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Distinguished Visiting Writers Series

Each year, the MFA faculty invites authors and editors to Greensboro for our Distinguished Visiting Writers Series, which features virtual and on-campus readings, workshops, and master classes. Guests have included poet laureates and winners of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the PEN/Hemingway Award, among others.

Upcoming Events

Ananda Lima-Joy Priest Reading Poster

February 27, 2025 | 6:00 PM | UNCG Alumni House, 404 College Avenue

Ananda Lima and Joy Priest Fiction and Poetry Reading

The MFA Writing Program at UNC Greensboro and The Class of 1952 will host a fiction and poetry by Ananda […]


Xhenet Aliu Reading Poster

March 24, 2025 | 5:00 PM | UNCG Alumni House, 404 College Avenue

Xhenet Aliu Faculty Fiction Reading

The MFA Writing Program at UNC Greensboro and The Greensboro Review will host a fiction reading by UNCG Creative Writing […]


Stuart Dischell Reading Poster

April 25, 2025 | 6:00 PM | UNCG Alumni House, 404 College Avenue

So long, not goodbye: a reading by Stuart Dischell

The MFA Writing Program at UNC Greensboro and The Greensboro Review will host a poetry reading by UNCG Creative Writing […]


Past Events

Our State Book Club Canceled

September 23, 2024 | 6:00 PM | UNCG Alumni House

Fall into Fiction with Michael Parker and the Our State Book Club (CANCELED)

Join the Our State Book Club with Wiley Cash for a special event featuring award-winning North Carolinian author Michael Parker […]


Sarah Rose Nordgren - Travis Sharp Reading Poster

September 12, 2024 | 6:00 PM | Room 1215, Moore Humanities and Research Administration Building, 1111 Spring Garden Street

Sarah Rose Nordgren and Travis Sharp Nonfiction and Poetry Reading

The MFA Writing Program at UNC Greensboro and The Greensboro Review will host a nonfiction and poetry reading by UNCG […]


Remembering Fred Chappell Event Poster

September 6, 2024 | 4:00 PM | UNCG Alumni House, 404 College Avenue

Remembering Fred Chappell

Join the UNC Greensboro Department of English on Friday, September 6th at 4:00 PM in the UNCG Alumni House, 404 […]


JENNINE CAPÓ CRUCET Reading Poster

March 14, 2024 | 6:00 PM | Scuppernong Books, 304 S. Elm Street

Jennine Capó Crucet Fiction Reading

The MFA Writing Program at UNC Greensboro and The Greensboro Review will host a fiction reading by Jennine Capó Crucet on […]


Michael Parker Lecture Poster

February 29, 2024 | 4:30 PM | T.B.A.

Michael Parker: The Last Lecture

The Department of English, the Office of Alumni Engagement, and the MFA Writing Program at UNC Greensboro will host a […]


Event flyer

February 23, 2024 | 6:00 PM | Scuppernong Books

Calista Malone and Katie Worden MFA Thesis Reading

The MFA Writing Program at UNC Greensboro will host a fiction and poetry reading by Calista Malone and Katie Worden […]


Emilia Phillips Reading Poster

February 22, 2024 | 6:00 PM | Scuppernong Books

Emilia Phillips Poetry Reading

The MFA Writing Program at UNC Greensboro and The Greensboro Review will host a poetry reading by Emilia Phillips on […]