Writers in Camden: Lauren Grodstein & Tom McAllister

Celebrating 10 Years of Writing across Diverse Disciplines, Communities, and Media

Our 10^th Anniversary Writers In Camden Event Series remains free and open to the public, and Rutgers University-Camden is proud to have been bringing authors to its campus for free for the past 46 years.

To celebrate and commemorate the 10^th anniversary of the Writers House here at Rutgers University-Camden, we are offering above-and-beyond opportunities to engage with us and philanthropically support the Writers House.

Special Anniversary Edition of Writers in Camden Series 2025-2026

Lauren Grodstein

Lauren Grodstein is the author of six novels, including A Dog in Georgia, the Read with Jenna selection We Must Not Think of Ourselves, New York Times bestseller A Friend of the Family and the Washington Post Book of the Year The Explanation for Everything. Lauren’s work has been translated into French, Turkish, German, Hebrew, and other languages, and her essays and reviews have been widely published. She teaches in the MFA Program at Rutgers University-Camden and lives in New Jersey with her husband and children.

Tom McAllister

Tom McAllister is the author of 4 books, most recently the essay collection It All Felt Impossible, and the novel How To Be Safe, which was named one of the best books of 2018 by The Washington Post. His shorter work has been published widely, in publications including The New York Times, Epoch, The Sun, Best American Science and Nature Writing, Cincinnati Review, and many more. He is the nonfiction editor at the Barrelhouse and co-host of the Book Fight podcast. He lives in New Jersey and teaches in the MFA Program at Rutgers-Camden.

Writers in Camden

Writers in Camden is a long-running reading series on the Rutgers-Camden campus, inviting acclaimed novelists, poets, and nonfiction writers to share their work with students and the public.