National Book Award Winner Colum McCann to visit UC
Colum McCann, an international award-winning author, is coming to the University of Cincinnatis McMicken College of Arts and Sciences on Sept. 18 as part of the Department of English and Comparative Literature Creative Writing Programs Visiting Writers Series, which brings distinguished authors to campus every semester to host a public reading with students.
McCann has won awards for six of his novels and two collections of short stories. One of his most recent novels, Let the Great World Spin, won the 2009 National Book Award in the U.S. along with many other literary honors. The book also became a best-seller on four continents. McCann has a new novel, "Transatlantic," released this year.
The event will be held in Baldwin Hall in Room 544 at 7 p.m.
Other authors included in the Visiting Writers Series are:
Yona Harvey and Jamie Quatro
4 p.m. Sept. 6
Elliston Poetry Room, 646 Langsam Library
Yona Harvey is the author of the poetry collection Hemming the Water. Jamie Quatro wrote the debut story collection I Want to Show You More."
Joseph Campagna
4 p.m. Sept. 27
Elliston Poetry Room, 646 Langsam Library
Joseph Campagna is a poet and scholar of Renaissance literature and the author of The Pain of Reformation: Spenser, Vulnerability, and the Ethics of Masculinity.
Jami Attenberg
7 p.m. Oct. 10
Elliston Poetry Room, 646 Langsam Library
Jami Attenberg wrote The New York Times best-seller The Middlesteins.
The Cincinnati Review Emerging Poets Festival
2 p.m. Nov. 8
Elliston Poetry Room, 646 Langsam Library
The festival features Collier Nogues, Shara Lessley, Nathaniel Perry and Marcus Wicker.
Denise Duhamel
4 p.m. Nov. 22
Elliston Poetry Room, 646 Langsam Library
Denise Duhamel is the author of several poetry collections and is guest editor for The Best American Poetry 2013.
All readings are free and open to the public. For more information, please visit
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