Aerial view of campus with Williamsport, the Susquehanna River and Bald Eagle Mountain as a backdrop

The Himes/Sweeney Visiting Artist Series

Reading SeriesBelow are the writers who have given readings at Lycoming College from 1996 to the present. All have visited creative writing classes, and several have also appeared prominently in the pages of Brilliant Corners (Billy Collins, Jayne Cortez, Stephen Dunn, David Jauss, Yusef Komunyakaa, Philip Levine, Marjorie Maddox, William Matthews, Betsy Sholl, Al Young, Paul Zimmer, and others). In effect, our students have had the opportunity to meet distinguished authors, ask questions, hear formal presentations, and then see the work appear in our national literary journal.

  • Aliki Barnstone
  • Willis Barnstone
  • Christopher Bernstorf
  • Barbara Hurd
  • Billy Collins
  • Jayne Cortez
  • Philip Deaver
  • Matthew Dickman
  • Mark Doty
  • Stephen Dunn (twice)
  • Connie May Fowler
  • Thomas Gavin
  • James Harms
  • Cynthia Hogue
  • David Jauss (twice)
  • Yusef Komunyakaa (three times)
  • Philip Levine
  • Shara McCallum (twice)
  • Marjorie Maddox
  • William Matthews
  • Molly Peacock
  • Tom Piazza
  • Robert Leonard Reid
  • Scott Russell Sanders
  • Betsy Sholl (twice)
  • Gerald Stern
  • C.K. Williams
  • Nance Van Winkle
  • Larry Woiwode
  • David Wojahn
  • Robert Wrigley
  • Al Young
  • Paul Zimmer