Jonathan Escoffery, University Endowed Chair of Creative Writing (2026-2027)
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EVENT DETAILS
Public Reading
Sept. 2, 2026 @ 3:30 PM
The Wittliff Collections, Alkek Library, Texas State University
BIO
Jonathan Escoffery is the author of the linked story collection If I Survive You, a New York Times Editor’s Choice, an IndieNext Pick, and an International Bestseller. If I Survive You was nominated for more than a dozen prizes internationally, including the National Book Award, and was a finalist for the Booker Prize, the Dublin Literary Award, the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, and the National Book Critics Circle’s John Leonard Prize. Jonathan has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, MacDowell, the Stegner program at Stanford University, and in 2020, he won The Paris Review’s Plimpton Prize for Fiction. In 2023, he was named among the 36 Forces Shaping the Cultural Conversation by Harper’s Bazaar. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Observer, Oprah Daily, Electric Literature, Zyzzyva, American Short Fiction, and elsewhere.
See Jonathan Escoffery's website for more information: https://jonathanescoffery.com/
If you require accommodations due to a disability in order to participate, please contact (512) 245-2163 at least 72 hours in advance of the event.
Public Reading
Sept. 2, 2026 @ 3:30 PM
The Wittliff Collections, Alkek Library, Texas State University
BIO
Jonathan Escoffery is the author of the linked story collection If I Survive You, a New York Times Editor’s Choice, an IndieNext Pick, and an International Bestseller. If I Survive You was nominated for more than a dozen prizes internationally, including the National Book Award, and was a finalist for the Booker Prize, the Dublin Literary Award, the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, and the National Book Critics Circle’s John Leonard Prize. Jonathan has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, MacDowell, the Stegner program at Stanford University, and in 2020, he won The Paris Review’s Plimpton Prize for Fiction. In 2023, he was named among the 36 Forces Shaping the Cultural Conversation by Harper’s Bazaar. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Observer, Oprah Daily, Electric Literature, Zyzzyva, American Short Fiction, and elsewhere.
See Jonathan Escoffery's website for more information: https://jonathanescoffery.com/
If you require accommodations due to a disability in order to participate, please contact (512) 245-2163 at least 72 hours in advance of the event.
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Where is it happening?
The Wittliff Collections, 701 Student Center Dr, San Marcos, TX 78666, United States
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Host or PublisherTexas State Department of English
