Hollins University and its Jackson Center for Creative Writing have a long history of hosting readings by accomplished and inspiring writers in all genres. Enjoy audio from prior readings below.
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Featured Readings in Alphabetical Order:
A:
Poet T.J. Anderson III gives a poetry reading on September 10, 2015.
Constance Adler, a Hollins alumna, reads from her memoir My Bayou. Reading from November 7, 2013.
Constance Adler and Shelby Smoak, give a read on November 7, 2013.
B:
Aaron Bake gives a reading on September 20, 2007.
Faculty members Josh Barkan and Thorpe Moeckel February 11, 2016.
Author Thomas Beller gives a reading on September 28, 2006.
Author and faculty member Karen Bender on February 25, 2016.
Laura Benedict gives a reading on October 23, 2007
Adrian Blevins gives a poetry reading at Hollins University on September 25, 2003.
Former faculty member and fiction writer Carrie Brown gives a reading on September 6, 2012.
C:
Jennifer Camden gives a reading on March 3, 2011.
Mary Ann Caws gives a reading on March 1, 2012.
Joel Chace gives a reading on November 30, 2007.
Kelly Cherry gives a reading at the Lex Allen Literary Festival on March 7, 2009.
Michael Chitwood gives a reading on November 1, 2007
Casey Clabough gives a reading on November 8, 2012.
Faculty members Amanda Cockrell and Cathy Hankla give a reading on February 2, 2012.
Wyn Cooper gives a reading at the Lex Allen Literary Festival on March 7, 2009.
Poet Eduardo Corral gives a reading on April 25, 2013.
Steve Cushman gives a reading on November 11, 2010.
D:
Kyle Dargan February 13, 2014
Lennard Davis gives a reading on March 9, 2017
Carl Dennis gives a reading on April 9, 2009
PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry winner Toi Derricotte gives a reading at Hollins University on March 13, 2004.
Marcia Douglas gives a reading on February 7, 2008
Novelist Tom Drury, 2016 writer-in-residence at Hollins, cracks jokes and reads from his latest book, “Pacific.” Essayist Amy Leach shares the lyric philosophy of “Things That Are.” Reading from September 12, 2013.
Rebecca Dunham gives a poetry reading at the Lex Allen Literary Festival on March 30, 2013.
E:
Cornelius Eady gives a in February 7, 2013
Claudia Emerson gives a reading on March, 29 2007.
F:
Ed Falco gives a reading in October 27, 2005.
Lara Farina gives a reading March 5, 2009.
Nick Flynn gives a reading at the Lex Allen Literary Festival on March 12, 2011.
Alice Fulton gives a reading on April 12, 2012.
G:
Roxane Gay gives a reading on September 22, 2016.
Jane Gentry gives a reading on February 26, 2009.
Loren Graham gives a reading in February 16, 2012.
H:
Joy Harjo gives a reading on April 17, 2014.
Ethan Hauser gives a reading on February 12, 2015.
Cristina Henriquez gives a reading on September 29, 2016.
Brian Henry gives a reading on February 13, 2007.
John Hoppenthaler gives a reading on April 10, 2008.
Randall Horton gives a reading on September 13, 2012.
David Huddle gives a reading at the Lex Allen Literary Festival on March 10, 2012.
Barbara Hurd gives a reading at the Lex Allen Literary Festival on April 12, 2017.
I:
J:
Mat Johnson gives a reading on February 9, 2012.
Wayne Johnston gives a reading on September 6, 2007.
Poet and former Hollins writer-in-residence (2017) Li-Young Lee, gives a poetry reading on November 13, 2014.
U.S. Poet Laureate and Hollins alumna Natasha Trethewey gives a poetry reading on March 10, 2012.
Poet and critic Alice Fulton shares her work on April 12, 2012.
Reading:
Ben Doyle, Elizabeth Seydel Morgan and Josh Russell share their work at the 2007 Hollins Literary Festival.
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Claudia Emerson gives a reading at Hollins University. Emerson also served as Virginia Poet Laureate. Reading from March 29, 2007.
Novelist Ed Falco gives a reading on October 27, 2005.
Joy Harjo, a Mvskoke poet, musician, and author, gives a reading at Hollins University on April 17, 2014.
Luke Johnson and Will Schutt share their work on March 13, 2014.
Novelist Wayne Johnston gives a reading at the Hollins Literary Festival on March 9, 2002.
Authors Rebecca Lee and Drew Perry give readings of their recent work at a Hollins event bringing together authors and their editors to speak about publication.
Novelist Inman Majors gives a reading at Hollins on December 2, 2004.
Charlotte Matthews, S.J. Rozen and Christine Schutt share their work at the 2008 Hollins Literary Festival.
Author James McBride reads on September 23, 2014.
Rebecca McClanahan gives a reading at the Hollins Literary Festival on March 14, 2015.
John McManus gives a reading of his fiction on March 13, 2004.
Elizabeth Seydel Morgan gives a reading on February 26, 2015.
Writer-in-residence Karen Osborn gives a reading at the Hollins Literary Festival on March 30, 2013.
Writer Francine Prose gives a reading at the Hollins Literary Festival on March 30, 2013.
George Saunders reads his short story “Victory Lap.” Reading from April 7, 2011.
Pulitzer Prize-winning fiction writer Elizabeth Strout gives a reading on December 2, 2010.
Poet C.D. Wright reads her poetry on April 11, 2013.
Poet and playwright Naomi Wallace gives a reading on April 26, 2007.
Readings by Hollins University Faculty
Pauline Kaldas, English Department Chair, reads from her collection of short stories, The Time Between Places, on November 3, 2011.
In two readings from 2007, Kaldas shares work from her transnational nonfiction, Letters From Cairo.
Thorpe Moeckel, MFA Program Director, gives a poetry reading on February 24, 2011.
T.J. Anderson III gives a poetry reading from his book River to Cross on September 9, 2010.
Jeanne Larsen and R. H. W. Dillard read new poetry on September 8, 2011.
Amanda Cockrell, director of the Children’s Literature MFA at Hollins, and Cathryn Hankla, Editor of the Hollins Critic, read from their creative work on February 2, 2012.
Poet Eric Tretheway was a Professor of English at Hollins University from 1984 until his death in 2014. Writes the AWP, “In addition to his writing career, Trethewey was the lead singer of a band, a songwriter, guitarist, reporter, longshoreman, and Louisiana Golden Gloves boxer, all of which entered and inspired his work.” Readings from March 22, 2004 and October 21, 2004.
