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Past Readings

The Corpus Christi Literary Reading Series has hosted more than 60 guests since its inception.

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2019 Brad Watson  
2018 Ron Rash (canceled) Jeffrey Eugenides
2017 Johnston & Harrigan Elinor Lipman
2016 Meg Wolitzer Jill McCorkle
2015 Antonya Nelson Andre Dubus III
2014 Bret Anthony Johnston Ben Fountain
2013 Colum McCann Elizabeth McCracken
2012 Justin Cronin Charles Baxter
2011 Joshua Ferris Jim Shepard
2010 Naomi Shihab Nye Elizabeth Strout
2009 Amy Hempel George Saunders
2008 Mary Gaitskill Sarah Bird 
2007 David Liss Ethan Canin
2006 Lorrie Moore Robert Olen Butler
2005 Horton Foote Cancelled due to hurricane evacuation
2004 T. Coraghessan Boyle Barry Hannah
2003 Paulette Jiles Oscar Casares
2002 Jane Hamilton Junot Diaz
2001 Tracy Kidder Sue Miller
2000 Russell Banks Abraham Verghese
1999 Denise Chavez George Plimpton
1998 Ron Hansen Stephen Harrigan
1997 Tim O’ Brien Ana Castillo
1996 Allan Gurganus Rosellen Brown
1995 Sandra Cisneros John Updike
1994 Robert Stone Rudolfo Anaya
1993 Ellen Gilchrist Andre Dubus
1992 Ann Beattie Tobias Wolff
1991 Clyde Edgerton Jim Lehrer
1990 Alberto Rios Lee Smith
1989 Alice Adams Elizabeth Spencer
1988 Mary Gordon Richard Ford
1987 Larry McMurtry Grace Paley