A. J. Downs Writers at Work Series

Arnisha Royston, poet

Steven Leyva, poet

Beth Knapp, poet | Justin Baker, songwriter | Bessie Oster, writer

Jason Gay, sports and humor columnist for The Wall Street Journal

Katie Moulton, writer/editor/music critic

Dolapo Demuren, poet

Nick Hurwitz, TV screenwriter

Samuel Cheney, poet

Matt Porterfield, screenwriter

Jalen Eutsey, poet

Tania James, novelist

Rochelle Hurt, poet

Lucy Biederman, novelist, essayist, playwright

Marcus Wicker, poet

Joe Sacksteder, fiction and nonfiction author

These visits were virtual during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Danielle Evans, fiction author

Joe Sacksteder, fiction and nonfiction author

Jaclyn Backhaus, playwright

Cortney Lamar Charleston, poet

Anders Carlson-Wee, poet

Edgar Kunz, poet

Grady Chambers, poet

Kyle Dargan, poet

Kaitlyn Greenidge, novelist

Alexandra Kleeman, novelist

Natalie Diaz, poet

Matthew Salesses, novelist and essayist

Jim Shepard, short stories and novelist

Mary Jo Salter, poet

Tim Seibles, poet

Clair Vaye Watkins, author

• Major Jackson, Poet
• Roger Reeves, Poet