The Beck Series provides students the opportunity to hear, study with, and engage some of this country’s finest writers.
About the Beck Series
For more than sixty years, the Beck Series, funded by the Harriet Ewens Beck Endowment for English, has been a mainstay of creative writing studies at Denison University. The series provides students the opportunity to meet and engage with some of the world’s finest poets and writers.
Here are just a few notable speakers from past years:
- Percival Everett – Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award Winner
- Joy Harjo – United States Poet Laureate
- Piper Kerman – Author of Orange is the New Black
- Viet Than Nguyen – Pulitzer Prize Winner for The Sympathizer
