Writer-in-Residence
Based on our long-standing Poet-in-Residence program, the Writer-in-Residence program brings an eminent writer of fiction or literary nonfiction to campus for a one-week visit each academic year. The Writer-in-Residence presents a public reading, a Q&A session, a craft workshop and meets individually with select students.
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The Writer-in-Residence is arranged by invitation only; the Stadler Center does not accept applications for this position.
2026-27 Writer-in-Residence
Brandon Hobson
Brandon Hobson is the author of the novels The Devil is a Southpaw; The Removed; Where the Dead Sit Talking, which was finalist for the 2018 National Book Award; and other books. He received fellowships from the John W. Simon Guggenheim Foundation and UCROSS, and his work has appeared in The Best American Short Stories, McSweeney', Conjunctions, NOON, and many other places. He is an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation Tribe of Oklahoma and an associate professor of English at New Mexico State University.
Former Writers-in-Residence
- 2025–26 Rebecca Makkai
- 2024–25 V.V. Ganeshananthan
- 2023–24 Akil Kumarasamy
- 2022–23 Asali Solomon
- 2021–22 Garth Greenwell
- 2020–21 Angie Cruz
- 2019–20 Robert Boswell
- 2018–19 Vu Tran
- 2017–18 Sarah Manyika