English Visiting Writer Program
Thank you to the Kelly Fund at the San Antonio Area Foundation for their sponsorship of OLLU's Visiting Writer.
Each semester, an accomplished writer visits OLLU to work with students and give a public reading. For more information, contact Octavio Quintanilla, PhD, in the English Department at oquintanilla@ollusa.edu.
Spring 2021 Visiting Writer: Laura Van Prooyen
Laura Van Prooyen is author of three collections of poetry: "Frances of the Wider Field" (forthcoming from Lily Poetry Review Books, 2021), "Our House Was on Fire" (Ashland Poetry Press) nominated by Philip Levine and winner of the McGovern Prize, and Inkblot and Altar (Pecan Grove Press). She is also co-author with Gretchen Bernabei of "Text Structures from Poetry," a book of writing lessons for educators of grades 4-12 (Corwin Literacy). Van Prooyen is a recipient of grants from the Artist Foundation of San Antonio and the American Association of University Women and was awarded the 2015 Writers’ League of Texas Poetry Book Award and the Annual Glenna Luschei Award for poems in "Prairie Schooner." Serving as Managing Editor of "The Cortland Review," Van Prooyen teaches poetry in the low-residency MFA Creative Writing program at Miami University of Ohio. She lives in San Antonio. Her website is www.lauravanprooyen.com .
Previous Visiting Writers
- Spring 2020: David Haynes
- Fall 2019: Carolina Ebeid
- Spring 2019: Ire'ne Lara Silva
- Fall 2018: Adrienne Harun
- Spring 2018: David Bowles
- Fall 2017: Robert Rivard
- Spring 2017: Antonio Ruiz-Camacho
- Fall 2016: J.R. Helton
- Spring 2016: Lex Williford
- Fall 2015: Gregg Barrios
- Spring 2015: Wendy Barker
- Fall 2014: Ito Romo
- Fall 2013: Laurie Ann Guerrero
- Spring 2013: Richard Blanco
- Fall 2012: David Rice
- Spring 2012: Douglas Goetsch
- Fall 2011: K.L. Cook
- Spring 2011: Andrew Porter
- Fall 2010: Catherine Kaspar
- Spring 2010: Pamela Johnston
- Spring 2009: Carmen Tafolla
- Fall 2008 - Alison Moore