Writers House Events
There is always something happening at the Writers House, including our Visiting Writers Series. The Visiting Writers Series brings emerging and established writers, poets, makers and scholars to speak at Merrimack College.
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Recent Visiting Writers
![Ada_Limón_776 Ada Limón, the 24th U.S. Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry, delivers her opening reading at the Library of Congress, September 29, 2022. Photo by Shawn Miller/Library of Congress.](https://www.merrimack.edu/wp-content/uploads/Ada_Limon_776-scaled.jpg)
Ada Limón
Poet Laureate
![Joy_Harjo,_Poet_Laureate,_close-up Poet Laureate of the United States Joy Harjo, June 6, 2019. Harjo is the first Native American to serve as poet laureate and is a member of the Muscogee Creek Nation. Photo by Shawn Miller/Library of Congress...Note: Privacy and publicity rights for individuals depicted may apply.](https://www.merrimack.edu/wp-content/uploads/Joy_Harjo_Poet_Laureate_close-up.jpg)
Joy Harjo
Poet Laureate
![Finnegan Bill Finnegan](https://www.merrimack.edu/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Finnegan-qkb1ny8y33uv7lni45xl59z88uo7bwwddves66qbxc.jpg)
William Finnegan
Pulitzer Prize-winner
![HIsham-Matar-e1701275259688.jpeg Hisham Matar, Pulitzer Prize Winner](https://www.merrimack.edu/wp-content/uploads/HIsham-Matar-e1701275259688.jpeg.webp)
hisham matar
Pulitzer Prize-winner
![Ha Jin 2 Ha Jin](https://www.merrimack.edu/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Ha-Jin-2-qkb1eccccgkxn8ow8amr0lkfpelvdvvlq58tz7dfmo.jpg)
ha jin
National Book Award-winner
![86c78ec74ff08750259b0b3187158663 Martin Espada](https://www.merrimack.edu/wp-content/uploads/86c78ec74ff08750259b0b3187158663.jpeg)
Martín Espada
National Book Award-winner
![Randall Horton Randall Horton](https://www.merrimack.edu/wp-content/uploads/Randall-Horton.png)
Randall Horton
American Book Award-winner
![Lauren_Groff_-_Bank_Square_Books_-_2018 Lauren Groff](https://www.merrimack.edu/wp-content/uploads/Lauren_Groff_-_Bank_Square_Books_-_2018-1.jpg)
Lauren Groff
National Book-Award Finalist
![Meghan O’Rourke, National Book Award Finalist Meghan O'Rourke](https://www.merrimack.edu/wp-content/uploads/picture-6714-1637688405.jpg)
Meghan O'Rourke
National Book-Award Finalist