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Past Readings

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

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

Stephen Harrigan

Jill McCorkle at Corpus Christi Literary Reading Series

Jill McCorkle

Meg Wolitzer Author

Meg Wolitzer

Andre Dubus III

Alice Adams

Richard Ford

Mary Gordon

Grace Paley

Larry McMurtry Author

Larry McMurtry

Full Listing

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

“This is one of the oldest and, I know now, one of the best reading series in the country, and I was honored to be invited. Then I was delighted to discover that the people who run it and attend the events are genuine and smart readers, kind, big-hearted, and a lot of fun to spend a couple of days with on the Gulf Coast. It was one of the best experiences I’ve had as a visiting writer, anywhere.”

 

—Brad Watson

Address

Corpus Christi Literary Reading Series

P.O. Box 1412

Corpus Christi, Texas 78403

Contact

361-882-2272

361-815-3324

CCReadingSeries@gmail.com

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