Dungy

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

Jeffrey Thomas Leong

Visiting Alumni Poet & Translator, Summer 2018