Fiction writer Richard Bausch opens the 2011-2012 Creative Writing Program Reading Series at Emory University with a free reading Wednesday October 5 and a colloquium Thursday, October 6 at which he will answer questions and discuss his works as well as his life as a writer.
Bausch is the author of eleven novels, including Rebel Powers, Violence, Hello to The Cannibals, Thanksgiving Night, and Peace. A widely acknowledged master of the short story, he has published seven collections, including Spirits and Other Stories, The Fireman's Wife, and Someone to Watch Over Me. His stories have appeared in numerous magazines, journals and anthologies.
Bausch has won two National Magazine Awards, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Lila-Wallace Reader's Digest Fund Writer's Award, the Award of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and The 2004 PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story. He currently serves as The Moss Chair of Excellence in the Writing Program at The University of Memphis.
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Join the Creative Writing Program at Emory University for this free event, with a reception and book signing to follow.