Rea Visiting Writers
Rea Visiting Writers
Through the generosity of the Dungannon Foundation, the UVA Creative Writing Program is able to bring several writers to the University of Virginia each year under the Rea Visiting Writers series. Rea Visiting Writers reside at UVA for several days, deliver a public reading, and conduct manuscript consultations with our graduate students. Some may also give craft talks to our MFA and undergraduate writers.
| Diana Khoi Nguyen | 3/19/26 |
| Kathryn Scanlan | 11/5/25 |
| Gregory Pardlo | 10/15/25 |
| Jonathan Lethem | 9/18/25 |
| Corinna Vallianatos | 4/24/25 |
| Airea D. Matthews | 4/14/25 |
| Ed Park | 3/4/25 |
| Laleh Khadivi | 11/7/24 |
| JJJJJerome Ellis | 10/11/24 |
| Matthew Olzmann | 4/10/24 |
| Amir Ahmadi Arian | 3/13/24 |
| Cecily Parks | 10/11/23 |
| Chiyuma Elliott | 4/12/23 |
| Miller Oberman | 3/15/23 |
| Ernesto Mestre-Reed | 2/13/23 |
| Fowzia Karimi | 11/2/22 |
| Tarfia Faizullah | 4/13/22 |
| Hernan Diaz | 2/21/22 |
| Keenan Norris | 11/15/21 |
| Kyle Dargan | 9/27/21 |
| Chris Abani | 3/16/21 |
| Jos Charles | 3/8/21 |
| Rick Barot | 10/26/20 |
| David Means | 9/28/20 |
| Laura van den Berg | 4/1/20 |
| Cristina Rivera-Garza | 2/20/20 |
| Aracelis Girmay | 1/27/20 |
| Jericho Brown | 10/30/19 |
| Jon Pineda | 9/25/19 |
| Alvaro Enrigue | 9/18/19 |
| Linda Gregerson | 3/3/19 |
| Nicholson Baker | 2/7/19 |
| Adrian Matejka | 1/17/19 |
| John Keene | 10/22/18 |
| Gabrielle Calvocoressi | 10/11/18 |
| Aminatta Forna | 9/27/18 |
| Chloe Honum | 4/11/18 |
| Dorianne Laux | 3/15/18 |
| John Edgar Wideman | 2/13/18 |
| Jesse Ball | 11/9/17 |
| Ross Gay | 10/18/17 |
| Mary Gaitskill | 9/11/17 |
| Helen Oyeyemi | 4/27/17 |
| David Kirby | 3/27/17 |
| David Shields | 2/27/17 |
| Natalie Diaz | 11/29/16 |
| Rowan Ricardo Phillips | 10/19/16 |
| Dinaw Mengestu | 10/16/16 |
| Aimee Nezhukumatathil | 3/24/16 |
| Nick Flynn | 3/2/16 |
| Rick Bass | 2/8/16 |
| Mary Szybist | 10/15/15 |
| Lucy Corin | 9/14/15 |
| David Keplinger | 4/16/15 |
| Edwidge Danticat | 2/26/15 |
| Meg Wolitzer | 1/29/15 |
| Larissa Szporluk Celli | 11/20/14 |
| Ada Limon | 10/23/14 |
| Victor LaValle | 9/25/14 |
| Tayari Jones | 4/3/14 |
| Terence Hayes | 2/20/14 |
| Lauren Groff | 2/5/14 |
| Paisley Rekdal | 1/30/14 |
| Ron Carlson | 11/21/13 |
| Michael Collier | 10/29/13 |
| Cate Marvin | 3/15/13 |
| Jaimy Gordon | 2/14/13 |
| David Wojahn | 11/29/12 |
| Deborah Eisenberg | 11/16/12 |
| Jane Hirshfield | 2/2/12 |
| Darcey Steinke | 11/30/11 |
| Joseph O'Neill | 11/2/11 |
| Naomi Shihab Nye | 3/24/11 |
| Jim Shepard | 2/22/11 |
| Heidi Julavits | 11/11/10 |
| Tony Hoagland | 12/2/09 |
| Claire Messud | 11/19/09 |
| Lynne Tillman | 3/26/09 |
| Elizabeth Alexander | 3/12/09 |
| Amy Hempel | 4/3/08 |
| Ralph Angel | 2/28/08 |
| Jane Mead | 11/29/07 |
| C.K. Williams | 11/7/07 |
| Dan Chaon | 10/11/07 |
| Elton Glaser | 4/5/07 |
| Denise Duhamel | 2/22/07 |
| Lydia Davis | 11/9/06 |
| Alice Fulton | 4/13/06 |
| Allan Gurganus | 12/1/05 |
| Brenda Hillman | 4/27/05 |
| Alice McDermott | 4/14/05 |
| Lucie Brock-Broido | 12/9/04 |
| Kevin Young | 4/8/04 |
| Alan Williamson | 2/26/04 |
| Francine Prose | 11/5/03 |
| Richard Bausch | 10/15/03 |
| Thomas Mallon | 4/26/02 |
| Carl Phillips | 4/3/02 |
| Margaret Livesey | 5/6/01 |
| Mark Doty | 3/28/01 |
| James Tate | 4/6/00 |
| Charles Baxter | 3/27/00 |
| Andrea Barrett | 3/5/99 |
| Carol Muske | 3/1/99 |
| Richard Ford | 11/11/98 |
| Michael Harper | 2/6/98 |
| Jill McCorkle | 11/16/97 |
| Heather McHugh | 3/26/97 |
| Chris Tilghman | 10/15/96 |
| Charles Simic | 4/10/96 |
| Robert Stone | 2/23/96 |
| Ellen Bryant Voigt | 3/31/95 |
| Peter Matthiessen | 4/16/94 |
| Mark Strand | 3/31/94 |
| Madison Bell | 3/2/94 |
| Mary Oliver | 3/25/93 |
| Marianne Wiggins | 3/13/93 |
| Lorrie Moore | 3/6/92 |
| W.S. Merwin | 11/15/91 |
| James Salter | 2/22/91 |
| Louise Gluck | 11/15/90 |
| Jamaica Kincaid | 3/28/90 |
| John Ashbery | 11/15/89 |
| Ann Beattie | 10/7/88 |