Great Writers, Great Readings Series
Great Writers, Great Readings was launched by Hofstra University in recognition of the importance of writing and literature in a liberal arts education. In addition to a baccalaureate degree in English, Hofstra currently offers an M.F.A. in Creative Writing and an M.A. in English. The program's faculty include playwright Erik Brogger, authors Patricia Horvath and Julia Markus, and two Guggenheim Fellows: novelist Martha McPhee and poet Phillis Levin.
Each Great Writers, Great Readings event brings a notable author to campus to meet with creative writing students for a short workshop and question/answer session. The author also conducts a reading and book signing that is open to the public. Sometimes the authors use this forum as an opportunity to introduce new, unpublished works.
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Fall 2014-Spring 2015
Former poet laureate of Maryland Michael Collier (October 14); Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Jeffrey Eugenides (November 10); Kirkus Outstanding Debut Book Award winner Belinda McKeon (December 3); DT Max (February 25); Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Quiara Alegría Hudes (March 18); and poet and children's book author Elizabeth Spires (April 22).
Michael Collier
Tues., Oct. 14, 2014
7 p.m.
Jeffrey K. Eugenides
Mon., Nov. 10, 2014
7 p.m.
Belinda McKeon
Wed., Dec. 3, 2014
11:15 a.m.
D.T. Max
Wed., Feb. 25, 2015
11:15 a.m.
Quiara Alegría Hudes
Wed., Mar. 18, 2015
11:15 a.m.
Elizabeth Spires
Wed., Apr. 22, 2015
7 p.m.
Past Guest Authors
Fall 2013-Spring 2014: former U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winner Philip Levine (September 25), Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jennifer Egan (November 4); National Book Critics' Circle Award-winner Anne Fadiman (February 26); playwright Annie Baker (April 2); award-winning poet Phillis Levin (April 23). Additionally, a special reading of works by students in Hofstra's M.F.A. in Creative Writing (May 7).
Fall 2012-Spring 2013: Mark Strand, Colum McCann, Vivian Gornick, Erik Brogger and Marilyn Nelson.
Fall 2011-Spring 2012: John Edgar Wideman, Gerald Stern, Alice McDermott, Tom Sleigh, and David Lindsay-Abaire
Fall 2010 to Spring 2011: Tomaž Šalamun, Stephen Dunn, Thomas Lynch, Amy Hempel, Martha McPhee, Christopher Durang
Fall 2009 to Spring 2010: Patricia Hampl, Frank Bidart, Craig Lucas, Mona Simpson and Rosanna Warren
Fall 2008 to Spring 2009: Ann Beattie, Molly Peacock, Deborah Eisenberg, Paul Muldoon and Sarah Ruhl
Fall 2007 to Spring 2008: Eavan Boland, Antonio Cisneros, Kiran Desai, Edmund White, Jonathan Letham and Lynn Nottage
Fall 2006 to Spring 2007: John McPhee, Sharon Olds, Terrance Hayes, Richard Greenberg and Lorrie Moore.
Fall 2005 to Spring 2006: Charles Simic, Haruki Murakami, Donald Margulies, Jean Valentine, Edward P. Jones and Jonathan Franzen.
Fall 2004 to Spring 2005: Jamaica Kincaid, Louise Glück, Cynthia Ozick, Kenneth Lonergan, Vivian Gornick and William S. Merwin.