The River City Writers Series at The University of Memphis continues its 1996-97 season with a visit this month from author and scriptwriter Ellen Gilchrist. Gilchrist, who resides in Fayetteville, Ark., will conduct a writing workshop at 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 25, in Patterson Hall room 403. Also on Tuesday, she will give a reading at 8 p.m. in the University Center Faulkner Lounge.
All events are free and open to the public.
Gilchrist, a two-time Pushcart Prize recipient, is a past winner of the J. William Fulbright Award for literature and an award from the Mississippi Academy of Arts and Sciences. The River City Writers Series is made possible by support from the U of M Co-Sponsorship Committee, the Academic Enrichment Fund and the Creative Writing Program of the University's English Department.