Events

November 19, 2024
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Newcomb Hall Ballroom

Join the UVA Creative Writing Program as we host a poetry reading by our Kapnick Foundation Distinguished Writer-in-Residence, Camille Dungy ...

November 7, 2024
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Monroe Hill House (Brown College)

Laleh Khadivi reads from her work as part of her time at UVA as a Rea Visitor. Khadivi was born in Esfahan, Iran. Her debut novel, The Age of Orphans, received the Whiting Award for Fiction.

October 29, 2024
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Monroe Hill House (Brown College)

UVA's newest poetry faculty member, Sumita Chakraborty, reads from her work.

October 11, 2024
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
University Chapel

A late afternoon of contemplative soundscapes crafted from poetry, piano, electronics, and saxophone by poet and performer JJJJJerome Ellis. Ellis comes to UVA as a Rea Writer in Poetry.

April 11, 2024
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Newcomb Hall Commonwealth Room

Matthew Olzmann reads from his poetry as part of his time as a Rea Visiting Writer in Poetry.

March 21, 2024
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Old Cabell Hall

UVA Arts will present A Standing Witness, a powerful and provocative song cycle collaboration between Grammy Award-winning composer Richard Danielpour and Pulitzer Prize-winner, former U.S

March 14, 2024
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Newcomb Hall Commonwealth Room

Amir Ahmadi Arian reads from his work as part of his time at UVA as a Rea Visiting Writer in Fiction. Amir Ahmadi Arian has published two novels, a collection of stories and a book of nonfiction in

February 15, 2024
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
New Dominion Bookshop

MFA students in poetry and fiction read from their work.

December 15, 2023
12:00 PM - 11:59 PM
Online

Just a reminder that applications for our entering MFA class of 2024 are due by 11:59 p.m.