Stephen Dunn Visiting Writers Series: Gregory Djanikian
Galloway, N.J. – The Stephen Dunn Visiting Writers Series will continue for the fall of 2025 with poet Gregory Djanikian starting at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 6, in Stockton University’s Board of Trustees Room.
📖 About The Stephen Dunn Visiting Writers Series
Named after the late Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and distinguished professor emeritus of Creative Writing, the series is sponsored by: Murphy Writing of Stockton University; the William T. Daly School of General Studies; The Literature program in the School of Arts & Humanities; and Board of Trustee member Madeleine Deininger, '80.
Djanikian will read from his new book, “Nostalgia for the Future: New and Selected Poems, 1984-2024” (Green Writers Press, 2025) and answer questions from the audience.
Community members and Stockton students, alumni, faculty and staff are encouraged to attend.
About Gregory Djanikian
Born in Alexandria, Egypt, of Armenian parentage, Gregory Djanikian came to the United States when he was 8 years old and spent his boyhood in Williamsport, PA. He is a graduate of the Syracuse University writing program and, for many years, was the director of Creative Writing at the University of Pennsylvania, which he attended as an undergraduate. He lives outside of Philadelphia, PA, with his wife, artist Alysa Bennett.
He is the author of eight collections of poetry: “The Man in the Middle,” “Falling Deeply into America,” “About Distance,” “Years Later,” “So I Will Till the Ground,” “Dear Gravity,” “Sojourners of the In-Between,” and, most recently, “Nostalgia for the Future: New and Selected Poems, 1984-2024.” He has been awarded a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, two prizes from Poetry magazine (the Eunice Tietjens Prize and Friends of Literature Prize), the Anahid Literary Award from the Armenian Center at Columbia University, and multiple residencies at Yaddo.
