Through the generosity of the Dungannon Foundation, the Creative Writing Program is able to bring several visiting writers and poets to the
University of Virginia each year. Some are Rea Visiting Writers, who reside at UVA for one week, deliver a public reading, give a craft talk to our MFAs and advanced undergraduates,
and conduct manuscript consultations with our graduate students. Rea Visiting Lecturers come for a briefer stay and deliver a public reading and give a craft talk to our MFAs and advanced undergraduates.
If our Creative Writing Program recorded the Rea visitor's lectures or readings, you will see video camera icons () or audio icons () next to their name.
Rea Writers and Lecturers:
Name | Type | Date |
Matthew Wolzmann | Rea Writer | April 2024 |
Amir Ahmadi Arian | Rea Writer | March 2024 |
Cecily Parks | Rea Writer | October 2023 |
Chiyuma Elliott | Rea Writer | April 2023 |
Miller Oberman | Rea Writer | March 2023 |
Ernesto Mestre-Reed | Rea Writer | February 2023 |
Fowzia Karimi | Rea Writer | November 2022 |
Tarfia Faizullah | Rea Writer | April 2022 |
Hernan Diaz | Rea Writer | February 2022 |
Keenan Norris | Rea Writer | November 2021 |
Kyle Dargan | Rea Writer | September 2021 |
Chris Abani | Rea Writer | March 2021 |
Jos Charles | Rea Lecturer | March 2021 |
Rick Barot | Rea Writer | October 2020 |
David Means | Rea Writer | September 2020 |
Laura van den Berg | Rea Writer | April 2020 |
Cristina Rivera-Garza | Rea Lecturer | February 2020 |
Aracelis Girmay | Rea Writer | January 2020 |
Jericho Brown | Rea Lecturer | October 2019 |
Jon Pineda | Rea Lecturer | September 2019 |
Alvaro Enrigue | Rea Lecturer | September 2019 |
Linda Gregerson | Rea Writer | March 2019 |
Nicholson Baker | Rea Lecturer | February 2019 |
Adrian Matejka | Rea Lecturer | January 2019 |
John Keene | Rea Writer | October 2018 |
Gabrielle Calvocoressi | Rea Lecturer | October 2018 |
Aminatta Forna | Rea Lecturer | September 2018 |
Chloe Honum | Rea Lecturer | April 2018 |
Dorianne Laux | Rea Lecturer | March 2018 |
John Edgar Wideman | Rea Lecturer | February 2018 |
Jesse Ball | Rea Lecturer | November 2017 |
Ross Gay | Rea Writer | October 2017 |
Mary Gaitskill | Rea Writer | September 2017 |
Helen Oyeyemi | Rea Lecturer | April 2017 |
David Kirby | Rea Writer | March 2017 |
David Shields | Rea Lecturer | February 2017 |
Natalie Diaz | Rea Lecturer | November 2016 |
Rowan Ricardo Phillips | Rea Lecturer | October 2016 |
Dinaw Mengestu | Rea Writer | October 2016 |
Aimee Nezhukumatathil | Rea Lecturer | March 2016 |
Nick Flynn | Rea Lecturer | March 2016 |
Rick Bass | Rea Writer | February 2016 |
Mary Szybist | Rea Writer | October 2015 |
Lucy Corin | Rea Lecturer | September 2015 |
David Keplinger | Rea Lecturer | April 2015 |
Edwidge Danticat | Rea Lecturer | February 2015 |
Meg Wolitzer | Rea Writer | January 2015 |
Larissa Szporluk Celli | Rea Writer | November 2014 |
Ada Limon | Rea Lecturer | October 2014 |
Victor LaValle | Rea Lecturer | September 2014 |
Tayari Jones | Rea Lecturer | April 2014 |
Terence Hayes | Rea Writer | February 2014 |
Lauren Groff | Rea Lecturer | February 2014 |
Paisley Rekdal | Rea Lecturer | January 2014 |
Ron Carlson | Rea Writer | November 2013 |
Michael Collier | Rea Lecturer | October 2013 |
Cate Marvin | Rea Writer | March 2013 |
Jaimy Gordon | Rea Writer | February 2013 |
David Wojahn | Rea Writer | November 2012 |
Deborah Eisenberg | Rea Lecturer | November 2012 |
Jane Hirshfield | Rea Writer | February 2012 |
Darcey Steinke | Rea Lecturer | November 2011 |
Joseph O'Neill | Rea Writer | November 2011 |
Naomi Shihab Nye | Rea Lecturer | March 2011 |
Jim Shepard | Rea Writer | February 2011 |
Heidi Julavits | Rea Lecturer | November 2010 |
Tony Hoagland | Rea Writer | December 2009 |
Claire Messud | Rea Writer | November 2009 |
Lynne Tillman | Rea Writer | March 2009 |
Elizabeth Alexander | Rea Writer | March 2009 |
Amy Hempel | Rea Writer | April 2008 |
Ralph Angel | Rea Lecturer | February 2008 |
Jane Mead | Rea Writer | November 2007 |
C.K. Williams | Rea Lecturer | November 2007 |
Dan Chaon | Rea Lecturer | October 2007 |
Elton Glaser | Rea Writer | April 2007 |
Denise Duhamel | Rea Lecturer | February 2007 |
Lydia Davis | Rea Writer | November 2006 |
Alice Fulton | Rea Writer | April 2006 |
Allan Gurganus | Rea Writer | December 2005 |
Brenda Hillman | Rea Writer | April 2005 |
Alice McDermott | Rea Writer | April 2005 |
Lucie Brock-Broido | Rea Lecturer | December 2004 |
Kevin Young | Rea Lecturer | April 2004 |
Alan Williamson | Rea Writer | February 2004 |
Francine Prose | Rea Writer | November 2003 |
Richard Bausch | Rea Lecturer | October 2003 |
Thomas Mallon | Rea Writer | April 2002 |
Carl Phillips | Rea Writer | April 2002 |
Margaret Livesey | Rea Writer | May 2001 |
Mark Doty | Rea Writer | March 2001 |
James Tate | Rea Writer | April 2000 |
Charles Baxter | Rea Writer | March 2000 |
Andrea Barrett | Rea Writer | March 1999 |
Carol Muske | Rea Writer | March 1999 |
Richard Ford | Rea Lecturer | November 1998 |
Michael Harper | Rea Writer | February 1998 |
Jill McCorkle | Rea Writer | November 1997 |
Heather McHugh | Rea Writer | March 1997 |
Chris Tilghman | Rea Writer | October 1996 |
Charles Simic | Rea Writer | April 1996 |
Robert Stone | Rea Writer | February 1996 |
Ellen Bryant Voigt | Rea Writer | March 1995 |
Peter Matthiessen | Rea Writer | April 1994 |
Mark Strand | Rea Writer | March 1994 |
Madison Bell | Rea Writer | March 1994 |
Mary Oliver | Rea Writer | March 1993 |
Marianne Wiggins | Rea Writer | March 1993 |
Lorrie Moore | Rea Writer | March 1992 |
W.S. Merwin | Rea Writer | November 1991 |
James Salter | Rea Writer | February 1991 |
Louise Gluck | Rea Writer | November 1990 |
Jamaica Kincaid | Rea Writer | March 1990 |
John Ashbery | Rea Writer | November 1989 |
Ann Beattie | Rea Writer | October 1988 |