University of California, Riverside
Department of Creative Writing

48th Annual Writers Week Festival 2025

Writers Week is the longest-running, free literary event in California and features the most renowned authors of our day alongside those at the start of promising careers. writersweek.ucr.edu

Josh Emmons, Professor
Allison White, Associate Professor
Co-Directors, Writers Week

Download the 48th Writers Week Poster

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Monday - Thursday, May 5 - 8, 2025

Free and open to the public

In-person at INTS 1113

PARKING

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48th UCR Writers Week Featured Writers 

Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo, Jos Charles, Geoffrey Dyer, Jennifer Espinoza, Blas Falconer, Edgar Gomez, Jean Guerrero, Bret Anthony Johnston, Erin Marie Lynch, Sarah Manguso, Maggie Nelson, Lilliam Rivera, and Steven Shaviro.

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SCHEDULE
 

Monday, May 5

• 11 a.m.: Jean Guerrero (CNF)

• 1 p.m.:  Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo (Poetry)

• 3 p.m.:  Lilliam Rivera (Fiction)

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Tuesday, May 6

• 11 a.m. Jen Espinoza (poet)

• 1 p.m.  Geoff Dyer (creative nonfiction writer)

• 3 p.m. Steven Shaviro (cultural critic)

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Wednesday, May 7

• 11 a.m. Jos Charles (poet)

• 1 p.m. Sarah Manguso (creative nonfiction writer)

• 3 p.m.  Edgar Gomez (creative nonfiction writer)

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Thursday, May 8

• 11 a.m. Maggie Nelson (creative nonfiction writer)

• 1 p.m. Erin Marie Lynch (poet) and Blas Falconer (poet)

• 3 p.m. Bret Anthony Johnston (novelist and short story writer)

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SPECIAL THANKS

The 48th Writers Week 2025 is hosted by the UCR Department of Creative Writing.

Sponsors:

CHASS Dean’s Office, the Center for Ideas & Society, Inland Empire magazine, the National Book Award Society

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Book purchases
Cellar Door Books is our recommended local independent store. Be sure to stop by their page.

Information: writersweek@ucr.edu

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