Printable view of American University’s Creative Writing Program

Courtesy of American University, by Jeff Watts.

Type:

Reading Venue

Website:

http://www.american.edu/cas/literature/mfa/visiting-writers.cfm [2]

Phone:

(202) 885-2971

E-mail:

lit@american.edu [3]

In a city long known for its creative activity and writers—including Walt Whitman, Langston Hughes, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Katherine Anne Porter, Sterling Brown, William Meredith, and Doris Grumbach—American University continues the tradition by serving as a lively venue for creative work by both established and emerging writers. Through their Visiting Writers Series, they bring renowned writers from across the country to read their work.

Courtesy of American University, by Jeff Watts.

Genre:

Poetry [4], Fiction [5], Creative Nonfiction [6]

Event types:

Reading [7]

Visiting Writers Series

Representative readers:

Yusef Komunyakaa, Nick Flynn, Jo Ann Beard, Billy Collins, Amy Hempel, Ross Gay, David Wojan, Eduardo C. Corral, Victor Lavalle, Marie Howe, Amy Bloom

Address:

American University 4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW

Washington, DC 20016