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Peter Carey: Chaffee Visiting Writer

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Peter Carey is one of three writers in history to have won the Booker Prize twice, first for Oscar and Lucinda and then for True History of the Kelly Gang. […]

Solmaz Sharif: Ackerman Visiting Writer

Gilman 50

Born in Istanbul to Iranian parents, Solmaz Sharif is the author of Customs (Graywolf Press, 2022) and Look (Graywolf Press, 2016), a finalist for the National Book Award. She holds […]

Justin Torres: Albert Dowling Visiting Writer

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Justin Torres is the author of Blackouts, winner of the 2023 National Book Award for Fiction, and was a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize, the National Book Critics […]