Sweet Briar College has hosted a Writers Series for more than thirty years, welcoming distinguished authors from across the country — and throughout the world — to our campus. Students interact with these writers at readings, in small group discussions, and at informal dinners.
Among the writers who have visited the SBC campus through the years are Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winners, including Maya Angelou, Salman Rushdie, Natasha Trethewey, Ha Jin, Derek Walcott, Alice Walker, Naomi Shihab Nye, Nuruddin Farah, Rebecca Skloot, Hanna al-Shaykh, Philip Levine, Donald Justice, and Yiyiun Li.