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Past Readings

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

Bret Anthony Johnston

Donald Ray Pollock

Creative Celebration

Carrie Fountain Author

Carrie Fountain

Lisa See, Author

Lisa See

Brad Watson Author

Brad Watson

Jeff Eugenides, Author

Jeffrey Eugenides

Elinor Lipman, Author

Elinor Lipman

Jill McCorkle at Corpus Christi Literary Reading Series

Jill McCorkle

Meg Wolitzer Author

Meg Wolitzer

Andre Dubus III

Antonya Nelson

Ben Fountain

Bret Anthony Johnston

Elizabeth McCracken Author

Elizabeth McCracken

Colum McCann

Charles Baxter

Justin Cronin

Jim Shepard

Joshua Ferris

Elizabeth Strout

Naomi Shihab Nye

George Saunders

Amy Hempel

Sarah Bird

Mary Gaitskill

Ethan Canin

David Liss

Robert Olen Butler

Lorrie Moore

Horton Foote

Barry Hannah

T. Coraghessan Boyle

Oscar Casares

Paulette Jiles

Junot Diaz

Jane Hamilton

Sue Miller

Tracy Kidder

Abraham Verghese

Russell Banks

George Plimpton

Denise Chavez

Stephen Harrigan

Ron Hansen

Ana Castillo

Tim O’ Brien

Rosellen Brown

Allan Gurganus

John Updike

Sandra Cisneros

Rudolfo Anaya

Robert Stone

Andre Dubus ll

Ellen Gilchrist

Tobias Wolff

Ann Beattie

Jim Lehrer

Clyde Edgerton

Lee Smith

Alberto Rios

Elizabeth Spencer

Alice Adams

Richard Ford

Mary Gordon

Grace Paley

Larry McMurtry Author

Larry McMurtry