The Vassar English Department includes, among its graduates, a wide variety of renowned writers: Jesse Ball, Richard Barakat, Thomas Beller, Elizabeth Bishop, Mary Beth Caschetta, Katherine Center, Elizabeth Williams Champney, Eleanor Clark, Karin Cook, Megan Crane, Meghan Daum, Geri Doran, Heinz Insu Fenkl, Aimee Friedman, Erica Funkhauser, Elizabeth Gaffney, Indira Ganesan, Shaenon Garrity, Renee Gladman, Jane Gregory, Greg Herbek, Joe Hill, Sue Kauffman, Owen King, Jane Kramer, Lucette Lagnado, Adam Langer, David Wong Louie, Carolyn Mackler, Eric Marcus, Valerie Martinez, Carole Maso, Mary McCarthy, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Mary Oliver, Andrew J. Porter, Dana Reinhardt, Emily Rosenblum, Constance Rourke, Greg Rucka, Muriel Rukeyser, Keith Scribner, Dan Shapiro, Brett Singer, Jane Smiley, Peter Spiegelman, Elizabeth Spires, Eva March Tappan, Marianne Thurm, Urvashi Vaid, Melissa Walker, and Jean Webster among many others.