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VISITING WRITERS

Two annual writers’ conferences have helped make Rutgers-Camden the epicenter of the Delaware Valley literary community.

For twenty years, nationally-known novelists, memoirists, poets, agents and editors have joined Rutgers-Camden students for an intensive summer program of workshops and readings. For MFA students who wish to study during the summer, the conference offers a unique opportunity to meet prominent writers and publishers in the classroom, over coffee, and at readings.

MFA students can participate in the Rutgers-Camden Summer Writers’ Conference twice for credit toward their degree.

Rutgers-Camden also sponsors the annual Spring Writers‘ Conference, a one day conference open to the community, featuring presentations, workshops, and readings.

MFA students will meet and study with an accomplished group of Visitors in Residence. These writers, agents and editors will both read and conduct workshops.

Upcoming visitors will include:
Daniel Alarcon
Kelly Braffet
T. Cooper
Gregory Djanikian
Percival Everett
Josh Ferris
Samantha Gillison
Owen King
Tabitha King
Binnie Kirshenbaum
Daniel Mendelsohn
Idra Novey
Rolf Potts
Pat Rosal
Francisco Stork
Ellen Watson

 

Visiting writers at Rutgers-Camden have included:
Charles Baxter
Jill Bialosky
David Bradley
Lucie Brock-Broido
Billy Collins
W. S. DiPiero
E. L. Doctorow
Andre Dubus III
Stephen Dunn
Cornelius Eady
Lynn Emanuel
Percival Everett
Nick Flynn
Mary Gaitskill
Deborah Garrison
David Gates
Denise Gess
Adam Gopnick
Kathryn Harrison
Terrance Hayes
Edward Hirsch
Tony Hoagland
Gish Jen
Owen King
Jonathan Lethem
Sharon Olds
Molly Peacock
Robert Pinsky
Padgett Powell
Richard Russo
Gerald Stern
Elizabeth Strout
Danielle Trussoni
Jennifer Weiner
John Edgar Wideman
James Wilcox
Mark Winegardner
Tobias Wolff
Meg Wolitzer


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