Pacific University Writers Series

04/17/2021

What a fantastic VWS season! Thank you to everyone who engaged in our writing community from far and wide.

We had audience members from Oregon to Texas to Sweden, Europe!

Good luck to all of the students out there, who are preparing for finals. You've got this!

04/09/2021

Our final event of the season is tonight!

In the name of Zoom fatigue, we invite you to turn your camera off and relax as Yanique reads and talks about her writing.

Email [email protected] for the Zoom links.
See you at 7:30pmPT!

04/06/2021

Meet the poet on Thursday!
https://poetryschool.com/poems/poetics-i-body-logic/

04/02/2021

One week until Yanique visits Pacific VWS!

If you just can't wait to hear her, Poets.org has a recorded reading of her poem, "Home." Check it out now!
https://poets.org/poem/home-2

Home - I awake to you. A burning building.

02/18/2021

Time to get hyped for next week! Ada is visiting at 7pm on Feb 25th. Email for Zoom link: [email protected]

Listen to "How to Triumph Like a Girl," the first poem in "Bright Dead Things"

I like the lady horses best,

02/14/2021

A week and a half until Ada Limón visits Pacific virtually!

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks Ada Limon about The Carrying, Limon's fifth collection of poetry.

12/02/2020

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11/04/2020

There is a lot going on in the world this week😳
Now that you've voted, ground yourself in literature tonight 😊

Email [email protected] to register (free) and receive the Zoom info for our Terese Mailhot event.

11/03/2020

A 6min conversation with Tereae Mailhot.

Email us to join her author talk on Wednesday!

Terese Marie Mailhot's new memoir is an effort to draw art from mental illness, lost love and her family history on an Indian reservation in British Columbia.

10/30/2020

So excited to host an author talk with Terese Mailhot on Nov. 4th!

Email [email protected] to register (free) and receive the Zoom link.

Terese Marie Mailhot discusses her acclaimed debut book “Heart Berries: A Memoir” and stresses the necessity of listening to indigenous voices. Subscribe to ...

10/15/2020

1 week left until Joe Wilkins visits Pacific University virtually. Find the Zoom link in our events to attend his craft talk!

"Wilkins writes of hardscrabble life on the northern Great Plains with mesmerizing power." -Booklist (starred review) "Following in the literary roots of Mon...