Sitting in Class With Michael Ondaatje
The wonderful thing about studying in the red hot center of the literary world is that everybody lives here, or visits here; and it is astonishing how many of these distinguished writers have a soft spot for Hunter College. So don't be surprised if Salman Rushdie or Michael Ondaatje turn up in class (they have already) or if Sharon Olds or Anne Carson come to read and talk to you, or you find yourself high above Manhattan, at dinner in the President's dining room, and there is the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, just across the table.
Great writers are often great teachers, and you'll come across many
of them when they read at our celebrated Distinguished Writers Series
or walk into your classroom and take their seat at the table.
Refer to our Calendar to see who else is coming to visit us. Or enter your email address in this box to receive updates:
Distinguished Writers Series, Spring 2020
Lisa Brennan-Jobs - Tuesday, March 3, 2020, 7:30pm
Jia Tolentino - Tuesday, March 31, 2020, 2:30pm & 5:30pm
Laila Lalami - Tuesday, April 7, 2020, 1:00pm & 3:30pm
Tea Obreht - Tuesday, April 21, 2020, 4:00pm & 5:30pm
Bruce Smith - Tuesday, May 5, 2020, 4:00pm & 5:30pm
Distinguished Writers Series, Fall 2019
Roxana Robinson - Tuesday, September 24, 7:30pm
Mira Jacob - Tuesday, November 5, 7.30pm
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah - Tuesday, November 12, 7:30pm
Paisley Rekdal - Tuesday, December 10, 7:30pm
Distinguished Writers Series, Spring 2019
Elizabeth Strout - Tuesday, March 5, 7:30pm
Tarfia Faizullah - Tuesday, March 19, 7:30pm
Deborah Eisenberg - Tuesday, April 9, 7:30pm
Yiyun Li - Tuesday, April 16, 7:30pm
Monica Youn - Tuesday, April 30, 7:30pm
Distinguished Writers Series, Fall 2018
Paul Beatty - Tuesday, October 2, 7:30pm
David St. John - Tuesday, October 16, 7:30pm
Susan Faludi - Tuesday, November 13, 7:30pm
Donna Masini & Catherine Barnett - Tuesday, November 27, 7:30pm
Lauret Savoy - Tuesday, December 11, 7:30pm
Distinguished Writers Series, Spring 2018
Nathan Englander - Tuesday, February 6, 7:00pm
Peter Carey & Tom Sleigh - Tuesday, March 20, 7:30pm
David Shields - Tuesday, March 27, 7:30pm
William Finnegan - Tuesday, April 17, 7:30pm
Mary Karr - Tuesday, May 15, 7:30pm
Distinguished Writers, Spring 2018
Nathan Englander - Tuesday, February 6, 7:00pm
Peter Carey & Tom Sleigh - Tuesday, March 20, 7:30pm
David Shields - Tuesday, March 27, 7:30pm
William Finnegan - Tuesday, April 17, 7:30pm
Mary Karr - Tuesday, May 15, 7:30pm
Distinguished Writers, Fall 2017
Tea Obreht - Tuesday, September 12, 2017
Dana Spiotta - Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Margo Jefferson - Tuesday, October 10, 2017
Chris Merrill - Tuesday, October 24, 2017
Marlon James- Tuesday, November 7, 2017
Distinguished Writers, Spring 2017
Azar Nafisi - Tuesday, February 21, 2017
David Rivard - Tuesday, March 7, 2017
Maggie Nelson - Tuesday, March 21, 2017
Kay Ryan - Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Olivia Laing - Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Distinguished Writers, Fall 2016
Paul Auster - Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Ellen Bryant Voigt - Tuesday, October 18, 2016
Adam Haslett - Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Alan Shapiro - Tuesday, November 22, 2016
Hisham Matar - Tuesday, November 29, 2016
Distinguished Writers, Spring 2016
Colum McCann -
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Terrance Hayes - Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Colson Whitehead - Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Richard Russo - Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Rachel Kushner - Tuesday, May 3, 2016
Distinguished Writers, Fall 2015
Hisham Matar -
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
David Wojahn - Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Emma Brockes - Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Don Share - Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Walter Mosley - Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Distinguished Writers, Spring 2015
Peter Carey & Tom Sleigh -
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
C.K. Williams - Monday, March 2, 2015
Robert Polito - Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Karen Russell - Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Hilton Als - Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Edwidge Danticat - Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Distinguished Writers, Fall 2014
Salman Rushdie -
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Wallace Shawn & Deborah Eisenberg - Wednesday, September. 24,
Roxana Robinson - Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Kim Addonizio - Thursday, November 6, 2014
Peter Godwin - Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Distinguished Writers, Spring 2014
Tracy K. Smith -
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Dani Shapiro - Tuesday, February 18, 2014
A. M. Homes - Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Claire Messud - Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Michael Collier - Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Distinguished Writers, Fall 2013
Colm Toibin - Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Eve Ensler - Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Colum McCann - Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Augusten Burroughs - Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Joyce Carol Oats - Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Victoria Redel - Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Distinguished Writers, Spring 2013
Rosanna Warren - Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Dana Spiotta - Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Ian McEwan - Friday, March 22, 2013
Les Murray - Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Cheryl Strayed - Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Chris Adrian - Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Distinguished Writers, Fall 2012
Margaret Atwood - Thursday, October 4, 2012
David Ferry - Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Patrick McGrath - Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Margaux Fragoso - Tuesday, November 27, 2012 (NEW DATE)
Aleksandar Hemon - Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Distinguished Writers,
Spring 2012
Hugo Hamilton – Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Sharon Olds – Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Téa Obreht – Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Michael Ondaatje – Wednesday, April 18, 2012
MFA Faculty Reading with Peter Carey, Tom Sleigh, Nathan Englander and Kathryn Harrison – Monday, April 23, 2012
Robert Pinsky and the Ben Allison Jazz Trio – Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Distinguished Writers, Fall 2011
Alexandra Styron – Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Zadie Smith – Thursday, October 6, 2011
Carol Muske-Dukes – Thursday, October 20, 2011
Nick Flynn – Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Alice Fulton – Thursday, December 8, 2011
Distinguished Writers, Spring 2011
Wesley Stace and Alex Ross — Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Peter Balakian — Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Billy Collins — Monday, April 11, 2011
Darin Strauss — Monday, May 9, 2011
Nicole Krauss — Monday, May 16, 2011
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Distinguished Writers,
Fall 2010
Robert Hass —
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Hari Kunzru —
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
ZZ Packer —
Monday, October 25, 2010
Greg Grandin — Monday, November 29, 2010
Distinguished Writers,
Spring 2010
Mary Gaitskill— Monday February 8, 2010
Lynne Greenberg & Meena Alexander— Tuesday February 23, 2010
Michael Greenberg— Wednesday March 3, 2010
Seamus Heaney— Wednesday April 21, 2010
Peter Carey— Wednesday May 12, 2010
Distinguished Writers,
Fall 2009
Carolyn Forché — Thursday October 1, 2009
Mona Simpson & Patrick McGrath — Tuesday October 27, 2009
Alice Notley & Claudie Rankine — Thursday, November 12th, 2009
Jonathan Safran Foer — Monday November 30, 2009
Seamus Heaney — Wednesday April 21, 2010
Distinguished Writers,
Spring 2009 |