Princemere Writers Series
The Princemere Writers Series brings accomplished authors to campus for readings, author talks and receptions. The events are free and open to students, alumni and the public. Recent author visits have included:
- Abigail Carroll, poet and pastor
- Anna Friedrich, poet and arts pastor
- Jean Murray Walker, poet and playwright
- Karen Halvorsen Schreck, novelist and essayist
- Nora Kirkham, poet and author
Princemere 2026-27 Events
September 16, 2026
Scott Cairns
KOSC Loggia & Chairs' Room
7:30-9 p.m.
Librettist, essayist, translator, and author of twelve poetry collections, Scott Cairns was Curators’ Distinguished Professor of English at University of Missouri until leaving that position to serve as Director of the Low-Residency MFA Program at Seattle Pacific University. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2006, and the Denise Levertov Award in 2014.
His poems and essays have appeared in Poetry, Image, Paris Review, The Atlantic Monthly, The New Republic, and many other venues—national and international—and both have been anthologized in multiple editions of Best American Spiritual Writing. His recent books include Lacunae (2023), Anaphora (2019), Slow Pilgrim: The Collected Poems (2015), Idiot Psalms (2014), Short Trip to the Edge (spiritual memoir, 2016), Endless Life (translations and adaptations of Christian mystics, 2014), and a book-length essay, The End of Suffering (2009). His current projects include Descent to the Heart, verse adaptations of writings of Saint Isaak of Syria, and a new pilgrimage book focusing on Orthodox Christian enclaves in Ireland and Scotland, Holy Outpost: The Thin Place Where East Meets West.
November 2026
Melissa Mack
Location and Time Coming Soon