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Visiting Writers Series

Celebrating over 60 years, the nationally-renowned Visiting Writers Series at UMass Amherst presents emerging and established writers of poetry, fiction and non-fiction. The Series is sponsored by the MFA for Poets and Writers and the Juniper Initiative, and made possible with support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the University of Massachusetts Arts Council, and the English Department.

Events are at 6pm at the UMass Old Chapel. Readings are wheelchair accessible, free, and open to the public. Amherst Books carries books by our Visiting Writers and will be at the Old Chapel for each reading. 

 

Visiting Writers Series, Fall 2024

September 19: Tongo Eisen-Martin

October 24: Hanif Abdurraqib

November 14: Rae Armantrout

December 5: Yuri Herrera & Lisa Dillman

 

Fall 2023

September 28: Lisa Olstein

October 19: Dorothea Lasky

November 16: Andrea Lawlor

November 30: Gabriel Bump

 

Fall 2022

September 29: Abigail Chabitnoy

October 20: Edie Meidav

November 3: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

November 17: Kyle Dacuyan

 

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