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Wofford Writers Series

The Wofford Writers Series has been an important resource for the Wofford literary community since 1984. Since then it has brought to campus four or five writers each year, ranging from the Nobel Prize winning poet Seamus Heaney to promising and important regional writers such as George Singleton, all of whom read from their work and meet informally with students, faculty and guests. These writers provide an insider's understanding of the literary process and inspiration for all who put words on a page.

Guest Speakers 1984 - Present
2010-2011	Deno Trakas, author Julie Otsuka, novelist Judith Ortiz Cofer poet Batt Humphries, novelist Myna Joseph's film "Man" Mike Smith, poet
2009-2010	Richard Tillinghast, poet Jeff VanderMeer, novelist Rebecca McClanahan, poet Richard Russo, novelist
2008-2009	Sheri Reynolds, novelist Jon Thompson, poet Wofford Poets Richard Bausch, novelist
2007-2008	Josephine Humphreys, novelist Rachel Harkai, poet Gilbert Allen, poet David Romtvedt, poet Nikky Finney, poet Aryn Kyle, novelist
2006-2007	Larry Heinemann, fiction Ann Fisher-Wirth, poetry Rebecca McClanahan, poetry James C. Cobb, non-fiction
2005-2006	Ha Jin, fiction Hal Crowther, essay Tommy Hays, fiction Lee Smith, fiction
2004-2005	Orson Scott Card, fiction Coleman Barks, poetry David Lee, poetry Thorpe Moeckel, poetry Sharyn McCrumb, fiction
2002-2003	Charles Johnson, fiction Thorpe Moeckel, poetry David Romtvedt, poetry and music Rolando Hinojosa, fiction George Singleton, fiction Bill Bryson, non-fiction prose
2001-2002	Ron Rash, poetry and fiction Pam Durban, fiction Donald Hall, poetry Padgett Powell, fiction
2000-2001	Tony Earley, fiction David Bottoms, poetry Judson Mitcham, poetry Andrew Hudgins, poetry
1999-2000	W.D. Snodgrass, poetry Tim McLaurin, fiction Brenda Marie Osbey, poetry Cathy Smith Bowers, poetry
1998-1999	Kate Daniels, poetry Richard Murphy, poetry Lewis Nordan, fiction Jill McCorkle, fiction
1997-1998	James Hall, fiction Mary Hood, fiction Barbara Ras, poetry Paul Allen, poetry
1996-1997	George Garrett, fiction Harry Crews, fiction Rebecca McClanahan, poetry Three from Wales, poetry
1995-1996	Andrew Hudgins, poetry Doris Betts, fiction Michael Chitwood, poetry Amy Hempel, fiction
1994-1995	William Price Fox, fiction T.R. Pearson, fiction Kathryn Stripling Byer, poetry Eavan Boland, poetry
1993-1994	Larry Brown, fiction Max Steele, fiction Susan Ludvigson, poetry Michael McFee, poetry
1992-1993	Bret Lott, fiction Dori Sanders, fiction Harry Crews, fiction Claire Bateman, poetry Paul Muldoon, poetry
1991-1992	Donald Hall, poetry Sarah Gilbert, fiction Madison Smartt Bell, fiction James Applewhite, poetry Jane Kenyon, poetry
1990-1991	Robert Creeley, poetry James Wilcox, fiction Jill McCorkle, fiction Nikki Finney, poetry Rodney Jones, poetry
1989-1990	Sterling Watson, fiction Shirley Ann Grau, fiction Elizabeth Spencer, fiction Dave Smith, poetry Peter Davison, poetry
1988-1989	Shelby Hearon, fiction Kaye Gibbons, fiction Jim Peterson, poetry Philip Levine, poetry Ellen Bryant Voight, poetry
1987-1988	Lee Smith, fiction Clyde Edgerton, fiction Barry Hannah, fiction Michael Harper, poetry Bobbi Ann Mason, fiction
1986-1987	James Dickey, poetry Josephine Humphreys, fiction Fred Chappell, poetry Louis Simpson, poetry
1985-1986	Linda Pastan, poetry Carolyn Forche, poetry Peter Meinke, poetry Peter Taylor, fiction
1984-1985	Seamus Heaney, poetry David Wagoner, poetry Tony Connor, poetry Tess Gallagher, poetry John Lane, poetry

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