Creative Writing

Karin Gottshall, Associate Professor of English, will read poems from her new book, Eclipse Season. A Q & A will follow the reading. 

Senior English majors will read excerpts from their critical and creative writing senior theses.

Molly Johnsen (BLSE ‘14), a former Winter Term instructor and department coordinator, will read from her new collection of poetry, Everything Alive. She will be joined by poet Haley Hutchinson (‘24) who will read from her new collection, Her Womanhood of Mine. Q&A to follow. Open to the public.

Benjamin Ehrlich (Middlebury, class of 2009) is the author of THE BRAIN IN SEARCH OF ITSELF (Farrar, Straus and G

A celebration of the Spring 2026 Edition of Blackbird Arts Journal. Hear from the Blackbird editors and contributors. Reading and reception.

Senior English majors will read excerpts from their critical and creative writing senior theses.

Join the Creative Writing Department in celebration of our graduating students, who will share and read from their final creative work and theses.

Middlebury alums Lauren Markham and Chris Knapp will read from their recent work and take questions. 

Join Dr. Katharine Wilkinson, climate activist and author of All We Can Save, for a Fireside Chat on Environmental Storytelling in Our Times, via Zoom - click here for the Zoom link. 

Meeting ID 961 9620 5989
Passcode 020220

Student Robin Potter leads a panel discussion of gender and outdoors culture.