Common Read
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Tracy K. Smith
Author of Life on Mars
Presented in Spring 2018
Rich Cohen
Author of The Fish That Ate the Whale
Presented in Spring 2014
Yusef Komunyakaa
Author of Pleasure Dome
Presented in Fall 2013
Silas House
Author of Eli the Good
Presented in Spring 2013
Mat Johnson
Author of Dark Rain
Presented in Fall 2012
Beth Ann Fennelly
Poet, Author of Unmentionables: Poems
Presented in March 2012
Tom Franklin
Author of Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter: A Novel
Presented in March 2012
Susan Straight
Author of Highwire Moon
Presented in October 2011
Ron Rash
Author of Burning Bright
Presented in March 2011
Sheryl St. Germain
Author of "Let it Be a Dark Roux: New and Selected Poems"
Presented in October 2010
James Wilcox
Author of Modern Baptists
Presented in October 2010
Jill McCorkle
Author of Creatures of Habit
Presented in March 2010
Sherman Alexie
Author of Flight
Presented in October 2009
Richard Ford
Author of Rock Springs
Presented in March 2009
Kalhid Kosseni
Author of The Kite Runner
Presented in October 2008
Will Power
Playwright, Educator, Actor, Rapper, and Composer
Presented in April 2008
Ng?g? wa Thiong'o
Author of Wizard of the Crow
Presented in May 2007
Angela Davis
Author of "the Yarnspinner"
Presented in February 2007
