A.E. Stringer Visiting Writers Series at Marshall University

05/05/2026

Some photos from our final 2025-2026 series reading, which featured some incredible poets: West Virginia Poet Laureate Marc Harshman and Marshall Professor Emerita Mary Barbara Moore!

04/15/2026

Tomorrow! Please join us for both events, which feature the wonderful Marc Harshman and Mary Barbara Moore!

04/14/2026

Check out this awesome write-up of Thursday's event published in Marshall University News! https://www.marshall.edu/news/2026/04/writers-series-features-authors-marc-harshman-and-mary-barbara-moore/

04/09/2026

Come for the poets, stay for the cookies! 🍪

03/24/2026

Save the date! We are so excited to host West Virginia Poet Laureate Marc Harshman and Marshall Professor Emeritus Mary Barbara Moore on Thursday, April 16!

02/25/2026

Our thanks go out to Anna Rollins for sharing her new memoir with us tonight! It was a packed house and a beautiful reading. 📚❤️✨

02/19/2026

Join us for a warm and welcoming Coffee & Chat with Visiting Writer Anna Rollins! ☕📚✨

Tuesday, February 24 • 3:30–5:00 p.m.
English Department Library

Come enjoy coffee, snacks, and great conversation ☕🍪💚 as we gather ahead of Anna’s 7:30 p.m. reading later that evening.

Students, faculty, staff, and community members are all invited!

Spread the word, bring a friend, and join us for an afternoon full of connection and creativity ✨📚🌟.

02/19/2026

Just popping in with a quick reminder that our rescheduled Visiting Writers Series event with Anna Rollins is coming up next week. We’d love to have you there! 🎉

📚 Anna Rollins Reading
Tuesday, February 24 • 7:30 p.m.
Drinko Library Atrium
Free and open to everyone
Hosted by the English Department 💚

Anna Rollins is the author of Famished: On Food, S*x, and Growing Up as a Good Girl (published in December 2025). Her groundbreaking debut memoir examines the rhyming scripts of diet culture and purity culture, both of which direct women to fear their own bodies and appetites. Her writing has appeared in outlets like The New York Times, Slate, Electric Literature, Salon, Joyland, and more. She’s also written scholarly articles about composition and writing center studies. She’s an award-winning instructor who taught English at Marshall University for nearly 15 years. She is a 2025 Tamarack Foundation for the Arts Literary Arts Fellow. A lifelong Appalachian, she lives with her husband in West Virginia where they’re raising their three small children.

We’ll have snacks on hand 🍪, and it should be a really lovely evening. 📚✨

02/10/2026

02/09/2026

📢 Schedule Update: New Date for Anna Rollins Reading!

Due to last week’s snowstorm, our Visiting Writers Series event with Anna Rollins has been rescheduled. ❄️✨

📅 New Date:
Tuesday, February 24, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
📍 Drinko Library Atrium

Please help us spread the word! We’re looking forward to seeing you there! 💚📚