Vivian S. Delbrook Visiting Writers Series

  • Poet, author Clint Smith offers new perspectives

    Poet, author Clint Smith offers new perspectives

    “‘I think in order for us to be better communicators, better teachers, better people [and] better humans, we should seek out opportunities like this.’”

  • Poet, memoirist Safiya Sinclair continues Visiting Writers Series

    Poet, memoirist Safiya Sinclair continues Visiting Writers Series

    “‘[Sinclair] encourages other people to be comfortable in their skin [and] take up space without feeling embarrassed about it.’”

  • What to know about Butler’s Visiting Writers Series

    What to know about Butler’s Visiting Writers Series

    For its 35th year, the Visiting Writers Series is being held on campus with five authors for the fall semester.

  • New York Times bestseller to speak next week

    WRITTEN BY MARIA LEICHTY, STAFF REPORTER Pulitzer Prize winner Jeffrey Eugenides is coming to Butler University. Most renowned for his novels “The Virgin Suicides,” “Middlesex” and “The Marriage Plot,” Eugenides will discuss these books on Sept. 16 at 7:30 p.m. in Atherton Union. English professor Dan Barden, a member of the Vivian S. Delbrook Visiting…

  • Vivian S. Delbrook Series opens

    A thought or an idea is where all pieces of literature get their start. It is scribbled down on a piece of paper before being transformed into a story in front of our eyes. With the Vivian S. Delbrook Visiting Writers Series, Butler University students will be able to gain insight into the minds of…

  • Former poet laureate kicks off Visiting Writers Series

    Legitimate is a word used all too often; however, in the case of the Vivian S. Delbrook Visiting Writers Series and its opening speaker, Robert Hass, legitimate is the only word applicable. Hass will come to Butler on Sept. 21st to kick off the series and   will speak at 7:30 p.m. in the Atherton Union…