Visiting authors
Published authors visit Northwestern regularly to share their work and encourage students by reading and responding to their writing in classes and individual workshops.
Deepsong
When authors visit, we host Deepsong, a public reading of the writer’s work. Northwestern professors and students also share their creative writing at Deepsong. Authors who’ve visited Northwestern recently include:
- Nicole Baart, novelist
- Tim Bascom, nonfiction writer
- Todd Boss, poet
- Scott Cairns, poet and memoirst
- Elaine Cooper, novelist
- David McGlynn, short story writer
- Mary Swander, memoirist
- Kali Van Baale, novelist
