Minnesota Northwoods Writers Conference
Readings 

Evening Reading Series 2024

Nicky Beer
Poetry
Author Bio

Monday,
June 24 @ 7:00pm CST
Hagg Sauer Hall 150
Bemidji State University Campus

Recordings of readings will be posted after the
conference .

Lia Purpura
Creative Nonfiction
Author Bio

Tuesday,
June 25 @ 7:00pm CST
Hagg Sauer Hall 150
Bemidji State University Campus

Recordings of readings will be posted after the
conference .


Danez Smith
Northwoods Visiting Writer
Author Bio

Wednesday,
June 25 @ 7:00pm CST
Hagg Sauer Hall 150
Bemidji State University Campus

Recordings of readings will be posted after the
conference .

Kazim Ali
Hybrid Poetry/Prose
Author Bio

Thursday,
June 26@ 7:00pm CST
Hagg Sauer Hall 150
Bemidji State University Campus

Recordings of readings will be posted after the
conference .

Valerie Miner
Fiction
Author Bio

Video to be posted soon!

Friday,
June 28 @ 7:00pm CST
Hagg Sauer Hall 150
Bemidji State University Campus

Recordings of readings will be posted after the
conference .

Sun Yung Shin
Poetry
Author Bio

Video to be posted soon!

Saturday,
June 29 @ 7:00pm CST
Hagg Sauer Hall 150
Bemidji State University Campus


Recordings of readings will be posted after the
conference .

Archive

Evening Reading Series 2023



Tuesday, June 20

@ 7:30 CST

Video archive coming soon!

Keetje Kuipers
Poet
Author Bio

Lia Purpura
Creative Nonfiction
Author Bio



Wednesday, June 21

@ 7:30 CST

Video archive coming soon!

Diane Wilson
Memoir & Fiction
Author Bio

Bronwen Tate
Published MNWC Writer

Lynette Reini-Grandell
Published MNWC Writer




Thursday, June 22

@ 7:30 CST

Video archive coming soon!

Heid Erdrich
Poet
Author Bio

Sun Yung Shin
Poet
Author Bio



Friday, June 23

@ 7:30 CST

Video archive coming soon!

Will Weaver
Fiction
Author Bio

Sean Enfield
Published MNWC Writer

Meryl Natchez
Published MNWC Writer



Saturday, June 23

@ 7:30 CST

Video archive coming soon!

Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Poetry & Prose Hybrid
Author Bio

Ross Gay
Poetry
Author Bio

Evening Reading Series 2022

Kimberly Blaeser
Poetry
Author Bio

Monday,
June 20 @ 7:30pm CST

Douglas Kearney
Poetry
Author Bio

Tuesday,
June 21 @ 7:30pm CST

Claudia Rankine
Distinguished Visiting Writer
Author Bio

Wednesday,
June 22 @ 7:30pm CST

Joni Tevis
Nonfiction
Author Bio

Thursday,
June 23 @ 7:30pm CST

Benjamin Percy
Fiction
Author Bio

Video to be posted soon!

Friday,
June 24 @ 7:30pm CST

David Treuer
Non-Fiction & Fiction
Author Bio

Video to be posted soon!

Saturday,
June 25 @ 7:30pm CST

Evening Reading Series 2021

John Murillo
Poetry 

Author Bio 

Video to be posted soon!

Monday,
June 21 @ 6:30pm CST

Nikky Finney
Distinguished Visiting Writer

Author Bio

Video to be posted soon!

Tuesday
June 22 @ 6:30 CST

Faith Adiele
Creative Nonfiction

Author Bio 

Video to be posted soon!

Wednesday,
June 23 @ 6:30pm CST

J. Drew Lanham
Creative Nonfiction

Author Bio 

Video to be posted soon!

Thursday
June 24 @ 6:30 CST

Danielle Evans
Fiction

Author Bio 

Video to be posted soon!

Friday,
June 25 @ 6:30 CST

Jennifer Foerster
Poetry

Author Bio 

Video to be posted soon!

Saturday,
June 26 @ 6:30 CST

2020 Evening Readings Series

Brenda Shaughnessy
Poetry 

Author Bio 

Recording from Monday,
June 22 @ 6:30pm CST

Robin Wall Kimmerer
Distinguished Visiting Writer

Author Bio 

Recording from Tuesday
June 23 @ 6:30 CST

Alison Hawthorne Deming
Creative Nonfiction

Author Bio 

Recording from Wednesday,
June 24 @ 6:30 CST

Scott Russell Sanders
Fiction

Author Bio 

Recording from Thursday,
June 25 @ 6:30 CST

Meera Subramanian
Creative Nonfiction

Author Bio 

Recording from Friday,
June 26 @ 6:30 CST

Elizabeth Bradfield
Poetry

Author Bio 

Recording from Saturday,
June 27 @ 6:30 CST

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