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The Distinguished Visiting Writers Program was
instituted in 1978 at the University of Idaho. It brings
three to five nationally recognized authors to campus each
year to provide graduates and undergraduates with a week of intensive instruction in poetry,
fiction, or nonfiction writing, both in workshop settings and in one-on-one sessions. The
workshop sessions are generally offered as a one-credit course. The credit
can be used as part of the degree requirements for the B.A. in English,
the M.F.A. in Creative Writing, and the M.A. in English.
Distinguished Visiting Writers are chosen not
only for their talent as teachers and writers, but also for the diversity
they bring to students in terms of genre, vision, voice, and background.
Among those who have taught in the program are Kathy Acker, Charles Baxter, Ann Beattie,
Robert Boswell, Ron Carlson, Lan Samantha Chang, Joshua Ferris, Billy Collins, Robert Coover, Samuel R. Delany, Mark Doty,
David James Duncan, Stephen Dunn, Tony Earley, Ben Fountain, Raymond Federman,
Carolyn Forche, Jorie Graham, Robert Hass, Ursula Hegi, Tony Hoagland, Ann
Pancake, Stanley Kunitz, Li-Young Lee,
Patricia Hampl, Margot Livesey, Mark Halliday, Beverly Lowry, Carole Maso,
Campbell McGrath, Rebecca
McClanahan, Heather McHugh,
Antonya Nelson, Sharon Olds, Marilynne
Robinson, Sonia Sanchez,
Natasha Tretheway, Ellen
Bryant Voigt, Derek
Walcott, and David Foster Wallace.
In addition to the Distinguished Visiting Writers
series, we also invite many other renowned writers to give readings on
campus throughout the year.
2009-2010 Visiting Writers
Denise Duhamel (September 23, 2009.
Location TBA)
Denise Duhamel is the author of numerous books and chapbooks of
poetry. Her most recent titles are Two and Two (University of
Pittsburgh, 2005) and Mille et un sentiments (Firewheel
Editions, 2005). Her other books currently in print are Queen for a
Day: Selected and New Poems (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2001),
The Star-Spangled Banner, winner of the Crab Orchard Poetry
Prize (1999); Kinky (1997); Girl Soldier (1996); and
How the Sky Fell (1996). A winner of an National Endowment for
the Arts Fellowship, she has been anthologized widely, including four
volumes of The Best American Poetry.
Michael Dahlie (2009 PEN/Hemingway
Award Winner)
October 7, 2009 (Location TBA)
Michael Dahlie, winner of the 2009 Hemingway
Foundation/PEN Award in Fiction, is the author of A
Gentleman’s Guide to Graceful Living. His fiction can be found in
places like Ploughshares, Mississipi Review, and The
Kenyon Review. The New York Times called A Gentleman's
Guide to Graceful Living "A discretely charming book." Booklist
noted how “Dahlie’s dark humor and light
touch elevate [his] debut about a damaged man determined to make the
best of the rest of his life.” He lives in New York City with his wife,
Allison Lynn. A Gentleman’s Guide to Graceful Living is his
first novel. The University of Idaho's Creative Writing Program and the
Hemingway Review have partnered with the Hemingway Foundation/PEN
New England in the annual award. Each year, the winner visits the
University of Idaho to read and meet with students, faculty, and the
community.
Steve Almond (October 21, 2009. Location TBA)
Steve Almond is the author
of two story collections, My Life in Heavy Metal and The
Evil B.B. Chow, the non-fiction book Candyfreak, and the
novel Which Brings Me to You, co-written with Julianna Baggott.
He lives outside Boston with his wife and baby daughter Josephine.
Spring 2010
Susan Orlean (TBA)
Susan Orlean is a staff writer for The New
Yorker, and acclaimed author of The Bullfighter Checks her Makeup,
My Kind of Place, Lazy Little Loafers, the award-winning,
The Orchid Thief, and others. The Orchid Thief was a New
York Times bestseller, a Barnes and Noble Discover book, a Borders
New Voices selection, an honoree in the American Library Association and
New York Public Library books-of-the-year selections, and the subject of
the movie, Adaptation.
For further information, please contact
the Coordinator of Creative Writing Brandon Schrand at
bschrand@uidaho.edu.
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