{"id":401,"date":"2021-10-06T16:50:23","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T16:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/visiting-writers\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T13:42:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T17:42:03","slug":"visiting-writers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/english\/visiting-writers\/","title":{"rendered":"Visiting Writers Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg-primary-block alignfull\" >\n\t<div class=\"container grid-default wysiwyg__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"sidebar-menu \" aria-label=\"Site Menu\" id=\"page-nav\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sidebar-menu__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"sidebar-menu__header\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sidebar-menu__headerLabel\">English Menu<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"sidebar-menu__mobileToggle\" title=\"Toggle Menu\" :aria-expanded=\"mobileOpen\"><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"sidebar-menu__list\" v-show=\"mobileOpen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/arts-sciences\/english\/program-tracks\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Program Tracks<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/english\/internships\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Internships <\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/english\/faculty-staff\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Faculty &#038; Staff<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/english\/four-year-degree-development-plans\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Four-Year Degree &#038; Development Plans<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/english\/first-year-fellows\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >First Year Fellows<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/english\/community-writing-programs\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Writing Programs in the Community<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/english\/graduate-programs\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Graduate Programs<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/english\/visiting-writers\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Delbrook Visiting Writers Series<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem hide-overflow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/english\/student-awards\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Student Awards<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem hide-overflow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/english\/alumni-2\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Alumni<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"sidebar-menu__desktopToggle\" v-text=\"desktopLabel\" :aria-expanded=\"desktopOpen\">More Links<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__wrapper wysiwyg__wrapper--hasSidebar\">\n\t\t\t<!-- content from editor -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__content wysiwyg__contentContainer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-delbrook-visiting-writers-series\">Delbrook Visiting Writers Series<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"377\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2022\/05\/08102434\/VisitingWritersSeriesBanner-1536x565-no-date-1024x377.png\" alt=\"Butler University | Vivian S. Delbrook Visiting Writers Series\" class=\"wp-image-8063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2022\/05\/08102434\/VisitingWritersSeriesBanner-1536x565-no-date-1024x377.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2022\/05\/08102434\/VisitingWritersSeriesBanner-1536x565-no-date-300x110.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2022\/05\/08102434\/VisitingWritersSeriesBanner-1536x565-no-date-768x283.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2022\/05\/08102434\/VisitingWritersSeriesBanner-1536x565-no-date.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For nearly 40 years, the Vivian S. Delbrook Visiting Writers Series has regularly hosted public readings and Q&amp;A sessions with some of the most influential people in contemporary literature. Visiting authors such as Toni Morrison, Billy Collins, Kurt Vonnegut, Gwendolyn Brooks, Margaret Atwood, Allen Ginsberg, Sharon Olds, Amy Tan, and Colson Whitehead not only share their work with the Indianapolis community but also interact directly with undergraduate and graduate students in Butler&#8217;s English classes and MFA program. Students have the opportunity to join English faculty in a private dinner with each writer when they visit campus and to formally introduce them at their public readings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Visiting Writers Program is coordinated by the Department of English and offers 10\u201312 events each year, all of which are free and open to Butler students, faculty, and staff as well as the Indianapolis community, making the Butler University Visiting Writers Series one of the largest and most comprehensive in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"link-list layout-links\" >\n    <div class=\"link-list__container link-list__grid-default\">\n                        <div class=\"list-list__linkWrapper link-list__grid-default\">\n                                <ul class=\"wysiwyg__ctaLinks\">\n                                                        <li>\n                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/give.butler.edu\/give\/766318\/#!\/donation\/checkout\" class=\"button-link-right button-link-right--color-blue-bright\" target=_blank\">Support Our Series<\/a>\n                                <\/li>\n                                                        <li>\n                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/master-fine-arts\/history-of-the-vws\/\" class=\"button-link-right button-link-right--color-blue-bright\" >History of the Visiting Writers Series<\/a>\n                                <\/li>\n                                            <\/ul>\n                                \n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-2025-2026-visiting-authors\">2025-2026 Visiting Authors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"acc-flex-container\">\n\t<div class=\"acc-title-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\">\n\t\t<button id='block_acf-block-69cbe2bf16603-acc-row' class='acc-row' type='button' aria-expanded='false' aria-controls='block_acf-block-69cbe2bf16603_acc-content-panel'>\n\t\t\t<div id='block_acf-block-69cbe2bf16603-acc-title' class='acc-title'>\n\t\t\t\tVictoria Chang\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<img alt=\"\" id='block_acf-block-69cbe2bf16603-acc-img' class='acc-icon' src='https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/wp-content\/plugins\/butler-acf-blocks-new\/assets\/images\/nav_main_icon_open.png' \/>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div role=\"region\" aria-hidden='true'\n\t\tid='block_acf-block-69cbe2bf16603-acc-content-panel' class='acc-panel' aria-labelledby=\"block_acf-block-69cbe2bf16603-acc-row\">\n\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2025\/04\/08132702\/Victoria-Chang-Photo-by-Jay-L.-Clendenin-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19587\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover;width:200px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2025\/04\/08132702\/Victoria-Chang-Photo-by-Jay-L.-Clendenin-edited.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2025\/04\/08132702\/Victoria-Chang-Photo-by-Jay-L.-Clendenin-edited-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2025\/04\/08132702\/Victoria-Chang-Photo-by-Jay-L.-Clendenin-edited-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2025\/04\/08132702\/Victoria-Chang-Photo-by-Jay-L.-Clendenin-edited-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2025\/04\/08132702\/Victoria-Chang-Photo-by-Jay-L.-Clendenin-edited-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Victoria Chang<\/strong><br><em>Forward Prize and PEN\/Voelcker Award Winner for Poetry<\/em><br>Event Date: Wednesday, September 17 at 7:30 PM<br>Location: Schrott Center for the Arts<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Victoria Chang<\/strong> is a Taiwanese American poet, essayist, multimedia artist, and children\u2019s author whose writing often includes themes about living as an Asian-American woman, depression, and dealing with loss and grief. Her most recent book of poems With My Back to the World (2024) received the Forward Prize in Poetry for Best Collection and was named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, The Guardian, Lithub, and Electric Literature. Prior to that publication, her poetry collection The Trees Witness Everything (Copper Canyon Press, 2022) was named one of the \u201cBest Books of 2022\u201d by the New Yorker and The Guardian. Her nonfiction book, Dear Memory (Milkweed Editions, 2021) was named a favorite nonfiction book of 2021 by Electric Literature and Kirkus and OBIT (Copper Canyon Press, 2020) received the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in Poetry, and the PEN\/Voelcker Award. OBIT was also a finalist for the Griffin International Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award, as well as longlisted for the National Book Award. Chang has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Chowdhury International Prize in Literature, and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. She is currently the Bourne Chair in Poetry at Georgia Tech and Director of Poetry@Tech.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\t<\/div>\n\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\t\t( function( $ ) {\n\t\t\tlet panel = document.getElementById('block_acf-block-69cbe2bf16603-acc-content-panel');\n\n\t\t\t\/*\n\t\t\t * Need to set a value for maxHeight to initialize the accordion properly.\n\t\t\t * If we don't include this conditional, the accordion doesn't nicely transition to open\/close on the first click.\n\t\t\t *\/\n\t\t\tif ( 1 == 0 ) {\n\t\t\t\tpanel.style.maxHeight = 0 == 1 ? 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She is the author of six books, most recently The M\u00f6bius Book and Biography of X. Lacey\u2019s debut novel, Nobody Is Ever Missing, was a finalist for the New York Public Library&#8217;s Young Lions Fiction Award and a winner of the 2016 Whiting Award. Her writing was described as &#8220;dreamy and fierce at the same time\u201d by Dwight Garner of The New York Times. Her novel Pew was shortlisted for the 2021 Dylan Thomas Prize and won the New York Public Library&#8217;s Young Lions Fiction Award. Other honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize, and an award from Lambda for Lesbian Fiction, among other accolades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lacey earned her MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Columbia University. She has served as the University of Montana\u2019s Kittredge Visiting Writer and the John &amp; Renee Grisham Writer in Residence at The University of Mississippi. Her work has been translated into a dozen languages. 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She is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir How to Say Babylon which was a winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, and was a finalist for the Women\u2019s Prize for Non-Fiction and the Kirkus Prize. How to Say Babylon was named a Best Book of the Year by numerous publications, individuals, and organizations, such as President Barack Obama, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, Time, NPR, and others. Plus, it was a Read With Jenna Today Show Book Club pick. The audiobook of How to Say Babylon also received recognition and was named a Best Audiobook of the Year by Audible and AudioFile magazine. Sinclair is also the author of the poetry collection Cannibal, winner of a Whiting Award, the American Academy of Arts and Letters\u2019 Metcalf Award, the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Poetry, the Phillis Wheatley Book Award, and the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry. Cannibal was a finalist for the PEN Center USA Literary Award and the Seamus Heaney First Book Award in the UK, and was longlisted for the PEN Open Book Award and the Dylan Thomas Prize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sinclair\u2019s other honors include a Pushcart Prize, fellowships from the Poetry Foundation, Civitella Ranieri Foundation, the Elizabeth George Foundation, MacDowell, Yaddo, the Bread Loaf Writers\u2019 Conference, and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. 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Born and raised in New York City, she\u2019s the daughter of a German mother and a Chinese-Panamanian father. Nunez grew up in the projects, went on to study English at Barnard College, and later got a master of fine arts from Columbia University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her body of work includes the novels A Feather on the Breath of God, The Last of Her Kind, The Friend, What Are You Going Through, and, most recently, The Vulnerables. The Friend, a New York Times bestseller, won the 2018 National Book Award, was a finalist for the 2019 Simpson\/Joyce Carol Oates Prize, and has been adapted into a film. 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He is also the author of two books of poetry, the <em>New York Times <\/em>bestselling collection <em>Above Ground <\/em>as well as <em>Counting Descent<\/em>. Both poetry collections were winners of the Literary Award for Best Poetry Book from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association and both were finalists for NAACP Image Awards. He is a staff writer at The Atlantic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clint has received fellowships from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, New America, the Emerson Collective, the Art For Justice Fund, Cave Canem, and the National Science Foundation. His essays, poems, and scholarly writing have been published in <em>The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine<\/em>, <em>The New Republic, Poetry Magazine, The Paris Review, the Harvard Educational Review<\/em>, and elsewhere. He is a former National Poetry Slam champion and a recipient of the Jerome J. 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She is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship, winner of a Pushcart Prize, and has been hailed by the <em>New York Times<\/em> as \u201ca dynamic craftsperson\u201d of \u201cconsiderable consequence to American poetry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIgnore Ms. Parker at your peril,\u201d acclaimed poet Patricia Smith warns, and we second the sentiment. She is the author of the young adult novel <em>Who Put This Song On?;<\/em> and the poetry collections <em>Other People\u2019s Comfort Keeps Me Up At Night<\/em>, <em>There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyonc\u00e9<\/em>, and <em>Magical Negro<\/em>, which won the 2019 National Book Critics Circle Award. Her debut book of nonfiction, <em>You Get What You Pay For<\/em>, was published in 2024 and received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews. Saeed Jones calls it, \u201c\u2026the kind of book that saves lives,\u201d and Clint Smith, author of <em>How the Word Is Passed<\/em>, praises <em>You Get What You Pay For <\/em>as \u201can engrossing journey through Parker\u2019s expansive and gifted mind.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Morgan received her Bachelors in Anthropology and Creative Writing from Columbia University and her MFA in Poetry from NYU. Her work has appeared widely, in such publications as The Paris Review, The New York Review of Books, and Best American Poetry; a Broadway playbill; and two Common albums. Morgan is a Cave Canem graduate fellow, a WGA member, and a Sagittarius. 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As a screenwriter, he scripted the feature-film adaptations of his novels&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt14633464\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Desperation Road<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>The Fighter<\/em>, titled for the screen as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt10950320\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Rumble Through the Dark.<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;With his band The Smokes, Smith wrote and released the record&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.michaelfarrissmith.com\/lostville\"><em>Lostville<\/em><\/a>, which was produced by Grammy nominee Jimbo Mathus. He lives in Oxford, Mississippi, with his wife and daughters.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\t<\/div>\n\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\t\t( function( $ ) {\n\t\t\tlet panel = document.getElementById('block_acf-block-69cbe2bf166b2-acc-content-panel');\n\n\t\t\t\/*\n\t\t\t * Need to set a value for maxHeight to initialize the accordion properly.\n\t\t\t * If we don't include this conditional, the accordion doesn't nicely transition to open\/close on the first click.\n\t\t\t *\/\n\t\t\tif ( 1 == 0 ) {\n\t\t\t\tpanel.style.maxHeight = 0 == 1 ? 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Her fifth collection, <em>The Book of Men<\/em>, was awarded The Paterson Prize. Her fourth book of poems,&nbsp;<em>Facts About the Moon<\/em>,&nbsp;won The Oregon Book Award and was short-listed for the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize. Laux is also the author of&nbsp;<em>Awake<\/em>;&nbsp;<em>What We Carry<\/em>, a finalist for the National Book Critic\u2019s Circle Award;&nbsp;<em>Smoke<\/em>; as well as a fine small press edition,&nbsp;<em>The Book of Women<\/em>.&nbsp;She is the co-author of the celebrated text&nbsp;<em>The Poet&#8217;s Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry<\/em>. Her latest collection of poetry is <em>Life On Earth<\/em> and was released in January of 2024 and was a finalist for the National Book Award. <em>Finger Exercises for Poets<\/em>, a book of concise craft essays and exercises for poets was released in July 2024.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\t<\/div>\n\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\t\t( function( $ ) {\n\t\t\tlet panel = document.getElementById('block_acf-block-69cbe2bf166cc-acc-content-panel');\n\n\t\t\t\/*\n\t\t\t * Need to set a value for maxHeight to initialize the accordion properly.\n\t\t\t * If we don't include this conditional, the accordion doesn't nicely transition to open\/close on the first click.\n\t\t\t *\/\n\t\t\tif ( 1 == 0 ) {\n\t\t\t\tpanel.style.maxHeight = 0 == 1 ? 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Her third novel, <em>A Tale for the Time Being<\/em>, won the LA Times Book Prize, and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. <em>The Book of Form and Emptiness<\/em> is the winner of the 2022 Women\u2019s Prize for Fiction as well as the 22nd Annual Massachusetts Book Award, the BC Yukon Book Prize, and the Julia Ward Howe Prize for Fiction. Her work of personal non-fiction,&nbsp;<em>The Face: A Time Code<\/em>&nbsp;(2016),&nbsp;was published by Restless Books as part of their groundbreaking series called <em>The Face<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ruth&#8217;s documentary and dramatic independent films, including <em>Halving the Bones<\/em>, have been shown on PBS, at the Sundance Film Festival, and at colleges and universities across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A longtime Buddhist practitioner, Ruth was ordained in 2010 and is affiliated with the Everyday Zen Foundation. 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Her writing and lectures reflect her own heritage as a Colorado Chicana with roots in Indigenous, Latina, and Filipino cultures and her books feature the Indigenous and Latino people of Colorado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She is a National Book Award Finalist for her debut story collection,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/576721\/sabrina-and-corina-by-kali-fajardo-anstine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Sabrina &amp; Corina<\/em><\/a>. Additionally,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/576721\/sabrina-and-corina-by-kali-fajardo-anstine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Sabrina &amp; Corina<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;was a finalist for the Story Prize, a finalist for the PEN\/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection, and the winner of the American Book Award. Fajardo-Anstine\u2019s first novel, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/576722\/woman-of-light-by-kali-fajardo-anstine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Woman of Light<\/em><\/a>, was hailed as \u201cA feat of old-school storytelling\u201d by <em>The Guardian<\/em>. It is a national bestseller and was selected as a&nbsp;<em>Good Morning America<\/em>&nbsp;Book Buzz pick in October 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kali Fajardo-Anstine earned her MFA from the University of Wyoming and has lived across the country, from Durango, Colorado, to Key West, Florida. She was the 2022-2024 Endowed Chair of Creative Writing at Texas State University and a 2023 Guggenheim Fellowship recipient. She currently lives in Denver, Colorado.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\t<\/div>\n\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\t\t( function( $ ) {\n\t\t\tlet panel = document.getElementById('block_acf-block-69cbe2bf16700-acc-content-panel');\n\n\t\t\t\/*\n\t\t\t * Need to set a value for maxHeight to initialize the accordion properly.\n\t\t\t * If we don't include this conditional, the accordion doesn't nicely transition to open\/close on the first click.\n\t\t\t *\/\n\t\t\tif ( 1 == 0 ) {\n\t\t\t\tpanel.style.maxHeight = 0 == 1 ? 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Delbrook Fund and&nbsp;the NEH Ayres Fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To make special arrangements for school groups, book clubs, and community organizations, call 317-940-9861.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most Visiting Writers Series events take place in Shelton Auditorium or Schrott Center for the Arts, both of which are located on Butler University\u2019s campus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"acc-flex-container\">\n\t<div class=\"acc-title-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\">\n\t\t<button id='block_acf-block-69cbe2bf1672a-acc-row' class='acc-row' type='button' aria-expanded='false' aria-controls='block_acf-block-69cbe2bf1672a_acc-content-panel'>\n\t\t\t<div id='block_acf-block-69cbe2bf1672a-acc-title' class='acc-title'>\n\t\t\t\tGet Directions\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<img alt=\"\" id='block_acf-block-69cbe2bf1672a-acc-img' class='acc-icon' src='https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/wp-content\/plugins\/butler-acf-blocks-new\/assets\/images\/nav_main_icon_open.png' \/>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div role=\"region\" aria-hidden='true'\n\t\tid='block_acf-block-69cbe2bf1672a-acc-content-panel' class='acc-panel' aria-labelledby=\"block_acf-block-69cbe2bf1672a-acc-row\">\n\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p><strong>Shelton Auditorium<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shelton Auditorium is located at 1000 W. 42nd&nbsp;Street on Butler University\u2019s South Campus. This location offers free on-site surface parking in the lots off Haughey Street and West 42nd&nbsp;Street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/dir\/\/Shelton+Auditorium,+West+42nd+Street,+Indianapolis,+IN\/@39.8326115,-86.1783463,180m\/data=!3m1!1e3!4m9!4m8!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x886b5709e203c4cb:0xc6e81e949eb0a1c6!2m2!1d-86.178072!2d39.832833!3e0?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTEwOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Driving Directions to Shelton Auditorium<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a aria-label=\"To make this website accessible to screen reader, Press combination of alt and 1 keys. 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class=\"gallery-modal__dialog\" id=\"galleryModal\" aria-label=\"Gallery of Butler Images\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"gallery-modal__modal-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"gallery-modal__overlay\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"gallery-modal__modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper gallery-modal__swipper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"gallery-modal__slider-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"gallery-modal__slider-figure\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-relevant=\"all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2025\/11\/12082509\/rasheed-newson-questions.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2025\/11\/12082509\/rasheed-newson-questions.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\talt=\"Rasheed Newson fields questions while sitting in a chair, listening attentively to man in the chair beside him.\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"gallery-modal__slider-img\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"gallery-modal__slider-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"gallery-modal__slider-caption-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRasheed Newson\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"gallery-modal__slider-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"gallery-modal__slider-figure\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-relevant=\"all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2025\/11\/12082448\/paige-lewis-kaveh-akbar-microphones.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2025\/11\/12082448\/paige-lewis-kaveh-akbar-microphones.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\talt=\"Paige Lewis and Kaveh Akbar smile on stage while holding microphones.\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"gallery-modal__slider-img\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"gallery-modal__slider-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"gallery-modal__slider-caption-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPaige Lewis and Kaveh AKbar\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"gallery-modal__slider-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"gallery-modal__slider-figure\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-relevant=\"all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2025\/11\/12141520\/percival-everett-book-signing.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2025\/11\/12141520\/percival-everett-book-signing.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\talt=\"Percival Everett smiles with a group of fans while signing book.\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"gallery-modal__slider-img\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"gallery-modal__slider-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"gallery-modal__slider-caption-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPercival Everett\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"gallery-modal__slider-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"gallery-modal__slider-figure\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-relevant=\"all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2025\/11\/12144911\/mari-evans-toni-morrison.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2025\/11\/12144911\/mari-evans-toni-morrison.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\talt=\"Mari Evans and Toni Morrison speaking to each other.\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"gallery-modal__slider-img\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"gallery-modal__slider-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"gallery-modal__slider-caption-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMari Evans and Toni Morrison\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"gallery-modal__slider-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"gallery-modal__slider-figure\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-relevant=\"all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2025\/11\/12082512\/eden-robinson-questions.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2025\/11\/12082512\/eden-robinson-questions.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\talt=\"Eden Robinson answers questions in large, brightly-lit room of event attendees.\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"gallery-modal__slider-img\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"gallery-modal__slider-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"gallery-modal__slider-caption-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEden Robinson\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"gallery-modal__slider-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"gallery-modal__slider-figure\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-relevant=\"all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2025\/11\/12082459\/viet-thanh-nguyen-questions.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2025\/11\/12082459\/viet-thanh-nguyen-questions.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\talt=\"Viet Thanh Nguyen answers questions in a comfortable chair with event attendees listening in a wood-paneled room.\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"gallery-modal__slider-img\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"gallery-modal__slider-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"gallery-modal__slider-caption-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tViet Thanh Nguyen\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"gallery-modal__slider-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"gallery-modal__slider-figure\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-relevant=\"all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2025\/11\/12141517\/kevin-young-reading.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2025\/11\/12141517\/kevin-young-reading.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\talt=\"Kevin Young speaks at a plexiglass podium on stage.\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"gallery-modal__slider-img\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"gallery-modal__slider-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"gallery-modal__slider-caption-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKevin Young\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"gallery-modal__slider-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"gallery-modal__slider-figure\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-relevant=\"all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2025\/11\/12082451\/padraig-otuama-reading.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2025\/11\/12082451\/padraig-otuama-reading.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\talt=\"Padraig O Tuama on stage below steep seating of attendees at a reading event in Shelton Auditorium.\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"gallery-modal__slider-img\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"gallery-modal__slider-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"gallery-modal__slider-caption-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPadraig O Tuama\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"gallery-modal__slider-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"gallery-modal__slider-figure\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-relevant=\"all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2025\/11\/12082454\/hanif-abdurraqib-speaking.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2025\/11\/12082454\/hanif-abdurraqib-speaking.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\talt=\"Hanif Abdurraqib speaking from plexiglass podium while wearing a sweater with a large red heart shape on the chest.\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"gallery-modal__slider-img\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"gallery-modal__slider-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"gallery-modal__slider-caption-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHanif 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