The MFA Reading Series
Free and open to the public, the MFA Reading Series brings renowned writers to the Boise State Campus each fall and spring to give readings and conduct workshops with students. You can find out about upcoming readings by visiting the Events Page.
A number of past readings are available on Penn Sound. Access the Penn Sound Boise State archives online.
Past readers include Denis Johnson, Terrance Hayes, Maggie Nelson, Joy Williams, Leslie Jamison, Rick Bass, Forrest Gander, Christine Hume, Emily Pittinos, Kerri Webster, Jane Wong, Boyd Nielson, Brenda Shaughnessy, Maria Baranda, Alice Notley, Emily Ruskovich, Julie Carr, Kazim Ali, Allison Cobb, Robin Coste-Lewis, John Beer, Vincent Toro, Habib Tengour, Pierre Joris, Osama Alomar, Faiza Sultan, Jerome Rothenberg, Peter Manson, Farid Matuk, Susan Briante, Harold Ackerman, Rajia Hassib, Anne Boyer, Lance Phillips, Cole Swenson, Laura Moriarity, Jessica Anthony, Alan Halsey, Geraldine Monk, Kent Nelson, Pierre Joris, Robert Boswell, Jena Osman, John Godfrey, Ben Percy, Clark Coolidge, Jacqueline Mitchard, Susan Schultz, Alyson Hagy, Joshua Marie Wilkinson, Mathias Svalina, Julie Doxsee, Abraham Smith, Charles Bernstein, Juliana Spahr, Brian Henry, Ales Steger, Michael Palmer, Fanny Howe, William Giraldi, Tyler McMahon, Jennifer Moxley, Dan Beachy-Quick, Cathy Park Hong, Graham Foust, Brad Watson, Michael Earl Craig, Ben Lerner, Daphne Gottlieb, Bhanu Kapil, Amy De’Ath, Bernadette Mayer, Gabriel Gudding, Myung Mi Kim, Renee Gladman, Cathy Wagner, Mei Mei Berssenbrugge, Lyn Hejinian, Leslie Scalapino, D.A. Powell, Rebecca Woolf, Peter Gizzi, Liz Waldner, Elizabeth Willis, Peter Riley, Keston Sutherland, J.H. Prynne, Trevor Joyce, Robin Blazer, Alice Notley, Tom Raworth, Clayton Eshelman, Timothy Donnelly, Karen Volkman, C.S. Giscombe, G.G. O’Brien, Andrew Joron, Nathaniel Mackay, Rae Armantrout, Donald Revell, Claudia Keelan, G.E. Patterson, Hoa Nguyen, Dale Smith, Julie Doxsee, India Radfar, Lee Ann Brown, Carol Snow, Lisa Robertson, Erin Moure, Oana Avasilichioaei, Maxine Chernoff, Paul Hoover, Joshua Beckman, Sasha Steensen, Bin Ramke, amongst others.