MFA Reading Series

These events are free and open to the public; sponsored by the Hearst Visiting Scholars Fund and the Klein Family Fund. 

2024-25 Reading Series

FALL 2024

Wednesday, Sept. 18 | 7 p.m.
Mitchell Jackson, journalist and novelist

Monday, Oct. 21 | 7 p.m.
Tracy Dimond, MFA '15, poet
Tanya Olson, poet

Wednesday, Nov. 13 | 7 p.m.
Oliver Radclyffe, author

Friday, Dec. 6 | 7 p.m.
MFA Student Reading

SPRING 2025

Thursday, March 13 | 7 p.m.
Steven Leyva, poet

Saturday, May 10 | 2 p.m.
MFA Graduate Reading and Book Fair

Fall 2024 MFA Reading Series flyer

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 ChabonMichael Chabon

 

Patricia Smith Patricia Smith

 

ann Patchett Ann Patchett

 

Teju Cole 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