Featured Visitors 1996-2024
The featured visitors who come to the Kelly Writers House are at the core of our program and our
community here. Poets, fiction writers, editors, composers, publishers, painters, musicians,
literary agents, screenwriters, essayists, playwrights, journalists: all of these visitors have
entered the House. Guests perform from their writing, engage readers in conversation about art and
aesthetics, politics and history, offer advice and encouragement to young and emerging writers,
and, when we are lucky, join us for dinner. We're grateful to these visitors for their time and
their work.
A B C D E
F G H I J
K L M N O
P Q R S T
U V W X Y
Z
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Paulette Adams 3.27.99
Francesca Russello Ammon
9.6.16
Animus 11.8.99
Tali Aronsky 3.22.97
Elizabeth Austin 9.17.00
Barbara Nimri Aziz 12.2.96
B
Jennifer Baldino 12.11.97, 4.20.98, 3.27.99, 4.19.99
Renee Balthrop 2.21.00
Lin Barton 5.15.00
Claire Bayard 2.15.97
Robin Beaumont 4.29.98
Herman Beavers
9.13.97,
2.13.98,
2.21.98,
9.14.00,
10.2.00,
2.14.01,
4.26.01,
4.24.02,
9.28.02,
11.7.02,
5.16.03,
11.4.03,
2.24.05,
4.16.08,
2.26.09,
4.15.13,
10.23.13,
2.4.16,
9.7.17,
10.17.17,
9.5.18,
11.9.20,
9.21.22,
10.20.22,
10.22.22,
04.25.24
Kevin Bell 11.9.00
Avi Berman 11.21.99
Courtney Bernhardt 4.1.99
Charles Bernstein
11.27.01,
9.25.03,
11.13.03,
1.21.04,
2.24.04,
2.15.06,
3.13.06,
10.26-27.06,
11.8.06,
1.24.07,
10.11.07,
4.16.08,
2.17.09,
4.7.09,
4.14.09,
10.07.09,
4.16.13,
10.1.14,
2.27.15,
4.10.15,
4.21.15,
2.4.16,
4.12.16,
2.4.16,
4.12.16,
9.15.16
Greg Biglieri 11.8.97, 10.11.99
Buzz Bissinger
2.26.98,
11.5.05,
10.28.06,
11.1.08,
11.4.10,
10.27.12,
2.17.14,
2.18.14,
11.7.15,
11.9.19,
10.22.22,
10.25.22
Julia Bloch
2.22.07,
2.26.07,
3.22.07,
9.24.07,
4.16.08,
3.28.12,
10.1.14,
02.11.15,
2.27.15,
9.16.15,
9.15.16,
2.17.22,
3.15.22,
9.21.22,
11.10.22,
3.30.23,
10.25.23,
04.03.24,
04.03.24,
10.15.24,
11.21.24
Caryn Block 11.21.99
Lora Bloom 2.27.99
Marie Bloom 10.11.99
Illana Blumberg 2.29.96
Constance Quarterman Bridges
1.23.07
Catherine Savage Brosman
5.5.01
Toni Brown 3.15.99
Randy Brown 3.27.99
Laynie Browne
10.21.03,
10.17.12,
4.22.14,
10.1.14,
11.27.18,
12.3.19,
11.9.22,
2.28.23,
10.25.23,
03.12.24,
10.15.24
Deborah Bruns-Thomas 5.15.00
Susan Burkey 11.21.99
Deb Burnham
12.11.97,
12.12.98,
12.9.00,
3.19.01,
9.22.01,
11.2.01,
12.01,
11.11.02,
10.16.04,
9.5.05,
4.16.08,
9.21.09,
1.23.19
C
Alfred Carrasquillo-Ramirez
10.7.99
Ron Carter 11.21.99
Kim Carter 12.11.97
Lorene Cary 9.11.97,
12.3.97, 12.11.97,
12.8.97,
9.23.98,
4.13.00,
5.8.00,
5.19.00,
5.2.01,
5.9.02,
3.21.03,
3.1.04,
11.1.14,
10.16.23,
10.23.19,
02.05.24
Odette Casamayor-Cisneros
3.2.20
Nationalities Service Center
4.10.19
Andrew Chandler 2.15.97
Adele Chatelain 12.11.97, 4.20.98
Nate Chinen 2.15.97,
9.13.97,
2.21.98,
12.11.97, 4.29.98,
11.6.99,
1.24.00,
4.25.00,
2.20.05,
2.7.07,
3.25.10,
11.15.12,
10.11.18,
05.18.24
Cathleen Cohen 11.21.99
Thursday Cohen 12.11.97
Jennifer Connolly 2.15.97
Carolann Costa-Orr 4.29.98
Randall Couch 10.11.99, 2.21.00,
11.18.02,
4.15.03,
10.20.03,
12.10.03,
2.10.04,
11.20.04,
3.28.05,
5.4.05,
4.24.08,
9.22.08,
10.30.08,
11.6.08
Julie Crawford 2.29.96, 12.11.97
Martha Curren-Preis 4.29.98
D
KaRyn Daley 4.29.98
Bo Daly 4.29.98
Anthony DeCurtis
2.19.02, 9.26.02,
10.10.02,
11.14.02,
2.25.03,
10.2.03,
10.16.03,
10.6.05,
10.12.06,
11.1.07,
10.16.08,
11.6.08,
3.26.09,
10.29.09,
10.20.11,
2.23.12,
11.15.12,
3.19.15,
10.19.17,
10.3.19,
10.24.19,
11.7.19,
4.1.21,
2.24.22,
3.31.22,
10.13.22,
11.3.22,
2.16.23,
3.16.23,
4.13.23,
10.26.23,
04.11.24,
10.24.24,
11.14.24
Amber DeLaurentis 3.15.99
Dave Deifer 2.15.97, 3.26.99
Jeff Derkson 1.12.98
Tom Devaney 2.8.99,
2.7.00,
9.19.00,
11.7.01,
11.19.01,
2.18.02,
2.20.02,
10.14.02,
10.30.02,
4.3.03,
9.29.03,
11.13.03,
12.8.03,
1.27.05,
4.12.05,
7.13.05,
9.26.07,
4.4.07,
4.7.08,
9.22.08,
1.15.09,
3.17.14,
4.1.15,
9.12.17,
10.29.18
Linda DiFeterici-Stehling
2.4.02
Jon DiMarco 3.27.99
Paula Diehl 9.17.00
Zachary Djanikian 1.27.00
Greg Djanikian
11.5.97, 12.11.97,
2.21.98,
4.27.98,
4.29.98,
1.27.00,
5.19.00,
2.14.01,
11.2.01,
11.7.01,
4.18.02,
4.23.02,
10.24.02,
11.7.02,
12.10.02,
4.1.03,
4.29.03,
4.30.03,
11.4.03,
11.8.03,
12.9.03,
3.3.05,
5.14.05,
10.5.06,
2.20.07,
1.29.09,
10.20.11,
11.15.12,
5.17.14,
1.22.15,
3.19.15,
4.10.15
Suzanne Dorf 12.11.97
Rachel Blau DuPlessis
9.14.98,
11.15.99,
12.3.02,
2.5.08,
4.7.08,
10.07.09,
10.11.12,
9.25.13,
9.22.14,
10.1.14,
4.10.15,
9.15.16,
11.15.17,
2.17.22,
9.20.23
Nijmie Dzurinko 2.15.97,
3.21.98, 9.14.98, 3.27.99
E
Brett Evans 3.27.99, 4.12.99
F
Sandra Falconer 11.21.99
Liz Farrell 3.27.99
Doris Ferleger 11.21.99
Alternative Theatre Festival
4.8.19
Al Filreis 2.15.97,
9.25.97,
11.5.97,
12.11.97,
3.17.98,
9.15.98,
9.19.98,
9.28.98,
4.26.99,
9.7.99,
9.8.99,
10.3.99,
10.10.99,
10.18.99,
10.20.99,
11.6.99,
11.22.99,
12.7.99,
12.11.99,
3.22.00,
3.24.00,
5.2.00,
5.8.00,
10.12.00-10.14.00,
12.6.00,
9.15.01,
11.7.01,
11.19.01,
3.25.02,
3.26.02,
4.10.02-4.12.02,
4.23.02,
4.29.02,
10.30.02,
11.7.02,
11.19.02,
12.13.02,
1.28.03,
2.25.03,
3.18.03,
3.25.03,
4.3.03,
4.15.03,
4.22.03,
5.1.03,
5.9.03,
10.20.03,
11.6.03,
11.13.03,
2.3.04,
2.17.04,
2.26.04,
3.23.04,
9.29.04,
2.22.05,
3.1.05,
3.22.05,
4.19.05,
4.26.05,
5.2.05,
2.9.06,
11.17.05,
5.1.06,
4.26.07,
4.30.07,
5.12.07,
2.11.08,
4.7.08,
10.3.08,
10.7.08,
11.6.08,
11.10.08,
11.20.08,
12.8.08,
1.29.09,
2.26.09,
3.17.09,
3.30.09,
4.7.09,
1.28.10,
10.13.11,
10.20.11,
2.23.12,
11.15.12,
10.16.13,
10.22.13,
10.29.13,
11.9.13,
12.3.13,
09.16.14,
10.23.14,
10.27.14,
11.3.14,
1.22.15,
03.19.15,
4.10.15,
4.16.15,
11.10.15,
10.3.19,
10.16.19,
11.14.19,
11.19.19,
11.21.19,
11.17.21,
12.2.21,
12.9.21,
1.20.22,
3.17.22,
9.21.22,
10.25.22,
11.1.22,
11.2.22,
2.2.23,
3.21.23,
3.22.23,
4.10.23,
9.19.23,
9.28.23,
10.3.23,
11.15.23,
11.30.23,
11.12.24
Edward Francis 3.22.97, 5.14.97
Stephen Fried
11.17.98,
2.6.03,
11.5.05,
10.28.06,
10.20.07,
11.1.08,
9.21.10,
10.13.11,
9.19.12,
9.17.13,
9.23.14,
9.29.16,
9.18.17,
9.13.18,
11.10.18,
9.19.19,
9.24.20,
9.21.22
Ben Friedlander 9.96
Greg Frost 3.27.99
Jeff Furletti 12.11.97
G
Kristen Gallagher 2.15.97, 3.22.97,
9.13.97, 11.8.97, 12.11.97, 4.29.98, 3.15.99,
3.26.99,
9.8.08,
4.10.15,
10.22.22
Matthew Garfinkle 4.29.98
The Gilroys 9.14.98
Alex Gino 4.29.98
Sarah Giulian 2.15.97, 3.22.97, 5.14.97
Ron Goldin 12.11.97
Sharon Leonard Goodman 4.29.98
Bob Gosse 4.21.98
Haim Gouri 11.96
Adjua Gargi Nzinga Greaves
4.9.19
Acme Rock group 9.11.97
Gypsophilia 9.17.00
H
Florence N. Halloran 4.29.98
Valerie Hanson 3.15.99
Paul Hendrickson
12.5.00,
4.18.01,
4.30.01,
11.2.01,
12.10.01,
4.22.02,
11.7.02,
12.8.02,
3.25.03,
4.27.03,
12.7.03,
2.18.04,
2.24.05,
11.12.08,
9.30.15,
10.16.19,
2.15.23,
03.11.24
John Heon 2.29.96
Letica Hernandez 2.29.96
Rabbi Lauren Grabelle Herrmann
2.22.07
Andrew M. Hershey 4.29.98
Rich Hill 11.21.99
Allen Hoey 11.21.99
Martha Holt 10.11.99
Adam Hotek
I
J
Carolyn Jacobson 12.11.97,
3.21.98, 4.29.98, 3.27.99, 4.12.99, 5.3.99,
1.29.01
Jaffna 11.8.97
Mytili Jagannathan 2.29.96, 11.8.97, 3.15.99, 3.27.99, 5.3.99,
11.1.99,
10.2.00,
11.15.01,
12.4.02,
4.7.03,
9.18.03
Celestin Joseph 5.15.00
Jamie-Lee Josselyn
5.14.05,
5.15.05,
9.5.05,
4.27.06,
2.22.07,
9.9.14,
02.11.15,
4.8.15,
10.26.16,
12.1.20,
9.13.22,
9.23.24
K
Marya Kaminski 12.11.97
Amanda Karsten 4.29.98, 12.11.98
Patrick Kelly 2.15.97, 5.14.97
Ritchie Kikonyogo 9.11.97
Kevin Killian 9.19.98
Paul Kintzele
David Koppisch 4.12.99
Lona Kozak 11.21.99
L
Heather Laszlo 4.29.98
Doug Lawson 10.96
Malika Levy 10.11.99
Hollis "The Mighty Chalkdust" Liverpool
3.22.06
Jeff Loo 3.22.97, 9.11.97, 3.27.99,
3.19.01
Tina Lopez 3.22.97
Holly Loth 4.20.98
M
Marilyn Piety (read on her behalf by Cassie MacDonald) 2.21.00
Jennifer L. MacDougall 4.29.98
Jackson MacLow 11.4.97
Mike Magee 2.29.96, 3.22.97, 5.14.97, 9.11.97,
12.11.97,
4.13.98, 4.29.98,
3.26.99,
4.26.99,
4.7.01,
11.12.01,
2.8.07
Delores Magobet 4.29.98
Sophie Malamud 12.11.97
Jen Malone 3.27.99
Shayna Maskell 4.29.98
Drew McGhie 4.20.98
John McGiff 10.31.98
Victoria McManus 4.20.98, 3.27.99, 4.19.99
David McNair 10.96
Chris Melling 12.11.97
Scott M. Miller 4.29.98
Cathleen Miller 10.11.99
Julie M. Minder 4.29.98
Yasinah Mobley 2.21.00
Maya Mojo 11.8.97
Paul Green School of Rock Music
10.14.02
N
Meera Nair 3.27.99
Nicola 4.12.99
O
Mark T. O'Donnell 5.15.00
Kevin O'Neill 4.29.98
Jena Osman
2.18.98, 3.26.99,
12.7.99,
11.7.01,
12.5.02,
3.1.04,
12.9.04,
4.27.06,
10.12.06,
10.26-27.06,
11.11.08,
10.17.12,
1.23.13,
2.24.16,
2.17.22,
9.26.23,
10.15.24
Doug Ovens 11.21.99
P
Asima Panigrahi 4.29.98
John Parker 2.29.96,
9.13.97, 2.8.99
Bob Perelman 2.15.97,
11.9.98,
1.26.99,
4.22.99,
4.23.99,
12.7.99,
3.6.00,
4.4.00,
10.12.00-10.14.00,
2.14.01,
4.26.01,
10.18.01,
11.7.01,
2.7.02,
11.11.02,
10.22.03,
4.6.06,
10.26-27.06,
1.9.07,
4.7.08,
4.16.08,
10.7.08,
2.17.09,
4.7.09,
10.07.09,
10.21.09,
10.11.12,
4.15.13,
2.27.15,
4.10.15,
9.23.20,
11.2.22
Bhutanese-American Organization - Philadelphia
4.10.19
Alison Plump 5.15.00
Jon Poblador 10.31.98
Dick Polman
3.13.06,
4.12.06,
4.14.06,
9.19.06,
10.9.06,
3.6.08,
10.22.08,
3.16.15,
2.1.16,
4.7.16,
10.29.16,
11.1.16,
9.18.17,
10.7.19 10.21.19,
11.6.19,
11.11.19,
2.5.20,
3.4.20,
11.4.20,
4.20.21,
3.14.22,
11.16.22,
9.14.23,
11.15.23,
03.12.24,
9.25.24,
11.13.24
Stephen Potter 2.8.99
Laura Pyle 2.21.00
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Jean-Michel Rabate
11.13.96,
12.1.98,
2.3.00,
2.25.00,
3.6.00,
4.14.00,
10.18.01,
4.6.06,
1.28.09,
2.21.12,
1.31.13,
10.29.13
Rachel Raffler 9.14.98
Binhma Rajsombath 3.27.99
Karen Rile
12.3.01,
5.16.03,
10.7.03,
11.18.03,
2.24.04,
11.15.04,
3.28.05,
11.2.05,
10.31.16,
02.22.24,
9.23.24
Scott Robinson 11.21.99
Martha Denmead Rose 05.15.00
S
Carlos José Pérez Sámano
9.5.18
Lisa Sandell 3.27.99, 4.12.99
Christy Santoro 4.29.98
Hema Sarangapani 12.11.97
Drew C. Saunders 4.29.98
Kathy Lou Schultz
1.22.01,
1.29.01,
2.14.01,
4.26.01,
11.8.01,
11.7.02,
11.18.02,
11.19.02,
1.21.03,
11.4.03,
11.15.04,
2.10.05,
8.10.05,
9.5.05,
4.10.15
Christine Schutt 11.96
Amy Scurria 11.21.99
Antonio Shagnasti 3.22.97
Leah Sheppard 2.15.97
Frank Sherlock
11.8.99,
11.5.01,
11.19.01,
11.28.01,
4.5.02,
4.7.03,
4.10.03,
10.6.04,
4.27.06,
4.2.09,
9.18.13,
3.17.14,
9.30.14,
4.1.15,
1.14.16
Jennifer Shute 11.96
Ron Silliman 11.8.97,
1.21.98,
12.7.99,
12.6.00,
4.7.03,
10.23.03,
9.21.04,
2.23.05,
4.7.08,
10.26-27.06,
2.17.09,
3.19.12,
4.10.15,
2.5.19,
9.21.22,
11.2.22
Dan Simpson 2.29.96
Ellen Slack 2.21.00
Dave Slarskey
9.13.97, 12.11.97, 4.29.98
Karina Sliwinski 3.22.97
Kirby Smith 12.11.97
Laura Smith 3.15.99, 3.27.99
Lilvia Soto 3.27.99, 10.11.99
Haadiya Starkey 2.21.00
Emily Steinberg
12.11.97, 10.31.98, 3.27.99
John Stephens 2.8.99
Susan Stewart
12.16.97,
12.8.98,
4.22.99,
2.10.00,
5.19.00,
2.14.01,
4.26.01,
11.7.01,
2.20.02,
11.4.03,
7.13.05
Abigail Susik 11.8.99,
4.25.00, 9.17.00
Robert Sward 10.96
T
Michelle Taransky
10.7.08,
11.11.08,
4.6.09,
1.28.10,
3.17.14,
3.20.14,
2.24.15,
10.19.16,
11.5.19 2.12.20,
9.23.21,
2.2.22,
9.6.22,
2.13.23,
11.15.23,
02.06.24
James Tisdall 2.21.00
Beth Trigg 3.15.99
John Faye of the John Faye Power Trip 1.24.00
U
V
Juan Vasquez 9.17.00
Kevin Verrone 11.8.97
Javier Villar 3.22.97
W
Jeff Wachs 2.15.97, 5.14.97
Shawn Walker 2.15.97, 3.22.97, 5.14.97,
12.11.97,
10.1.98, 2.8.99, 3.27.99, 4.25.99,
9.18.99,
1.20.00,
9.1.00,
5.14.05
Chris Wasko 11.21.99
Hop Wechsler 3.22.97
Judith Westley 11.21.99
Ann Adele Wight 3.27.99
Laura Wilder 4.29.98
Mark Wilhelm 4.20.98, 4.29.98, 4.19.99,
9.13.99
Diane Williams 11.96
Kimmika Williams-Witherspoon
5.7.03
Rocky Wilson 4.29.98
Dilys Winegrad 3.27.99, 4.19.99
Todd Wise 3.27.99
Denison Witmer 4.12.99
Kerry Sherin Wright
12.11.97,
3.24.98, 4.29.98, 9.14.98, 3.27.99,
12.15.99,
4.27.00,
12.4.00,
3.19.01,
11.28.01,
11.7.02,
12.3.02,
2.3.03,
4.9.03,
4.10.03,
10.16.04,
10.30.10
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Jonathan D. Zucker 4.29.98
NoViolet Bulawayo
Zimbabwean novelist NoViolet Bulawayo
visited in 2015 to read from her award-winning novel We Need New Names. Tsitsi Jaji organized the event as part of her African Voices series, a celebration of writing by women
of the African continent, supported by Writers Without Borders and the Provost’s Interdisciplinary Arts Fund.
Ahmad Almallah
Palestinian-American poet Ahmad Almallah read from his
first book of poems, Bitter English, an autobiography-in-verse that explores the role of language
in identity construction.
Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué
2017–2018 Junior Fellow Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué commissioned four new performances by drag artists for an uproarious night of drag, writing, writers dragging, and all things words and wigs.
Lorene Cary
Lorene Cary — crackling writer, distinguished Penn faculty member, and
founder of both Art Sanctuary and SafeKidsStories
— wrote a brilliant memoir, Ladysitting, about the year she spent with her 100-year-old Nana.
In October 2019, we hosted a multimedia celebration that culminated with an excerpted performance of
The Gospel According to Nana, an opera based on the memoir.
Your Language, My Ear
The third Your Language, My Ear translation symposium brought together poets, students, and scholars for two days of intensive translation of contemporary poetry from Russian to English, and English to Russian.
Cecilia Corrigan
Cecilia Corrigan (C’10) visited Writers House in October 2019 for a conversation with RealArts@Penn host Anthony DeCurtis and a performance of her monologue, “Cream.”
Rodney Dailey
Rodney E. Dailey II (C'20) was the 2016–2017
Bob Holman
The "Ringmaster of the Spoken Word" visited the Writers House in October, 2002 as part of the 2-1-5 Festival.
Myung Mi Kim
The extraordinary Michelle Taransky invited KWH favorite Myung Mi Kim for a
reading in the Whenever We Feel Like It reading series.
Joan Didion
Writers House Fellows seminar student Lindsay Baker poses with Joan
Didion during her two-day visit in March 2009.
michael ondaatje
We discussed Anil's Ghost over lunch with Michael Ondaatje in 2002.
Adrienne Rich
Of her Writers House visit in 2005, Adrienne Rich said, "I do this kind of thing all the time and everywhere, on campuses, and this was really a quite extraordinary experience...What happens here, in Kelly House, is something quite special."
Art Spiegelman
Art Spiegelman's two-day visit in February of 2008 allowed us to experiment with our new plasma screen to display comic book images.
Susan Howe
Susan Howe visited as a KWH Fellow in 2010. Here she's meeting with KWH
staffer Rivka Fogel (C'11), who is doing primary research for her senior thesis
about Susan Howe.
Sparrow
A fixture of life on the Lower East Side, the bearded pundit poet Sparrow ran for President with the slogan, "Forgive All Debts, Free The Slaves."
Mary Gordon
Mary Gordon and Al Filreis listen to a community member's question in
April 2009. Each Writers House Fellow participates in both a public
reading and an interview/conversation moderated by Al.
Donald Hall
Penn's President Amy Gutmann chats with United States Poet Laureate
Donald Hall in the dining room during his 2-day stay in April 2007.
Constance Quarterman Bridges
During her 2007 visit to the KWH, Constance Quarterman Bridges read poems from her book Lions Don't Eat Us, the 2005 winner of the Cave Canem Poetry Prize, given to the best first collection by an African American poet. According to judge Sonia Sanchez, the poems of Lions Don't Eat Us "radiate a tough-minded her story/history that demands that we investigate, listen to, dance within, and defend their beauty."
Jo Park
Our George Borge Smorgasbord featured a multivocal exploration of
the great Jorge Luis Borges and his oeuvre. Jo Park helped situate Borges in
relation to the literary canon he so challenged and shaped.
Maggie O'Sullivan
Maggie O'Sullivan visited for our 2007 Cobbingfest, a celebration of Bob Cobbing, featuring visual and sound poetries, organized by Matthew Abess (C'08).
Jamaica Kincaid
"Jamaica Kincaid takes on epic struggles in her writing-between colonizer and colonized, between freedom and comfort, between mother and offspring, between creation and destruction, and between divergent selves, worlds and memories. To me, Jamaica Kincaid's incantatory, self-assertive work is something very near magic."
—Arielle Brousse
Johanna Drucker
For the 2008 Bernheimer Symposium Johanna Drucker led a collaborative writing and printing workshop at the Common Press, our collaborative letterpress project.
Richard Ford
John Carroll (C'05), a student in the Writers House Fellows seminar,
introduces Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Richard Ford in February 2006.
CA Conrad
Somatic poet CA Conrad described "crystal dream therapy" for "7-up on Rock" in March 2008.
Julia Bloch
Hub member Julia Bloch has read at the KWH for LIVE at the Writers House and our annual 7-up program, and with her mentor Dodie Bellamy in March of 2007.
Maury Povich and Connie Chung
A celebration of Dick Polman's appointment as Povich Writer-in-Residence at the Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing honored donors Maury Povich and Connie Chung. Connie Chung visited us for a lunchtime talk in 2008.
Lyn Hejinian,
"I came home exhausted but excited and with vivid images from the
Writers House events flickering across my mind. Some are very funny (Ron
Silliman's face squeezed by laughter after he remarked that he'd "gotten
Gertrude Stein's body"), some emotional (Charles Bernstein's melancholy
gaze as he finished his reading), all suffused with the glow from the
woodwork but also with the glow from the collective comraderie. Those
three evenings really were about community. Really - the whole thing was
amazing."- poet Lyn Hejinian, who has visited the Writers House several
times.