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Visiting Writers Series

The IPFW Visiting Writers Series brings 3-4 writers to Fort Wayne annually. Some readings are held on the IPFW campus, while others are held at Fort Wayne Cinema Center or Weisser Park Center. Since 1992, the series has brought approximately 50 writers of various genres, including poetry, essays, short stories, and novels. If you would like to know who has participated in the series, review the chronoligcal list below, or click here for the alphabetical list.

The Visiting Writers Series is made possible with the support of Arts United of Greater Fort Wayne, the Indiana Arts Commission, the National Endowment for the Arts, and several IPFW sponsors, including the Department of English & Linguistics, the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, the Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, the Office of International Studies, and the Department of International Language and Culture Studies. The VWS is also grateful to IPFW's College Cable Access (Channel 5), which records and broadcasts VWS events, and Publications and designer Jim Whitcraft, for promotional posters. Coffee for the receptions following VWS's readings is a gift of Borders Books and Music. Lodging for some writers is a gift of Holiday Inn Hotel and Suites Downtown. The Visiting Writers Series is also made possible by contributions of space for performances by the Fort Wayne Cinema Center and for receptions by Fort Wayne's Artlink. The Cardona-Hine and McCauley visit is also sponsored by IPFW's Department of Visual Communication and Design.

Chronological Listing of Authors, 1992-2007

Fall 2007

Michael Martone and Carol Moldaw

Spring 2007

Bill Porter and Lisa Zimmerman

Fall 2006

Barbara McCauley and Alvaro Cardona-Hine

Spring 2006

Luis Rodriguez

Fall 2005

Earl Braggs
Marie Ponsot

Spring 2005

Patrick Lawler
Wang Ping

Fall 2004

Judith Johnson
Morikeba Kouyate

Spring 2004

John Yau
Margaret Burroughs

Fall 2003

Robert Kelly
Marilyn Krysl

Spring 2003

Marjorie Agosin
Nancy Welch

Fall 2002

Lawson Fusao Inada

Spring 2002

Julie Shigekuni
Joyce Hinnefeld

Fall 2001

Nikky Finney

Spring 2001

Allison Joseph

Fall 2000

Gene Frumkin
Beth Weatherby

Spring 2000

Janet Holmes
Mark Nowak

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Fall 1999

Sterling Plumpp
Judith Ortiz Cofer

Spring 1999

Amy Hempel
Forrest Gander

Fall 1998

Fred Wah
Kirin Narayan

Spring 1998

John Haines
Nathaniel Mackey

Fall 1997

Janice Eidus
Diane Glancy

Spring 1997

Joseph Bruchac
Chitra Divakaruni

Fall 1996

Antonya Nelson
Kimiko Hahn

Spring 1996

Arthur Sze
Juan Felipe Herrera
Stewart Ikeda

Fall 1995

Jesse Lee Kercheval
Christianne Balk

Spring 1995

Michael Martone
James Grabill
Sharon Klander
Michael Bugeja

Fall 1994

Judith Johnson
Bill Tremblay

Spring 1992 – Spring 1994

John Bradley
Alice Friman
Ray Gonzalez
Judith Johnson
Jack Matthews
Pat Mora
Sharon Stark
Gladys Swann
John Vernon
Gordon Weaver

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