MFA Reading Series
These events are free and open to the public; sponsored by the Hearst Visiting Scholars Fund and the Klein Family Fund.
2023-24 Reading Series
FALL 2023
Monday, Oct. 9 | 7 p.m.
Passager poets Gilbert Arzola and Professor Emeritus Kendra Kopelke
Thursday, Nov. 9 | 7 p.m.
Bookwarming for Professor Jane Delury's novel Hedge
Friday, Dec. 8 | 6 p.m.
MFA Student Reading
SPRING 2024
Monday, March 4 | 7 p.m.
Culture writer Howard Fishman
Wednesday, April 3 | 7 p.m.
Lyric essayist Randon Noble
Sunday, May 19 | 2 p.m.
MFA Graduate Reading and Book Fair
All events will take place in the Hilda and Michael Bogomolny Room, on the 5th floor of the UBalt Student Center (21 W. Mt. Royal Ave.).
Recent Visiting Writers
Michael Chabon
Patricia Smith
Ann Patchett
Teju Cole
Past Guests, Fall 2006 – SPRING 2023
The reading series was launched in Fall 2006. Our schedule includes two student readings per academic year as well as full-time and adjunct faculty readings. Here are some of the writers who have spoken at UBalt:
Harry Bauld
Robert Bausch
Jan Beatty
Maud Casey
Michael Chabon
Teju Cole
Gayle Danley
Mark Doty
Larry Doyle
Jehanne Dubrow
Thomas Sayers Ellis
Annie Finch
Rob Fitterman
Nick Flynn
Jaimy Gordon
Joe Harrison
Amy Hempel
John Hodgman and friends
Don Lee
Richard McCann
Megan McShea
James Magruder
Alice Mattison
Rick Moody
Anna Moschovakis, ed.
Idra Novey
Susan Perabo
Ann Patchett
Cherise Pollard
Paisley Rekdal
Susan Kushner Resnick
Adam Robinson (Publishing Genius Press)
Joseph Scapellato
Param Anand Singh
Patricia Smith
Debra Spark
Gerald Stern
Jeannie Vanasco
Adam Zagajewski
Ugly Duckling Presse