Visiting Writers Series
Kalamazoo Valley's "About Writing" Visiting Writers series is coordinated by English instructor Julie Stotz-Ghosh, Ph.D., and offers students and community members the opportunity to talk with professional writers and listen to their work. The visits take place in the Student Commons Theater, Room 4240, at the Texas Township Campus. All events are free, open to the public and include a craft talk and a reading by the author.
Upcoming Visits
Wednesday, Nov. 6
Robin Wall Kimmerer - Botanist & Author
10 A.M. & 2:15 P.M. | FREE
Hear from Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of "Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants." More details coming soon on how to register for the New York Times bestselling writer's two visits to Kalamazoo Valley Community College's Texas Township Campus.
Kimmerer's interests include not only restoration of ecological communities, but restoration of our relationships to land. She is the founder and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, New York, where she is also a professor of environmental biology.
In 2022, Kimmerer was named a MacArthur Fellow for her contributions as a plant ecologist, educator and writer. Her third book, "The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World," will be released on Nov. 19.
Previous Visits
2023-2024
Bonnie Jo Campbell
Naomi Shihab Nye
Kai Harris
2022-2023
Tom Montgomery Fate
Nancy Eimers
Ada Limón
Angeline Boulley
Sara Lupita Olivares
2021-2022
José Olivarez
Ross Gay
Robert Haight
Tommy Orange
2019-2020
2018-2019
Thisbe Nissen
Jay Baron Nicorvo
Jamaal May
Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Bonnie Jo Campbell
2017-2018
2016-2017
Jim Daniels
Diane Seuss
Maggie Messitt
Desiree Cooper
2015-2016
Patrick Phillips
Valerie Sayers
Tarfia Faizullah
Dinty Moore
2014-2015
Francine Harris
Todd Davis
Keith Taylor
NoViolet Bulawayo
2013-2014
John Rybicki
Anne Champion
Caitlin Horrocks
Rebecca Solnit
2012-2013
Elizabeth Kerklikowske
George Dila
Kathi McGookey
Jerry Dennis
2011-2012
Dennis Hendrichson
Andy Kroll
William Olsen
Bich Minh Nguyen
2010-2011
Wade Rouse
Patricia Clark
Kay Ryan
2009-2010
Fleda Brown
Tom Montgomery-Fate
Tom Springer
Thomas Lynch
2008-2009
Diane Wakowski
Anne Marie Oomen
David James
Terry Temptest Williams
2007-2008
Dan Gerber
Mark Nepo
Linda Nemec Foster
Ted Kooser
2006-2007
Martha Modena Vertreace Doody
Scott Russell Sanders
Jack Ridl
Ander Monson
2005-2006
Phillip Sterling
Tracy Kidder
Susan Ager
Mark Salzman
2004-2005
Jean Valentine
Laura Kasischke
Stuart Dybek
2003-2004
Sydnea Lea
Janet Kauffman
Terry Temptest Williams
2002-2003
Bonnie Jo Campbell
Stephanie Mills
Thylias Moss
Barry Lopez
2001-2002
Judith Minty
Heather Sellers
Jeff Vande Zande
Scott Russell Sanders
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