Acclaimed authors to visit CSU for Creative Writing Reading Series

Authors Mitchell S. Jackson and Lacy M. Johnson will join the Colorado State University literary community for an evening of readings as part of the Creative Writing Reading Series. The visiting authors will read a portion of their work in the Lory Student Center’s Longs Peak Room at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 20. A smaller gathering in the style of a literary salon will take place on that same day from 3-4 p.m. in Morgan Library Room 110A. During this event, community members are invited to pose questions related to the authors’ crafts, writing practices, publication experiences and more. Learn more about upcoming events on the Creative Writing Reading Series website: english.colostate.edu/cwrs . Mitchell S. Jackson Mitchell S. Jackson is the winner of both the 2021 Pulitzer Prize and National Magazine Award in Feature Writing. His debut novel, The Residue Years , received wide critical praise and won a Whiting Award and The Ernest J. Gaines Prize for Literary Excellence. His nonfiction book, Survival Math: Notes on an All-American Family , published in 2019, was named a best book of the year by 15 publications. His writing has been featured on This American Life, on the cover of The New York Times Book Review , Time , Esquire , Marie Claire , The New Yorker , The New York Times , Harper’s Bazaar , The Paris Review , The Washington Post Magazine and the Guardian , among others. Lacy M. Johnson Lacy M. Johnson is the author of […]

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