History of Speakers
A history of speakers sponsored by the Department of English and Therese Kayser Lindsey Literary Series. Videos of these readings and discussions can be found at the Therese Kayser Lindsey Literary Series archive.
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1974
Speaker Event John Graves Reading Larry McMurtry Lecture R.G. Vliet Reading -
1978
Speaker Event Lon Tinkle Reading Mortimer Adler Lecture James Dickey Interview Arlin Turner Lecture TKL Chair Convocation Ceremony Horton Foote Q&A John Hurt Fisher Q&A -
1979
Speaker Event James Dickey Reading -
1983
Speaker Event Larry McMurtry Lecture Richard Wilbur Reading Thomas Berger Reading -
1984
Speaker Event Elaine Showalter Lecture Helen Vendler Lecture Stanley Fish Lecture Gordon Weaver Reading X.J. Kennedy Reading -
1985
Speaker Event Bill Wittliff Q&A Larry McMurtry Reading -
1986
Speaker Event David Fleming Reading Stephen Dobyns Reading Stephen Orgel Presentation -
1987
Speaker Event Albert Goldbarth Reading R.S. Gwynn Reading Leslie Ullman Reading -
1988
Speaker Event Beverly Lowry Reading John Barth Reading John Barth Q&A -
1989
Speaker Event Margaret Atwood Reading, Q/A Galway Kinnell Reading, Q/A Max Apple Reading, Q/A -
1991
Speaker Event Alberto Ríos Reading, Q/A Rick Bass Reading Sandra Cisneros TKL Q/A Tino Villanueva Reading, Q/A Maxine Hong Kingston Reading Maxine Hong Kingston Q&A Richard Howard Reading, Q/A -
1993
Speaker Event Charles Johnson Reading Andre Dubus Q&A Andre Dubus Reading N. Scott Momaday Lecture Series Chris Offutt Reading, Q/A -
1994
Speaker Event Linda Gregg Reading Ken Kesey Reading Colette Inez Reading Abraham Verghese Reading John Nichols Reading, Q/A Rick Bass Q&A Edward Hirsch Reading Reg Saner Reading, Q/A -
1995
Speaker Event Gerald Stern Discussion Elizabeth Mills Q&A Max Apple Reading, Q/A John Dufresne Reading, Q/A Jack Stillinger Reading Joseph Brodsky Reading -
1996
Speaker Event Funso Aiyejina Reading, Q/A Ruth Stone Reading Ruth Stone Q&A Allen Ginsberg Perfomance, Q/A Ron Carlson Reading, Q/A Henry Sweets Lecture -
1997
Speaker Event Jorie Graham Reading Charles Wright Reading, Q/A Ann Beattie Reading, Q/A Rosmarie Waldrop Reading, Q/A Anne Mellor Lecture Tom Phillips Reading, Q/A Jane Mead Reading Robert Boswell & Antonya Nelson Reading -
1998
Speaker Event Janet Burroway Reading Naomi Shihab Nye Reading Tino Villanueva Reading Li-Young Lee Reading Jack Stillinger Reading Leslie Marmon Silko Reading, Q/A Francisco Goldman Reading, Q/A -
1999
Speaker Event Thom Jones Reading, Q/A Jayne Cortez Reading, Q/A Tim O'Brien Reading Jayne Anne Phillips Reading, Q/A Paul Fussell Reading Robert Creeley Reading, Q/A -
2000
Speaker Event Tim O'Brien Lecture Frank Bidart Q&A Barry Hannah Q&A Roger Boylan Reading Tim O'Brien Lecture E. Annie Proulx Readings, Q/A Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge Readings Leslie Marmon Silko Reading Don Snyder Readings, Q/A Jim Daniels Reading, Q/A Janis Stout Reading -
2001
Speaker Event Leslie Marmon Silko Readings Tessa Rumsey Readings, Q/A James Galvin Readings, Q/A Robert Hass Readings, Q/A Tim O'Brien Reading Chris Offutt Readings, Q/A -
2002
Speaker Event Jean Valentine Reading, Q/A Mark Doty Readings Tim O'Brien Readings, Q/A Arthur F. Kinney Reading, Q/A Kate Wheeler Reading, Q/A KAP House Dedication Ceremony Junot Díaz Reading, Q/A Shelby Hearon Readings, Q/A Diana Lopez Reading, Q/A Elisabeth Robinson Reading, Q/A Ai Reading Jane Hirshfield Readings, Q/A -
2003
Speaker Event Ai Readings Barry Hannah Readings, Q/A Harry Mathews Readings George Saunders, Q/A Reading Tim O'Brien Readings Helen Vendler Lecture, Q/A -
2004
Speaker Event Tim O'Brien Readings Roddy Doyle Readings, Q/A Carolyn Forché Readings, Q/A Barry Hannahs Reading Heather McHugh Readings Dao Strom Reading W.S. Merwin Readings, Q/A -
2005
Speaker Event Charles D'Ambrosio Reading Richard Ford Reading Richard Ford Reading Spencer Reese Reading Barry Hannah Interview Christopher Ricks Lecture -
2006-2007
Speaker Event Charles Baxter Reading C.D. Wright & Forrest Gander Reading Eleanor Wilner Reading Percival Everett Reading Denis Johnson Reading Carole Maso Reading Wendy Faris Reading -
2007-2008
Speaker Event Andrew Mackey Reading Charles Simic Reading Scott Slovic Reading Bret Anthony Johnston Reading Bruce Weigel Reading Mary Gaitskill Reading Robert Stone Reading -
2008-2009
Speaker Event Ilya Kaminsky Reading Scott Anderson Reading Brigit Pegeen Kelly Reading William Vollmann Reading James Young Reading Alexander Theroux Reading -
2009-2010
Speaker Event Yaphet Smith Reading William Giraldi Reading Justin Torres Reading Mihaele Moscliuc Reading Karen Russell Reading Christian Wiman Reading George Saunders Readings, Q/A Francine Prose Readings, Q/A -
2011
Speaker Event Thomas Lux Readings, Q/A Tim O'Brien Reading Wells Tower Readings, Q/A Michael Dickman Readings, Q/A -
2012
Speaker Event Richard Siken Readings, Q/A Louise Erdrich Reading Elissa Schappell Readings, Q/A Susan Wolfson Lecture Tim O'Brien Reading Gerald Stern Readings, Q/A Amelia Grey Reading Kevin Brockmeier Readings, Q/A Olga Broumas Readings, Q/A Cristina García Reading S.C. Gwynne Readings, Q/A Justin Torres Readings, Q/A Kazim Ali Readings, Q/A -
2013
Speaker Event Mihaela Moscaliuc Readings, Q/A William Giraldi Readings, Q/A Christian Wiman Readings, Q/A Cristina García Reading Karen Russell Readings, Q/A Jonathan Arac Lecture Natalie Diaz Readings, Q/A Etgar Keret Readings, Q/A Jennifer Egan Readings, Q/A B.H. Fairchild Reading, Q/A -
2014
Speaker Event Sergio De La Pava Readings, Q/A Fanny Howe Readings, Q/A Martha Nell Smith Lecture Sherman Alexie Reading Cristina García Reading Jorie Graham Reading, Q/A Brian Turner Readings, Q/A Kim Barnes Readings, Q/A Ben Fountain Reading Carolyn Forché Reading, Q/A Phillip Lopate Readings, Q/A -
2015
Speaker Event Heather Christle Readings, Q/A Ben Fountain Lecture, Readings Daniel Orozco Readings, Q/A Tracy K. Smith Readings, Q/A Terrance Hayes Readings, Q/A Lydia Davis Reading, Q/A -
2016
Speaker Event Mary Szybist Readings, Q/A Laurie Ann Guerrero Readings, Q/A Leslie Jamison Readings, Q/A Stuart Dybek Readings, Q/A Ben Fountain Reading