Writers Writing

Through Writers Writing, the campus community and general public engage with influential authors of our time.

Poets, memoirists, fiction writers, and essayists share the passion and pitfalls of the creative process through public readings, master classes, panel discussions, and conferences. Their work is also integrated into the curriculum.

The Literary Arts Institute of the College of Saint Benedict is proud to have hosted noted writers, including those recognized as Pulitzer Prize winners and U.S. Poet Laureates Robert Pinsky, Gwendolyn Brooks, Donald Hall, Billy Collins, Charles Simic and W.S. Merwin among many others.

Recent Visiting Writers

Louise Erdrich

Pulitzer Prize Winner
Louise Erdrich

Pulitzer Prize Winner
Jorie Graham

Ellen Bryant Voigt

S. Mariella Gable Award Winner
Ellen Bryant Voigt

Other Notable Writers