Writers at Rutgers Reading Series

Donika Kelly is the author of The Natural Order of Things The Renunciations winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in Poetry and Bestiary winner of the Cave Canem Poetry Prize

Mat Johnson has explored the complexities of American racial identity through satire historical fiction and graphic novels Drawing on his experiences as the son of a Black mother and an

Lisa Ko is the author of the new novel Memory Piece and the nationally bestselling novel The Leavers which was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction and

On Wednesday, November 19, Writers at Rutgers, cosponsored by the Zimmerli Art Museum, will host the award-winning poet, Natalie Diaz. Her visit is in conjunction with the Zimmerli's current exhibition "Indigenous Identities: Here, Now, and Always," and the reading will be held at the museum. Diaz is the author of

Join us on Wednesday, October 15, as we host Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, best-selling author of the short story collection Friday Black, which won the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award in 2019, and, more recently, the novel Chain-Gang All-Stars, which was a finalist for the National Book Award and on the New

We are so pleased to welcome poet Shane McCrae to our final spring 2025 Writers at Rutgers reading series McCrae is the author of several poetry collections including Mule 2011

W e are thrilled to have Lauren Groff as one of our spring 2025 Writers at Rutgers guests Groff is a three-time National Book Award finalist and The New York

J oin us for our first Writers at Rutgers event for the spring 2025 semester with Roxane Gay Roxane Gay is a writer editor and professor She is the author

Join us for a reading conversation book signing and refreshments with Ed Pavli author of more than a dozen books and pieces in over sixty magazines Pavli is an American

Save the date for the fall Writers at Rutgers Reading Series featuring the esteemed novelist, Meg Wolitzer.  Wolitzer is the New York Times–bestselling author of The Interestings, The Uncoupling, The Ten-Year Nap, The Female Persuasion, The Position, The Wife, and Sleepwalking. She is also the author of the young adult novel

Writers at Rutgers is a series that creates the opportunity for exchange between well-known writers of diverse backgrounds and Rutgers students, faculty, and the general public. The event includes an author reading, Q&A session, book sale and signing, and catered reception. Free to attend. Register for free parking here. On Tuesday,

Writers at Rutgers is a series that creates the opportunity for exchange between well-known writers of diverse background and Rutgers students, faculty, and the general public. The event includes an author reading, Q&A session, book sale and signing, and catered reception. Free to attend. Register for free parking here.  Hafizah Augustus

Writers at Rutgers is a series that creates the opportunity for exchange between well-known writers of diverse background and Rutgers students, faculty, and the general public. The event includes an author reading, Q&A session, book sale and signing, and catered reception. Free to attend. Register for free parking here. Victor LaValle is

Writers at Rutgers is a series that creates the opportunity for exchange between well-known writers of diverse background and Rutgers students, faculty, and the general public. The event includes an author reading, Q&A session, book sale and signing, and catered reception. Free to attend. Register for free parking here. Angie Cruz is

Join us as we hear work from two Rutgers alumni writers, Jared Beloff and Anthony Cappo.  Jared Beloff is a teacher and poet who lives in Queens, NY with his wife and two daughters. You can find his work in Contrary Magazine, Rise Up Review, Barren Magazine, The Shore,  and

Writers at Rutgers is a series that creates the opportunity for exchange between well-known writers of diverse background and Rutgers students, faculty, and the general public. The event includes an author reading, Q&A session, book sale and signing, and catered reception. Free to attend. Register for free parking here. Monica Youn is

We are very happy to host writer Raven Leilani for the second Writers at Rutgers Reading Series. Leilani's book, Luster, was awarded the 2020 Kirkus Prize for Fiction, the 2020 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, the 2020 John Leonard Prize at the National Book Critics Circle Awards, the 2021

Save the date for the return of the Writers at Rutgers series. Writers at Rutgers is an exchange between well-known writers of diverse backgrounds and the Rutgers students and faculty. This semester you'll be able to hear from Joyce Carol Oates on Wednesday October 19 at 6 PM with a

Monique Truong is the writer of the forthcoming novel The Sweetest Fruits which will be published by Viking Press in September 2019 Her second novel Bitter in the Mouth Random