UA’s Bankhead Visiting Writers Series to Feature Fiction Writer Brian Evenson

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Fiction writer Brian Evenson will give a reading Thursday, Sept. 21, in the Bama Theatre at 7:30 p.m. as part of The University of Alabama Bankhead Visiting Writers Series.

Evenson is the director of the Literary Arts Program at Brown University and a senior editor for Conjunctions magazine. He has held previous teaching positions at Brigham Young University, Oklahoma State University, Syracuse University and Denver University. The author of seven full-length books of fiction, most recently “The Wavering Knife,” which won the IHG Award for best story collection, and “The Brotherhood of Mutilation.” He also has published two chapbooks and a book of criticism, “Understanding Robert Coover.” He has translated work by Christian Gailly, Jean Frèmon and Jacques Jouet, among others, and has received both an O. Henry Prize and an NEA fellowship.

The reading is free and open to the public. A reception follows.

The Bankhead Visiting Writers Series is made possible by an endowment from the Bankhead Foundation, The University of Alabama’s Program in Creative Writing, the department of English and the College of Arts and Sciences. For more information, contact UA’s creative writing program at 205/348-0766 or visit www.bama.ua.edu/~writing.

The College of Arts and Sciences is the University’s largest division and the largest public liberal arts college in the state. Students from the College have won numerous national awards including Rhodes Scholarships, Goldwater Scholarships and memberships on the “USA Today” Academic All American Team.