Center for Literary Arts at SJSU

PAST EVENTS
	2010-2011 E. L. Doctorow (Martha Heasley Cox Lecturer) Lan Samantha Chang (James D. Houston Lecture) Carl Phillips Eric Puchner Jasmin Darznik Rebecca Solnit Maggie Estep Tony Barnstone Sarah Shun-lien Bynum
	2009-2010 Mary Roach Daniel Alarcon (James D. Houston Memorial Lecture) Laleh Khadivi Truong Tran Peter Nathaniel Malae Denis Johnson (Martha Heasley Cox Lecture) John Hammamura Marilyn Chin Kim Addonizio Daniel Arnold Tim Cahill (Lurie Distinguished Visiting Writer) Poetry to the People: Lyn Hejinian, Brian Teare, Keetje Kuipers, Ken Fields, Rebecca Black, Diem Jones, Gloria Frym, Juliana Spahr, Randall Mann, Maria Hummel, Alan Soldofsky, and Justin Chin
	2008-2009 Junot Diaz Mark Doty Sandra Gilbert Aimee Bender Hayan Charara Fady Joudah Thaddeus Rutkowski Marc Pinate Ana Castillo Callie Miller Dan White Rick Wartzman Terrence McNally (Martha Heasley Cox Lecture)
	2007-2008 ZZ Packer Kimiko Hahn Harold Schechter Nick Taylor Harold Schechter Ishmael Reed Presents Boadiba, Tennessee Reed, and Neli Moody Dorothy Allison (Martha Heasley Cox Lecture) Salman Rushdie (Margaret and Jim Jimenez Lecture) Sam Hammill Michal Govrin C. Dale Young
	2006-2007 Khaled Hosseini James Kelman Tommie Smith Carolyn See Kiran Desai James D. Houston Andrew Lam Diem Jones Al Young Neil Gaiman Persis Karim Simon Winchester (Martha Heasley Cox Lecture) Emily Wu
	2005-2006 Ma Jian Father Ernesto Cardenal Wajahat Ali Ann M. Martin Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak
	2003-2004 Studs Terkel J.M. Coetzee Li-Young Lee Peter Orner Jeredith Merrin Stuart Dischell Simon Winchester Neil Gaiman
	2001-2002 Mark Doty Al Young David Henry Hwang
	2000-2001 Adrienne Rich David Sedaris Gish Jen Tony Kushner Carolyn Kizer Ch'oe In-ho & Chong-hui
	1999-2000 Joyce Carol Oates (Martha Heasley Cox Lecture) Robert Bly Alice Walker Ana Castillo Barry Hannah Lorna Dee Cervantese Ursula K. LeGuin
	1998-1999 Arthur Miller Wendy Wasserstein Edward Albee Luis Valdez Sandra Cisneros
	1997-1998 Norman Mailer (Martha Heasley Cox Lecture) Anne Waldman C.K. Williams Carol Shields Oliver Stone Barry Gifford Elmore Leonard Frances Mayes Susan Cahill Richard Russo
	1996-1997 Tobias Wolff Edna O'Brien Gary Soto Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Jay McInerney Walter Mosley Diane DiPrima Michael Ondaatje Anne Lamott James Ragan Lois-Ann Yamanaka
	1995-1996 Yusef Komunyakaa Pat Conroy Tim O'Brien Tillie Olsen Yevgeny Yevtushenko Eavan Bolan Jane Smiley (Martha Heasley Cox Lecture) Sherman Alexie Gerald Stern T. Coraghessan Boyle
	1994-1995 Grace Paley Stephen Dunn Derek Walcott Mary Pickering Carolyn Forche Mary Gordon Paul Theroux Amy Tan Aldon L. Nielsen James Walsh Bruce Weigl Jane Miller
	1993-1994 George Plimpton (Martha Heasley Cox Lecture) Isabelle Allende Ken Kesey Margaret Atwood Gary Snyder Andrei Codrescu Mary Oliver Scott Rice Robert Creeley Nils Ptereson June Jordan Ehtel Pitts Walker Nathaniel Mackey
	1992-1993 Allen Ginsberg Li-Young Lee Denise Levertov Maxine Kumin Ursula K. LeGuin Garrison Keillor Randy Rucker David Mura Rita Manning Quincy Troupe Harvey Birenbaum Peter Bacho Diane Wood Middlebrook Peter Matthiessen (Martha Heasley Cox Lecture)
	1991-1992 Lawrence Ferlinghetti Maxine Hong Kingston (Martha Heasley Cox Lecture) Garrett Hongo Carolyn Kizer Lucille Clifton Elmaz Abinader Robert Hass Terry McMillan Richard VanDerBeets Robert Swigart Victor Villasenor Gabriele Rico Stanley Baran
	1990-1991 Bharati Mukherjee Sharon Olds Seamus Heaney Adrienne Rich Marilyn Chin Lorna Dee Cervantes John Barth (Martha Heasley Cox Lecture) James M. Freeman Shelby Steele Larry Engleman Cecile Pineda
	1989-90 Amy Tan Ann Beattie William Styron (Martha Heasley Cox Lecture) Gloria Anzaldua Cherrie Moraga Opal Adisa Czeslaw Milosz Genny Lim Virginia Cerenio Merle Woo
	1988 William Kennedy (Martha Heasley Cox Lecture)
	1987 Toni Morrison (Martha Heasley Cox Lecture)
	1986 Wallace Stegner (Martha Heasley Cox Lecture)