Alan Wier Visits Monday

Alan Wier will be reading from and taking questions about his work this Monday, October 19th from 5 to 6pm at Roosevelt University's Gage Gallery.

Alan is a fiction writer whose publications consist of several novels, including Tehano, and numerous short stories. Wier is on faculty in the Department of English at the University of Tennessee, where in 2005, the graduate students voted him as the department’s “most outstanding professor in the classroom.” He is also the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

So It Begins...

It's officially the first week of fall term! And Chicago--accomodating as always--has been kind enough to supply us with appropriately autumnal weather.

We've got some major events planned for this semester. Here's a taste, just to whet your appetite:

Sept 16 - Scott Blackwood Reading
Our very own program director will be reading from his lastest touching novel, We Agreed To Meet Just Here, around 7pm at Lincoln Square's Book Cellar, which is hands-down the best bookstore in Chicago.

Sept 21 - Debra Monroe Visit
The Flannery O'Conner award-winning novelist and short story writer Debra Monroe (Shambles) will be visiting Roosevelt University to read from and speak about her work as part of the Roosevelt Reading Series.

Oct 7 - Frank X. Walker Visit
The world's first "Affrilachian" poet (Black Box), Frank is also an editor and a globetrotting lecturer. He'll be reading from his work and talking to our students as part of the Roosevelt Reading Series.

Oct 19 - Allen Wier Visit
Author of the Texan epic, Tehano, Allen is also a short story writer, an essayist, and a professor at the University of Tennessee.

Oct 30 - Halloween Field Trip
Last year, some of our MFA students were brave enough to make the trek to Chicago's Theatre on the Lake, host of the annual Haunted Sanitorium. This year, we know to bring a change of pants.

More details on these events and authors are coming soon!