Center for Creative Writing in the Arts
NEWS & EVENTS
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Reading: Brian Ray
Wednesday, November 18, 4:00 pm
Faculty Center, UNCG Campus, Greensboro
The Center for Creative Writing in the Arts is pleased to host a reading and book signing by Brian Ray, a fiction writer who already has earned a level of praise rare for an author under 30. Currently pursuing a Ph.D. in English at UNCG, Mr. Ray, has been hailed by Booklist as “a talent to watch” upon the recent publication of his book Through the Pale Door, winner of the 2009 South Carolina First Novel Prize. Atlanta Magazine’s Teresa Weaver has called the book “mesmerizing,” adding that “the story is so gently told, in a setting so beautifully grim, it’s easy to forget this is a debut novel.” The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held at the UNCG Faculty Center on Wednesday, November 18, at 4:00 pm. Refreshments will be served.
Will Read for Food Benefit Reading for Greensboro Charities
Thursday, 19 November 7:00 PM
Weatherspoon Auditorium, UNCG.
Will Read for Food, started by UNCG English professor Hope Hodgkins, began in 1994 as Writer’s Harvest. Since 1995, the benefit has been run by novelist and short story writer Michael Parker and has featured faculty from the MFA Writing Program at UNCG as well as other authors from across the Triad. 7:00 PM, Thursday, 19 November. Weatherspoon Auditorium, UNCG.
Peter Schneider Reading
Friday, 20 November, 2:00 PM
Faculty Center, UNCG.
Acclaimed author Peter Schneider has written extensively in both German and English. Much of his work takes place in Berlin before and after unification. His reading is a part of the symposium: "20 Years After the Fall: Germany, a Sustainable Economy?". Download symposium flyer and schedule (PDF). 2:00 PM, Friday, 20 November. Faculty Center, UNCG.
Fall 2009 Distinguished Visiting Writers Series: MFA Program at UNCG