Poet-in-Residence Program

Since its initiation in 1981, the Poet-in-Residence program has brought writers of national and international renown for an extended stay during the spring semester. The Poet-in-Residence teaches a master class for qualified students, gives a public reading and a lecture or Q&A session, and otherwise serves as an active presence on campus. The program honors the acheivement of a distinguished poet while providing undergraduate writers the opportunity to work with that poet.

Recent Poets-In-Residence include Natasha Trethewey, currently serving as U.S. Poet Laureate, and Mark Doty, winner of the 2008 National Book Award for Poetry. See below for a full list of former Poets-in-Residence.

Poets are chosen by invitation only; the Stadler Center does not accept applications for this position.

 

 

Terrance Hayes
Poet-in-Residence 2012–13
February 5 - February 15, 2013

 

Terrance Hayes is the author of four books of poetry; Lighthead (2010), winner of the 2010 National Book Award in Poetry; Wind in a Box, winner of a Pushcart Prize; Hip Logic, winner of the National Poetry Series, a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award, and runner-up for the James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets, and Muscular Music, winner of both the Whiting Writers Award and the Kate Tufts Discovery Award. He has been a recipient of many other honors and awards, including two Pushcart selections, four Best American Poetry selections, and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation. His poetry appears widely in magazines and periodicals and has been featured on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. A Professor of Creative Writing at Carnegie Mellon University, Hayes lives in Pittsburgh with his wife and children.

 

Events for Terrance Hayes


Poetry Reading
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
7 p.m. Bucknell Hall

Conversation and Q&A
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
4 p.m. Willard Smith Library, Vaughan Literature Building

Both events are free and open to the public.

 

 

Former Poets-in-Residence


1981-82 Carolyn Kizer
1982-83 Maxine Kumin
1983-84 Hayden Carruth
1984-85 Karl Shapiro
1985-86 Mary Oliver
1986-87 Wendell Berry
1987-88 Madeline DeFrees
1988-89 Irving Feldman
1989-90 Jean Valentine
1990-91 Louis Simpson
1991-92 Colette Inez
1992-93 Molly Peacock
1993-94 Gerald Stern
1994-95 Bruce Smith
1995-96 William Matthews
1996-97 Afaa M. Weaver
1997-98 Tess Gallagher
1998-99 Peggy Shumaker
1999-00 Linda Gregg
2000-01 John Haines
2001-02 Betsy Sholl
2002-03 Sonia Sanchez
2003-04 Liliana Ursu
2004-05 Michael Waters
2005-06 Carol Frost
2006-07 Marilyn Chin
2007-08 James Harms
2008-09 Nance Van Winckel
2009-10 Tim Seibles
2010-11 Natasha Trethewey
2011-12 Mark Doty