The Pearl Andelson Sherry Memorial Poetry Reading honors the life and work of former University of Chicago student Pearl Andelson Sherry. The Sherry series aims to bring poets of international stature. We find this series invaluable to our student poets, as it allows them to gain access to a great thinker and pioneer in the field. We ask the visiting poet to give a public reading from their work, a public lecture on a topic of their choosing, and to participate in a student-focused event in the form of individual meetings, a seminar, a workshop, or a structure based on their interest.
Past Sherry Poets
2024
Joy Harjo
2023
Vijay Seshadri
2022
Mei-mei Berssenbrugge
2021
Ilya Kaminsky
2019
Anne Carson
2018
Cecilia Vicuña
2017
Ishion Hutchinson
Ed Roberson
Patricia Smith
2016
Fred Moten
2015
Lisa Robertson
2014
Susan Wheeler
2013
Ann Lauterbach
2012
Rosmarie Waldrop
Keith Waldrop
2011
Lyn Hejinian
2010
Mark Strand
2009
Carl Phillips
2008
Susan Howe
2007
Michael Palmer
2006
Jim Powell
2005
Allen Grossman
2004
Mark Doty
2003
Campbell McGrath
2002
Kenneth Field
2001
Alane Rollings
2000
Eleanor Wilner
1999
David Wojahn
1998
Anne Winters