Past Writers Read Author Events
March 19, 2026
Rebecca Kauffman
April 22, 2025
Kirsten Eve Beachy
March 20, 2025
Christina Benner
February 28, 2025
Rachel Yoder
October 24, 2024
Britt Kaufmann
September 23, 2024
Jessica Care Moore
September 23, 2024
Brad Walrond
April 11, 2021
Panel
Empowering Children’s Literature for Challenging Times
Esther Harder, Violet Dutcher, Barbara Wheatley
March 25, 2021
Rebecca Kauffman
January 26, 2021
Kate Baer
September 14, 2020
Pádraig Ó Tuama
February 6, 2020
Lauren Alleyne
Poet
October 12, 2019
Faith Eidse '79
Author
September 26, 2019
Todd Davis
Poet
February 27, 2019
Windsor Westbrook Sherrill, PhD
February 21, 2019
Kimberly Schmidt
Author
September 13, 2018
Allison Garcia
Author
March 15, 2018
Jeff Gundy
Poet
February 22, 2018
Patricia Grace King
Author
November 2, 2017
Marike Janzen
Visiting Scholar
September 14, 2017
Sofia Samatar
Local Author
March 23, 2017
Katie Fallon
Non-fiction Writer
March 14, 2017
Lisa Yarger
Folklorist and non-fiction writer
February 16, 2017
Ken Yoder Reed
Novelist
February 2, 2017
Sarah Kennedy
Poet and historical fiction writer
November 10, 2016
Katherine Clay Bassars
Essayist, author, and professor
October 15, 2016
Marci Rae Johnson
Poet
September 15, 2016
Gary Dop
Poet, playwright, and comic
March 31, 2016
Evie Yoder Miller
Essayist and poet
February 4, 2016
Martha Woodroof
Writer and editor
November 5, 2015
Sheri Bailey
Writer, editor, and public speaker
September 17, 2015
Marjorie Agosín
Poet and literary critic
March 19, 2015
George David Clark
Poet and writer
March 12, 2015
Vic Sizemore
Fiction writer and essayist
February 5, 2015
Mark Bauerlein
Nonfiction writer
November 6, 2014
Chris Bolgiano
Nature writer
September 24, 2014
Evie Shockley
Poet
March 13, 2014
Sprayya Khan
Novelist
February 10, 2014
Jim Minick
Nonfiction writer
November 14, 2013
Jessica Penner
Writer
September 19, 2013
Frank X Walker
Poet
March 14, 2013
Saloma Miller Furlong
Memoirist
January 31, 2013
Katie Fallon
Essayist and nonfiction writer
November 1, 2012
Joy Jordan-Lake
Novelist
September 20, 2012
Casey Clabough
Nonfiction writer
February 23, 2012
Lee Peterson
Poet
January 26, 2012
Diane Gilliam
Poet
October 13, 2011
Seehba Sarwar
Multidisciplinary artist and director of Voice Breaking Boundaries
September 22, 2011
G. C. Waldrep
Poet
February 17, 2011
Nathalie Handal
Writer, poet, and playwright
September 30, 2010
Todd Davis
Poet and professor
March 18, 2010
Julia Kasdorf
Poet, essayist, and professor
January 28, 2010
Myra Sklarew
Poet, essayist, and nonfiction writer
October 8, 2009
Alice Wisler
Novelist
September 10, 2009
Charles Marsh
Novelist
March 12, 2009
Robert Morgan
Writer, essayist, and poet
January 22, 2009
Helon Habila
Nigerian prose fiction writer
October 23, 2008
Maggie Anderson
Poet
September 18, 2008
Ervin Stutzman
Preacher, professor, and author
February 21, 2008
Cheryl Denise Miller
Poet
January 24, 2008
Vigen Guroian
Scholar and writer
November 29, 2007
Wayne Johnston
Distinguished chair in creative writing at Hollins College
September 25, 2007
Peggy Payne
Novelist, journalist, and editorial consultant
February 15, 2007
Jane Kurtz
Fiction writer
January 25, 2007
Frederica Mathewes-Green
NPR commentator and essayist
November 17, 2006
Special Lecture
Gilbert Meilaender
Philosopher
November 2, 2006
Special Lecture
Yorifumi Yaguchi
Poet
October 19, 2006
Michael McFee
Poet
September 21, 2006
Jean Janzen
Poet
September 7, 2006
Special Lecture
Norman Wirzba
Philosopher
Thursday, March 30
Suresh Canagarajah
Tuesday, March 14
Sofia Samatar
Thursday, Nov. 10
Matthew E. Henry
Saturday, Oct. 8
Marshall V. King
