Past Readings

2023–24

Claire Forrest ’13
Benjamin Percy and Aubrey Hirsch
Tom Montgomery Fate
Beth Nguyen and Vauhini Vara
Belinda Tang and Ada Zhang
Aron Aji and Ara Javaheri
Carl Phillips
Mark Doty

2022–23

Kaveh Akbar and Paige Lewis
Belinda Huijuan Tang and Sarah Thankam Mathews
Sequoia Nagamatsu ’04
Riva Lehrer
Amy Silverberg
jessica Care moore
John Lee Clark
Hao Phan (w/Hai-Dang Phan
Sandra Lim and Gabrielle Calvocoressi (a mini-residency)
Raven Leilani
Willard Spiegelman
Armando Montaño Memorial Lecture, Julian Rubinstein

2021–22

Clare Mao ’14 and Emily Mester ’14
Santiago Jose Sanchez and Larissa Pham
Alix Ohlin in Conversation with W@G Director Dean Bakopoulos
John Garrison and Dustin Dixon
Melissa Febos and Donika Kelly
Ralph James Savarese and Tilly Woodward
Molly McCully Brown
Terrance Hayes
Jean Guerrero
Claire Lombardo & Rachel Yoder

2020–21

Gabrielle Calvocoressi
Hieu Minh Nguyen and Angel Nafis
Jamel Brinkley
Jenny Zhang and Tommy Pico
Aimee Nezhukumatathil and Ross Gay
jessica Care moore
Ralph Savarese and Steve Kuusisto
Ada Limon
Dean and Natalie Bakopoulos
Dwayne Betts and Kiese Laymon
Danielle Evans and Laura van den Berg
Charles Baxter
Grinnell alumni panel - Jumi Bello ’13, Soleil Ho ’09, and Concepción de León ’12
Ed Pavlic and Derrick Harriell
Hanif Abdurraqib
Shanna Benjamin
Alissa Nutting and Christina Lee
Alexander Chee

2019–20

Danez Smith
Keah Brown and Lyz Lenz
Charles Baxter
Kaveh Akbar
Carlos Gamerro
Eileen Pollack
Connelly Lecture: Rob Nixon
Eleanor Glewwe
Garth Greenwell and Brandon Taylor
Ed Pavlic

2018–19

Adrienne Celt ’06
Jamel Brinkley
Samantha Irby
Michael Perry
Solmaz Sharif
Celebration of Global Writing with Alisa Ganieva, Salah Badis, Adriana Borja Enriquez, and Rasha Khayat
Ralph Savarese
John Garrison
Christopher Castellani; Margot Livesey; Samantha Chang
Hai-Dang Phan
Tyehimba Jess
Wil Haygood
Aimee Nezhukamathil

2017–18

Benjamin Percy
Roy Scranton
Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
Kiese Laymon and R. Dwayne Betts
Jamaal May and Tarfia Faizullah
Louis Jenkins
Carmen Machado and Alissa Nutting
Lynn Powell
The Grinnell Review
Thisbe Nissen and Jay Baron Nicorvo
Mark Montgomery and Irene “Tinker” Powell
Ocean Vuong
Marlon James
Roxane Gay
Stephen Kuusisto
Hugo Hamilton
Deborah Whaley
The Grinnell Review

2016–17

Hai-Dang Phan with Rick Barot
Chris Martin
Kazim Ali
Dan Chaon and Lynda Barry
Connelly Lecture: Rey Chow
Hugo Hamilton, Irish novelist
Gabrielle Calvocoressi
The Grinnell Review
Junot Diaz
Nichelle Tramble
Dale Maharidge with Michael Williamson
James McBride and The Good Lord Bird Band
Bennett Sims
The Grinnell Review

2015–16

Dean Bakopoulos
Kiese Laymon
Jami Attenberg
Ed Hirsch
Antonya Nelson
Richard Russo
Jeffrey Harrison
The Grinnell Review
Edwidge Danticat
Stephanie Ford
Roxane Gay (cancelled)
Rob Spillman
Alissa Nutting
The Grinnell Review

2014–15

Kazim Ali
Tom Rayfiel
Mary Szybist
Jess Row
T. Geronimo Johnson
The Grinnell Review
Nami Mun
Brian Turner
Alison Bechdel
Daphne Kalotay
The Grinnell Review

2013–14

Reading by Grinnell College faculty members:
- George Barlow
- Dean Bakopoulos
- Mike Cavanagh
- Hai-Dang Phan
- Paula Smith
- Ralph Savarese
Joy Castro
Nathan Hoks and Roger Reeves
Camille Dungy.
Julie Kane
The Grinnell Review
Elizabeth Graver
Eduardo Coral
Elizabeth Kolbert
Edwidge Danticat
The Grinnell Review

2012–13

Natalie Bakopoulos
Sam Tanenhaus
Charles Baxter
May-lee Chai ’89
Ron Wallace
Davy and Peter Rothbart of FOUND Magazine
The Grinnell Review
Reading from Randa Jarrar
Verlyn Klinkenborg
Natasha Trethewey
Katha Politt
Madeleine Thein
The Grinnell Review

2011–12

Dean Bakopoulos
Nell Regan
Ed Pavlic
Susanne Antonetta
Bruce Whiteman
Jeff Porter
Jane Bernstein
The Grinnell Review
Marty Dobrow
Kevin Brockmeier
Jennifer Finney Boylan
Mark Doty
In Acting Shakespeare
Ralph Savarese and Mike Cavanagh
The Grinnell Review

2010–11

Jeremy Jackson
Curtis Sittenfeld
Barry Lopez
Patricia Hampl
J. Harley McIlrath
The Grinnell Review
Mark Montgomery and Ira Strauber
Richard Kenney
Dorothy Allison
Ilya Kaminsky and Gary Shteyngart
Yusef Komunyakaa
The Grinnell Review

2009–10

Reading by Grinnell faculty members David Campbell and Josh Emmons
Floyd Skloot
Sam Tanenhaus ’77
Mary Helen Stefaniak
Mary Swander
Tomaz Salamun
The Grinnell Review
Talk by Hal Wert
Faculty reading by George Barlow and Kesho Scott
Deborah Ager
Leslie Marmon Silko
Edward P. Jones
Edward Hirsch ’72
Terri Witek and Cyriaco Lopes
Paul Harding

2008–09

John Domini
Adrienne Rich
Stephen Kuusisto, Jim Crenner, and David Weiss
David Mura’74
Francisco Aragon
Montserrat Fontes
Matt Brennan ’77
Jeff Porter
Russell Leong
Quincy Troupe
Michael Hofmann
V.V. Ganeshananthan and Saadi Simawe
Adina Hoffman
Vince Gotera

2007–08

Rick Wirick
Kevin Kopelson
Marvin Bell
Peter Cole
Judith Tannenbaum
Tessa Rumsey
Amy Scattergood
The Grinnell Review
Josh Elder
Padget Powell
F. D. Reeve
F. D. Reeve and Eric Chasalow
Steve Andrews and Harley McIlrath
Distinguished Author Ana Castillo
Steve Kuusisto and Kenny Fries

2006–07

Elizabeth Graver
Brian Strause ’90
Francine Prose
Terri Witek
Page Coulter
Eugene Gloria
Molly Peacock
David Campbell
Geri Doran
Stephen Kuusisto
Marvin Bell
Lan Samantha Chang
John Edgar Wideman
Ralph Savarese

2005–06

Kevin Brockmeier
William Logan
Margot Livesey
Marilyn Chin
Dan O’Brien
Dominic Smith
Joy Castro
Marilynne Robinson
Rebecca Wee
Willard Spiegelman
Ed Hirsch ’72
Emily Wilson

2004–05

Slimane Benaissa
Steven Sidor ’90
Debra Marquart
James Hynes
Pete Fromm
W.S. Merwin

2003–04

Taha Muhammad Ali
Michael Hoffman
Eric Pankey and Jennifer Atkinson
Daniel Beachy-Quick
Elizabeth McCracken
David Lynn
Brenda Hillman
Margaret McMullan ’82
Christopher Merrill
Kevin Brockmeier
Judith Mitchell
Robert Olen Butler

2002–03

Erika Krouse ’91
Derek Walcott
May-Lee Chai ’89
F.D. Reeve
Chris Offutt
David Mura ’74
Alex Parsons
Sheryl St. Germaine
Cole Swensen
David Heath ’81
Kevin Brockmeier
Ellen Bryant Voigt