English Visiting Writer Program
Thank you to the Kelly Fund at the San Antonio Area Foundation for their sponsorship of ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ's Visiting Writer.
Each semester, an accomplished writer visits ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ to work with students and give a public reading. For more information, contact Octavio Quintanilla, PhD, in the English Department at oquintanilla@ollusa.edu.
Spring 2024 Visiting Writer: J. Bruce Fuller
J. Bruce Fuller is the author of "How to Drown a Boy" (LSU Press, 2024). His chapbooks
include "The Dissenter's Ground," "Lancelot," and "Flood," and his poems have appeared
at "The Southern Review," "Crab Orchard Review," "McNeese Review," "Birmingham Poetry
Review," and "Best New Poets 2022," among others. He has received scholarships from
Bread Loaf, the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, and Stanford University, where he was
a Wallace Stegner Fellow. He teaches at Sam Houston State University where he is Director
of Texas Review Press.
Previous Visiting Writers
- Fall 2022:
- Spring 2022:
- Spring 2021:
- Spring 2020:
- Fall 2019:
- Spring 2019:
- Fall 2018:
- Spring 2018:
- Fall 2017: Robert Rivard
- Spring 2017:
- Fall 2016:
- Spring 2016:
- Fall 2015: Gregg Barrios
- Spring 2015:
- Fall 2014:
- Fall 2013:
- Spring 2013:
- Fall 2012: David Rice
- Spring 2012:
- Fall 2011:
- Spring 2011:
- Fall 2010:
- Spring 2010: Pamela Johnston
- Spring 2009:
- Fall 2008 -