Writing Now, Reading Now Series

Distinguished Visiting Writer-in-Residence, One Month Appointment

Emerging Visiting Poet-in-Residence, One Month Appointment

Applications accepted until February 15th, 2024

Wichita State University (Kansas, United States)

Wichita State University (KS) - Distinguished Visiting Writer-in-Residence, One Month Appointment

Wichita State University (Kansas, United States)

One-month, in-person visiting position for a fiction writer to teach a tutorial course to approximately 15 graduate and advanced undergraduate fiction writing students during the Fall 2024 or Spring 2025 semester and to give one in-person reading while in residence. Qualifications: extensive high-quality publications in top national journals and magazines and at least one high-quality novel or story collection; awards, fellowships, and a national reputation preferred. Salary is $18,000 for the month.

Send letter of application, professional vita, and writing sample to Department of English, Attn: Visiting Writer Application, nakita.pereski@wichita.edu Telephone: 316-978-6699. Deadline for applications is February 15, 2024.

Please note the recipient must pay for housing and transportation. Wichita State University does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, or disability. Any person having inquiries concerning this may contact the Office of Equal Opportunity, Wichita State University, 1845 Fairmount St., Wichita, KS 67260-0145 (316) 978-6791.

Wichita State University (KS) – Emerging Visiting Poet-in-Residence, One Month Appointment

Wichita State University (Kansas, United States)

One-month, in-person position for an emerging poet to teach a tutorial course to approximately 15 graduate and advanced undergraduate poetry writing students during the Fall 2024 or Spring 2025 semester and to give one in-person reading while in residence. Qualifications: high-quality publications in top national journals and/or one high-quality poetry collection with a notable press; successful teaching experience; awards and fellowships preferred. Salary is $5,000 for the month.

Send letter of application, professional vita, and writing sample to Department of English, Attn: Visiting Poet Application, nakita.pereski@wichita.edu Telephone: 316-978-6699. Deadline for applications is February 15, 2024.

Please note that the recipient must pay for housing and transportation. Wichita State University does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, or disability. Any person having inquiries concerning this may contact the Office of Equal Opportunity, Wichita State University, 1845 Fairmount St., Wichita, KS 67260-0145 (316) 978-6791.

Thank you to our program partners:

Department of English, Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Ulrich Museum, and Watermark Books & Cafe

Writing Now, Reading Now

Spring 2024 at the Ulrich Museum

POETRY: BRIAN TURNER: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Reception at 5:30/Reading at 6

MEMOIR: BRIAN TURNER: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29

Reception at 5:30/Reading at 6

FICTION: BEE SACKS: THURSDAY, MARCH 21

Reception at 5:30/Reading at 6

FICTION & POETRY: MFA GRADUATES: SATURDAY, APRIL 27

Reception at 2/Reading at 2:30

BRIAN TURNER: VISITING DISTINGUISHED POET

Wichita State’s visiting distinguished poet, Brian Turner, will be in residence from February 1 to March 1, teaching students in a one-to-one tutorial (ENGL 586 and ENGL 881).

Brian Turner is the author of a memoir, My Life as a Foreign Country, and five collections of poetry— Here, Bullet and Phantom Noise; with The Wild Delight of Wild Things, The Goodbye World Poem, and The Dead Peasant’s Handbook due out from Alice James Books in Fall, 2023. He’s the editor of The Kiss and co-editor of The Strangest of Theatres. A musician, he’s written and recorded albums with The Interplanetary Acoustic Team, including 11 11 (Me Smiling) and American Undertow with The Retro Legion. His poems and essays have been published in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, and Harper’s, among other fine journals, and he was featured in the documentary Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience, nominated for an Academy Award. A Guggenheim Fellow, he’s received a USA Hillcrest Fellowship in Literature, the Amy Lowell Traveling Fellowship, the Poets’ Prize, and a Fellowship from the Lannan Foundation. He lives in Orlando with his dog, Dene, the world’s sweetest golden retriever.

BEE SACKS: VISITING EMERGING WRITER

Wichita State’s emerging visiting writer, Bee Sacks, will be in residence from March 18 to April 12 teaching students in a one-to-one tutorial (ENGL 585 and ENGL 880).

Bee Sacks holds an MFA from the Programs in Writing at the University of California, Irvine. Their debut novel, City of a Thousand Gates (published under the name Rebecca Sacks) was awarded the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize for fiction. Their second novel, The Lover, was published in 2023. A former journalist, Bee worked at Vanity Fair for several years before moving to Israel-Palestine to study sacred Jewish texts. They live in Los Angeles with their dog, Pupik.