The Creative Writing Visiting Writers Series
This series sponsors regular visits by distinguished creative writers. The public is invited to these readings, and the writers often visit schools and other community sites as well. Poets and fiction writers who have visited UT include Gloria Naylor, Sharon Olds, Richard Bausch, C.K. Williams, Mary Oliver, Denise Levertov, William Stafford, Louise Gluck, Li-Young Lee, Tess Gallagher, Garrett Hongo, Carolyn Forche, X.J. Kennedy, W.D. Snodgrass, Beth Ann Fennelly, Tom Franklin, Bobbie Ann Mason, Terrence Hayes, Elizabeth Gilbert, Yusef Komunyakaa, Antonya Nelson, Barry Hannah, Marge Piercy, Dorothy Allison, Joy Harjo, Charles Baxter, Lucille Clifton, Natalie Diaz, Adam Johnson, Rebecca Gayle Howell, Jesmyn Ward, Brad Watson, Marc Jarman, Kay Ryan, Colum McCann, Elizabeth McCracken, Maggie Shipstead, Diana Khoi Nguyen, Jess Walter, Claire Vaye Watkins, Ocean Vuong, Peter Ho Davies and Safia Elhillo.