James L. Hedges Distinguished Lecture Series
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This series honors James L. Hedges, PhD, APU professor of English from 1974-2005 and now professor emeritus. It celebrates the written word through endowed lectures by poets, prose writers, playwrights, and literary critics.
James L. Hedges Distinguished Speakers
- James Hedges, 2010
- Billy Collins, 2011
- Lori Anne Ferrell, 2012
- Robert Pinsky, 2013
- Diane Glancy, 2014
- Brett Foster, 2015
- Gavin Jones, 2016
- Dana Gioia, 2017
- Shirley Geok-Lin Lim, 2018
- A.E. Stallings, 2019
- Christian Wiman, 2020
- Tracy K. Smith, 2022
- Makoto Fujimura, 2023