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Donald Hall was on campus fall 2005 |
Each year, about
a dozen visiting writers come to campus to give readings, conduct workshops,
and talk to students about writing and the writing life. Many of these writers are winners of the
Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award,
and are best-selling authors such as Ernest Gaines and Bret Lott (whose
novels were selected for the Oprah Book Club), or distinguished poets and
playwrights such as Donald Hall and Tina Howe. Many other younger writers visit as well,
whose new writing and recent experiences are just what our students are
facing at the beginning of their writing careers. |
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Tayari Jones reads from her fiction on
November 3, 2005 |
Past visitors
have included such distinguished authors as Kim Addonizio,
Robert Bly, Janet Burroway, Robert Olen Butler,
Judith Ortiz Cofer, Billy Collins, Peter Ho Davies,
Cornelius Eady, Clyde Edgerton, Lynn Emanuel, Alice
Fulton, Margaret Gibson, Jaimy Gordon, Bob Hicok, Rodney Jones, Arthur Kopit,
Maxine Kumin, Frances Mayes, W. S. Merwin, Ethelbert Miller, Marilyn Nelson, Charles Simic, Miller Williams, and many others. Check Out Our 2007-2008 Calendar |
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Janet Burroway was a thesis reader for a play by Wayne Thomas
(MFA 2003) |
Some visiting
writers have served as outside readers for student theses, including Brad
Barkley, Janet Burroway, K. L. Cook, Margaret
Gibson, Jaimy Gordon, Lola Haskins, Tina Howe,
Honoree Fanonne Jeffers, Allison Joseph, Dinty W. Moore, Sue William Silverman, and Charles Simic. Several of
our students have interviewed writers (John Guare,
Bob Hicok, Jane Hirshfield,
Tina Howe, and Charles Simic) for Arts & Letters. |
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Li-Young Lee leading a
poetry workshop for GCSU students |
At GCSU, our students have
opportunities to interact with visiting writers in a variety of settings, both in and
out of the classroom. Students meet
writers in workshops, for talks over coffee, lunch or dinner, both on campus
and off campus downtown or at functions hosted by the faculty. If you are
visiting campus, you might want to check our calendar and plan your trip when
there’s a reading. |
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GCSU is a member of
and Writing Programs
One of only 20 member
colleges nationwide |
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Creative
Writing Program Campus
English
Office: (478) 445-4581 MFA
Office: (478) 445-3509 |
