Writers Here and Now
Writers Here & Now brings writers of national and international prominence to the University of Maryland.
It provides an opportunity for the university community to hear and meet the best writers of contemporary poetry and fiction. The visits by writers include a public reading preceded by a reception at Queen Anne's Hall and classroom visits with MFA graduate students and undergraduate students in residence at the Jiménez-Porter Writers' House.
Recent visiting writers include Lesley Nneka Arimah, Jennine Capó Crucet, Jennifer Chang, Jos Charles, Alexander Chee, Ama Codjoe, Natalie Diaz, Danielle Evans, Ross Gay, Kaitlyn Greenidge, Terrance Hayes, Ravi Howard, K. Iver, Mitchell S. Jackson, John Keene, Yiyun Li, Airea D. Matthews, Ana Menéndez, Claudia Rankine, Cristina Rivera Garza, Nicole Sealey, Evie Shockley, Lena Valencia, Ocean Vuong, and Javier Zamora.
Past Event Highlights
Elissa Washuta
Featuring alum Elissa Washuta, author of two hybrid memoirs, My Body is a Book of Rules and Starvation Mode, and a book of essays, White Magic.
Roseanne A. Brown
Featuring Roseanne A. Brown, New York Times bestselling author of A Song of Wraiths and Ruin and alumnus of UMD and the Jiménez-Porter Writers' House.
Elizabeth Acevedo
Featuring Elizabeth Acevedo, MFA alumni '15, author of the young adult novels The Poet X, With the Fire on High, and Clap When You Land.