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In 1989 Professor Art Stringer founded Marshall University\u2019s Visiting Writers Series (VWS), a program that invites 6-8 authors every year to come to Marshall’s campus, meet and talk to students and to the community, and to read publicly from their work.<\/p>\n

Visiting writers do more than just read their work aloud: they meet and talk to students, faculty, and members of the community; they elaborate on their creative processes and share their ideas and experience; they sign copies of their books sold by the university bookstore; and whenever possible, they conduct class visits and give guest lectures.<\/p>\n

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Popular fiction writer Andrew (A.J.) Hartley speaks to a group of 8th graders at Milton Middle School in Milton, W.V.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Novelist Chris Bachelder (left) and poet and essayist Danielle Cadena Deulen (right<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Crystal Good Affrilachian poet (center)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Poet Neil Carpathios<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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