The Zell Visiting Writers Series began as an evening reading series in the early 1990s. Today, it is one of the country’s premier presentations of top contemporary writers reading their work, thanks to the support of gifts from Helen Zell, Larry Kirschbaum and members of the English Advisory Board, Janey Lack, and the Office of the Provost.
The Winter 2011 lineup includes Pulitzer Prize winners, MacArthur fellows, National Book Award finalists and other distinguished authors. The MFA Program in Creative Writing’s Assistant Director Megan Levad, who curates the series with the creative writing faculty, says, “We are fortunate to be able to bring some of the most prominent and exciting writers working today to Ann Arbor, and we are delighted to share them with the U-M and Ann Arbor community.”
Writers appearing in the series this winter are:
• Deb Olin Unferth, 5 p.m. Jan. 18, Room 3222 Angel Hall.
• John Beer and Ish Klein, 5:10 p.m. Jan. 20, Stern Auditorium.
• Campbell McGrath, 5:10 p.m. Jan. 27, Stern Auditvorium.
• Bonnie Jo Campbell, 7 p.m. Feb. 9, Keene Theater, East Quad.
• Mary Gaitskill, 5:10 p.m. Feb. 10, Stern Auditorium.
• Carl Phillips, The Janey Lack Readings in Fiction and Poetry, 5:10 p.m. Feb. 17, Stern Auditorium.
• Suzanne Hancock and Valerie Laken Alumni Reading, 5:10 p.m. Feb. 24, Stern Auditorium.
• Matthea Harvey, 5:10 p.m. March 10, Stern Auditorium.
• Jonathan Lethem, 5:10 p.m. March 14, Apse Room, UMMA; Zell Distinguished Writer in Residence Lecture, 5:10 p.m. March 17, Stern Auditorium.
• Rae Armantrout, 7 p.m. March 21, Rackham Amphitheatre.
• Linda Gregerson and Nicholas Delbanco: MFA Faculty Reading, 5:10 p.m. March 24, Stern Auditorium.
• Pauline Kaldas and T. J. Anderson, 5:10 p.m. March 28, Room 3222, Angell Hall.
• Richard Ford, 5:10 p.m. April 7, Stern Auditorium.
• 2010-11 Zell Fellows, 5:10 p.m. April 14, Stern Auditorium.
