Pacific University Writers Series

Pacific University Writers Series Artists who inspire us to write, think, and create solutions to the most pressing problems of our day

"Artists who inspire us to write, think, and create solutions to the most pressing problems of our day." Pacific University regularly invites authors to read and talk about craft with students and the community at large through the Visiting Writers Series events. Here you will find information about our upcoming and previously featured writers and artists.

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

Our final event of the season is tonight! In the name of Zoom fatigue, we invite you to turn your camera off and relax a...
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!

One week until Yanique visits Pacific VWS! If you just can't wait to hear her, Poets.org has a recorded reading of her p...
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.

Time to get hyped for next week! Ada is visiting at 7pm on Feb 25th. Email for Zoom link: PacificVisitingWriters@gmail.c...
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,

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

For anyone needing motivation to just keep typing, this app erases what you've written if you stop typing for too long b...
12/02/2020

For anyone needing motivation to just keep typing, this app erases what you've written if you stop typing for too long before the timer is up! Quite the adrenaline rush! 😅

The Most Dangerous Random Prompt Generator

Start writing with a text editor that conforms to you. Squibler makes the writing process easy. Say goodbye to your old word processor and hello to the best writing experience.

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

A 6min conversation with Tereae Mailhot. Email us to join her author talk on Wednesday!
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.

So excited to host an author talk with Terese Mailhot on Nov. 4th!Email PacificVisitingWriters@gmail.com to register (fr...
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 ...

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

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