Past Readings & Lectures Series

2022-23

Naomi Shihab Nye, Poet, Schoendfeldt Writer
Hilary Holladay, Scholar, Biographer
Fr. Pat Hannon, Essayist, UP Faculty Member
Rebecca Makkai, Novelist, ReadUP/Schoendfeldt Writer

2021-22

Yaa Gyasi, Novelist, Schoendfeldt Writer
Kimberly Takahata, Scholar, Editor, Researcher
Karen Eifler, Essayist, UP Faculty Member

2020-21

Jerry Harp, Poet, Scholar, Lewis and Clark College Professor
Ibram X. Kendi, Author, Schoendfeldt Writer
Ösel Jessica Plante, Poet, UP Staff Member
Anders Carlson-Wee, Poet
Mitchell S. Jackson, Author, Essayist, Shoendfeldt Writer

2019-20

Marilynne Robinson, Novelist, Essayist
Tracy Daugherty, Nonfiction/Fiction Writer, Biographer
Trevino L. Brings Plenty, Poet, Musician
Luis Alberto Urrea, Fiction/Nonfiction Writer, Schoendfeldt Writer
Lisa Ko, Fiction Writer
G.C. Waldrep, Poet
Dr. Brittney Cooper, Author and Speaker

2018-19

Paul Collins, Nonfiction Writer
Omar El Akkad, Novelist, Schoendfeldt Writer
Matthew Minicucci, Poet
Elena Pasarello, Nonfiction Writer
Colum McCann, Fiction Writer, Schoendfeldt Writer
Laura Read, Poet
Writing and Faith: A Literary Panel, (GC Waldrep – Poet, Rachel Jamison – Poet and Fiction Writer, Allison Grace Myers – Novelist and Essayist, and Sr. Eva Hooker – Poet, Professor, and Scholar)

2017-18

O. Alan Weltzien, Essayist
Julia Franck, Novelist
Leni Zumas, Fiction Writer
Sarah Bokich, Poet
Rebecca Skloot, Writer
Kenneth W. Warren, NUCL Keynote Speaker
Joseph Ross, Poet

2016-17

Kate Gray, Poet
Willy Vlautin, Novelist
Peter Rock, Schoenfeldt Writer
Megan Kruse, Fiction Writer
Anthony Doerr, Schoenfeldt Writer
Erica Edwards, NUCL Keynote Speaker
Jane Wong, Poet

2015-16

Michael N. McGregor, Author
Sara Jaffe, Fiction Writer
Martin Flanagan, Schoenfeldt Writer
Elyse Fenton, Poet
Laila Lalami, Schoenfeldt Writer
Don Waters, Fiction Writer
William Deresiewicz, Essayist and Critic - NUCL Keynote Speaker
Eva Hooker, CSC, Poet
Jae Choi, Poet

2014-15

Dan DeWeese, Fiction Writer and Editor
Brian Doyle, Fiction Writer, Essayist, and Editor, Schoenfeldt Writer
Robin Romm, Fiction Writer and Essayist
Fr. Pat Hannon, CSC, Essayist
Alice McDermott, Fiction Writer
Tim Dayton, Professor and Author, NUCL Keynote Speaker
Caleb Crain, Fiction Writer and Literary Critic

2013-14

Louis Masson, Essayist, Poet, and Professor
James Duncan, Novelist and Essayist
Lucy Corin, Fiction Writer
Alan Shapiro, Poet
Louise Gluck, Poet
Julie Joosten, Poet
Lilah Hegnaur, Poet
Janine Utell, Professor and Critic. NUCL Keynote Speaker
Brigid Schulte, Journalist and Author

2012-13

Anna Keesey, Novelist
Kathleen Dean Moore, Essayist, Schoenfeldt Writer 
Wayne Miller, Poet and Editor
Lois Leveen, Novelist
Jamaica Kincaid, Novelist and Professor, Schoenfeldt Writer 
James Longenbach, Poet and Critic 
Cindy Weinstein, Scholar and Critic, NUCL Keynote Speaker

2011-12

Tim Egan, Journalist and Author, Schoenfeldt Writer
Nance Van Winckel, Fiction Writer
Maile Meloy, Fiction Writer
Mary Rechner, Fiction Writer
Jeffrey Eugenides, Fiction Writer, Schoenfeldt Writer
Dr. Lara Bovilsky, Author and Professor
Paulann Petersen, Poet

2010-11

Lucia Perillo, Poet, Essayist, and Teacher 
Kim Barnes, Novelist and Memoirist
Douglas Wolk, Author, Critic and Musician
Mark Edmundson, Professor and Author
Ciaran Berry, Poet and Teacher

2009-10

John Felstiner, Author, Translator, and Biographer
Chase Twichell, Poet and Publisher
Matthew Dickman, Poet
Paul Theroux, Novelist and Travel Writer, Schoenfeldt Writer
Brenda Miller, Essayist
Ben Saunders, Scholar and Author, NUCL Keynote Speaker
Pico Iyer, Novelist, Essayist, and Travel Writer, Schoenfeldt Writer

2008-09

B.T. Shaw, Poet
Rick Bass, Fiction and Nonfiction Writer, Schoenfeldt Writer
Floyd Skloot, Memoirist, Poet, and Novelist
Anna Keesey, Fiction Writer
Ron Hansen, Novelist and Screenwriter
Eamon Grennan, Poet
Eric Sundquist, Author, Editor, and Professor, NUCL Keynote Speaker

2007-08

Jerry Harp, Poet and Critic 
Diana Abu-Jaber, Novelist and Memoirist, Schoenfeldt Writer
Ellen Dudley, Poet and Editor
Tod Marshall, Poet
Lynnell Edwards and Nickole Brown, Poets
Gary Gildner, Poet
Margreta de Grazia, Author and Professor, NUCL Keynote Speaker

2006-07

Henry Hughes, Poet
Craig Lesley, Novelist and Memoirist, Schoenfeldt Writer
Mary Szybist, Poet
Marianne Boruch, Poet
David James Duncan, Novelist and Essayist, Schoenfeldt Writer
John Witte, Poet
Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein, NUCL Keynote Speakers
Herman Asarnow, Poet and Professor

2005-06

Mark Jarman, Poet
Noni Benegas, Poet
Lilah Hegnauer, Poet
Patricia Limerick, Author, Historian, and Columnist, Schoenfeldt Writer 
Robin Cody, Fiction Writer and Essayist, Schoenfeldt Writer 
Mary Quade, Poet and Nonfiction Writer
Louis Masson, Poet, Essayist, and Professor
John Carlos Rowe, NUCL Keynote Speaker

2004-05

Molly Gloss, Schoenfeldt Writer
Catherine Tufariello
Andrew Hudgins
Erin McGraw
Felicity Nussbaum, NUCL Keynote Speaker
Diana Abu-Jaber
Robert Wrigley

2003-04

Paulann Petersen
Joanna Trzeciak
Bernd Seydel
David Quammen
David Biespiel
Eleanor Swanson
Kim Stafford
Bruce Beasley
Albert Gelpi, NUCL 2004 Keynote Speaker

2002-03

Crystal Williams
Rosina Lippi
Lilian Faschinger
Michele Glazer
Kathleen Norris
Brian Doyle
C. K. Williams
Linda Bierds

2001-02

Kate Gray
Christopher Howell
Amanda Powell
Molly Gloss
Herman Asarnow
Robert Cooperman
Ian Frazier
Pimone Triplett
Russell Reising
Susan Zwinger
Chana Bloch

2000-01

Angela Hubler
Tim Egan
Jeff Knorr
Barbara Ras
Colleen J. McElroy 
Molly Tenenbaum

1999-2000

Nance Van Winckel
Dorianne Laux
Gary Gildner