The River City Writers Series will begin its 1996-97 season this month with a visit by novelist Lewis Nordan. Nordan, who teaches creative writing at the University of Pittsburgh, will conduct a fiction workshop at 2 p.m. Monday, Sept. 23, in Patterson Hall room 403. Also on Tuesday, Nordan will read from his works at 8 p.m. in the University Center Faulkner Lounge. In addition, Nordan is a regular contributor to such periodicals as Harper's Magazine and The New York Times Book Review . Nordan has received several awards for his work, including the 1992 Best Fiction Award from the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters, the American Library Association's 1992 Notable Book Award and the John Gould Fletcher Award for fiction in 1977.
All events are free and open to the public.
The River City Writers Series is sponsored by the U of M Student Activities Co-sponsorship Committee, the Academic Enrichment Fund and the Creative Writing Program of the University's English Department.