Department of Literature and Languages<\/a>. The featured author and his\/her works are incorporated into the program curriculum each spring.<\/p>\nKiese Laymon (2022)<\/h2>\n
Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, author of Heavy: An American Memoir<\/p>\n
Reginald Dwayne Betts (2022)<\/h2>\n
Guggenheim and Macarthur Fellow, author of Felon<\/p>\n
Valeria Luiselli (2020)<\/h2>\n
Los Angeles Times Book Prize and American Book Award winner, author of Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions<\/em><\/p>\nMary Karr (2019)<\/h2>\n
New York Times bestseller and PEN\/Martha Albrand Award-winning memoir,
\nThe Liar’s Club <\/em><\/p>\nKatherine Boo (2018)<\/h2>\n
National Book Award for Nonfiction and Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity<\/em><\/p>\nElizabeth Strout (2017)<\/h2>\n
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Olive Kitteridge <\/em><\/p>\nJulie Otsuka (2016)<\/h2>\n
American Library Association’s Alex Award and the Asian American Literary Award, Whe<\/em>n the Emperor Was Divine <\/em><\/p>\nJesmyn Ward (2015)<\/h2>\n
Two-time National Book Award winner, author of Men We Reaped<\/em><\/p>\nRichard Ford (2014)<\/h2>\n
Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sportswriter<\/em><\/p>\nJunot Diaz (2013)<\/h2>\n
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao<\/em><\/p>\nJennifer Egan (2012)<\/h2>\n
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, A Visit from the Goon Squad<\/em><\/p>\nTim O\u2019Brien (2011)<\/h2>\n
National Book Award Winner for his collection of stories, The Things They Carried<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Visiting Author Series was established in 2011 in partnership with the Arlington County Public Library\u2019s Arlington Reads initiative. The series is part of the first-year composition program housed in the Department of Literature and Languages. The featured author and his\/her works are incorporated into the program curriculum each spring. Kiese Laymon (2022) Carnegie Medal for […]<\/p>\n
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