The Kestnbaum Writer-in-Residence Program is one of the keynote events for the Program in Creative Writing each year, allowing the campus community to connect with notable contemporary authors and their work.
Past Kestnbaum Writers-in-Residence
2024
Chang-rae Lee
2023
John Keene
2022
Ben Lerner
2021
Valeria Luiselli
2019
Marlon James
2018
Percival Everett
2017
Edwidge Danticat
2016
Jennifer Egan
2015
Ben Marcus
2014
Lynne Tillman
2013
Jeffrey Eugenides
2012
Michael Ondaatje
2011
Joyce Carol Oates
2010
Jhumpa Lahiri
2009
Stuart Dybek
2008
George Saunders
2007
Lydia Davis
2006
Zadie Smith
2004
Art Spiegelman