Visiting Writers Series brings acclaimed University of Idaho authors to WSU Pullman

The Washington State University Visiting Writers Series welcomes University of Idaho MFA professors and authors Alexandrea Teague, Thomas Dai, and Micheal McGriff for a reading at WSU Pullman on Tuesday, October 14th, 5:30pm at the WSU Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. The reading is free and open to the public and will be followed by a Q&A and book signing. The event will be livestreamed on the Visiting Writers Series YouTube page.

Alexandra Teague is the author of Spinning Tea Cups: A Mythical American Memoir (Oregon State University Press 2023) and the poetry collection [ominous music intensifying] (Persea 2024), recently selected by the New York Times poetry editor as a recommended title. She is previously the author of three books of poetry and a novel, as well as co-editor of Bullets into Bells: Poets & Citizens Respond to Gun Violence.

Thomas Dai is the author of the recently published essay collection Take My Name but Say It Slow. Recent pieces have appeared or are forthcoming in Electric Literature, The Georgia Review, Longreads, and other publications. He has been awarded fellowships from Lambda Literary, PLAYA, the Sewanee Writers' Conference, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Thomas holds an MFA from the University of Arizona and a PhD in American Studies from Brown University.

Michael McGriff is the author of six poetry collections, Inquest, Angel Sharpening its Beak, Eternal Sentences, Early Hour, Home Burial, and Dismantling the Hills. He is also the author of the short story collection Our Secret Life in the Movies, which was co-authored with J.M. Tyree and selected as one of NPR's Best Books of the Year. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Bookforum, Poetry London, The Academy of American Poets, and American Poetry Review.

For more information on the series, including YouTube links to our upcoming readings, visit the Visiting Writers Series webpage.

The WSU Visiting Writers Series is grateful to collaborators, including the WSU-Pullman English Department, WSU-Pullman College of Arts and Sciences, WSU-Vancouver Office of Academic Affairs, WSU-Vancouver College of Arts and Sciences, WSU Common Reading Program, ASWSU, Landscapes, Academic Outreach and Innovation, and WSU Native American Programs.