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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<\/a>. The featured author and his\/her works are incorporated into the program curriculum each spring.<\/p>\n

Kiese 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>\n

Mary Karr (2019)<\/h2>\n

New York Times bestseller and PEN\/Martha Albrand Award-winning memoir,
\nThe Liar’s Club <\/em><\/p>\n

Katherine 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>\n

Elizabeth Strout (2017)<\/h2>\n

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Olive Kitteridge <\/em><\/p>\n

Julie 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>\n

Jesmyn Ward (2015)<\/h2>\n

Two-time National Book Award winner, author of Men We Reaped<\/em><\/p>\n

Richard Ford (2014)<\/h2>\n

Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sportswriter<\/em><\/p>\n

Junot Diaz (2013)<\/h2>\n

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao<\/em><\/p>\n

Jennifer Egan (2012)<\/h2>\n

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, A Visit from the Goon Squad<\/em><\/p>\n

Tim 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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