Visiting Writers Series at Butler University @VWS_at_Butler

SAVE THE DATE! We have an exciting lineup of authors coming this fall to Butler's Vivian S. Delbrook Visiting Writers Series! Be sure to mark your calendars now. Find out more by visiting butler.edu/arts.../englis…

We concluded a wonderful VWS season with a visit from award-winning poet Michael Torres. Thank you, Michael Torres, for helping us end our year on such a high note!

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Our last VWS event of the year is approaching fast. Don't miss "An Evening With Michael Torres," National Poetry Series winner. Wed, April 17 @ 7:30PM at Eidson-Duckwall. The event is free with no ticket required.

Our final VWS event of the year is coming up! Don't miss your chance to see former graffiti artist-turned poet Michael Torres whose debut poetry collection “An Incomplete List of Names” became a National Poetry Series winner. April 17 @ Eidson-Duckwall at 7:30PM

Join us on March 21 for our next VWS event. Tiana Clark is an award-winning poet, essayist & professor best known for her poetry collection, "I Can’t Talk About the Trees Without the Blood," winner of the 2017 Agnes Lynch Starrett Prize. Event & parking are free, no tix needed.

Thank you National Book Award-winning journalist Masha Gessen for a wonderful visit to Butler last week! Be sure to join us for our next VWS event on March 21 when Tiana Clark takes the stage at Shelton Auditorium @ 7:30PM.

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VWS returns this Thursday, Feb 29 with a visit from National Book Award winning author & journalist Masha Gessen. A staff writer at The New Yorker, they have covered political subjects including Russia, L.G.B.T. rights, Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump, and the rise of autocracy.

VWS will be hosting prominent Russian-American journalist Masha Gessen on Feb 29 at Schrott. One of our most trenchant observers of democracy, Gessen's the author of 11 books, including the National Book Award-winning "The Future Is History." Don't miss this rare opportunity!

Thank you to bestselling author, Loudmouth Books owner & Butler Booth Tarkington Writer-in-Residence Leah Johnson for a truly entertaining reading last week! Her upcoming anthology, “Black Girl Power,” a companion to “Black Boy Joy,” is set to be released on Nov 5. Look for it!

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Next up on our Visiting Writers Series lineup is bestselling Indianapolis YA author, Reese's YA Book Club Inaugural Pick & Butler University Booth Tarkington Writer-in-Residence Leah Johnson. Feb 15 @ Shelton Auditorium, 7:30PM

VWS wrapped up a great visit with National Book Award finalist Brandon Hobson who spent several days on campus engaging with our community thru his public reading at Schrott, student Q&A, and other events. Thank you Dr. Hobson for sharing your work & experiences with us!

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National Book Award finalist Brandon Hobson will be reading from his critically acclaimed works on Jan 31 @ Schrott. An enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation Tribe of Oklahoma, Hobson infuses Native American & Indigenous history and culture into his works. Don't miss it!

We're excited to kick off 2024 with a visit from National Book Award finalist Brandon Hobson! As an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation Tribe of Oklahoma, Hobson writes powerful stories about Native lives that resonate with all. Hear him read his work on Jan 31 @ Schrott!

Mark your calendars! We have an exciting lineup of talented authors coming to Butler as part of our Spring 2024 Visiting Writers Series. Find out more about each author by going to our website at butler.edu/visiting-write…

Thank you award-winning novelist Lydia Millet for a fantastic visit this week! It was a perfect way to end our VWS Fall Season. See you in January when we welcome National Book Award Finalist for Fiction Brandon Hobson to Butler!

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Don't miss our last VWS event of the semester when Pulitzer Prize finalist Lydia Millet comes to Butler on Tuesday, Nov 28 @ 7:30PM at Shelton Auditorium.

Don't miss our last VWS reading of fall '23 when Pulitzer Prize & National Book Awards Finalist Lydia Millet comes to Shelton Auditorium on Nov 28. Millet is an "American novelist interested in apocalyptic thought, extinction, climate change and other lighthearted matters."

National Book Award finalist Lauren Redniss captivated us with her stunningly beautiful storytelling during a day filled with engaging events on Butler's campus. Don't miss our last VWS reading of the fall season when Pulitzer Prize finalist Lydia Millet comes on Nov 28!

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VWS is proud to welcome National Book Award finalist Lauren Redniss to Butler this week! The Guggenheim and MacArthur Fellow flawlessly mixes art, design, and prose to create truly unique works of visual nonfiction. Join us on Nov 1 @ 7:30PM at Shelton Auditorium.

Our next VWS event features this Publishers Weekly "Writer to Watch" Dantiel Moniz whose electrifying debut Milk Blood Heat appeared on countless Most Anticipated or Best Books of the Year lists in 2021. Don't miss her reading on Wed Oct 25 @ 7:30PM at Schrott!