Writers at the University

Each year, the Department of English and Writing sponsors a series of readings and talks by internationally known authors. Among the writers who have read on the UT campus are Li-Young Lee, Christopher Buckley, Anne Beattie, Kim Addonizio, Dinty Moore, Yusef Komunyakaa, Peter Matthiessen, W.S. Merwin, Dorothy Allison, Naomi Shihab Nye, Robert Dana, Susan Perabo, Margaret Gibson, Niyi Osundare, Jericho Brown, Carolyn Ferrell, Gelerah Asayesh, Samrat Upadhyay, Pam Houston and Edwidge Danticat.