Featured readings by the following authors:
Charlene Fix is an award winning poet and a professor of literature and creative writing at Columbus College of Art and Design. Her critical study Harpo Marx as Trickster came out this year.
Andrew Hudgins' books of poems have been finalists for the Pultizer Prize and the National Book Award. He teaches English at The Ohio State University. His memoir The Joker came out in June.
Donald Ray Pollock's story collection Knockemstiff won the PEN/Robert Bingham Fellowship, and his novel The Devil All the Time was listed as one of the ten best books of 2011 by Publisher's Weekly.
Margot Singer's story collection The Pale of Settlement won the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. She teaches and directs the creative writing program at Denison University.
Scott Woods is the author of We Over Here Now. He emcees the Writers' Block Poetry Night, an open mic series in Columbus.
and a Readers Theatre performance by these actors:
Clara Hirsch is a sophomore at Bexley High School who has performed in Bexley Theatre Arts productions and with Columbus Children's Theatre.
Frederick M. Luper is an attorney with Luper Neidenthal & Logan. He also performs in community theatre throughout the greater Columbus area.
Jared Saltman is the Artistic and Managing Director of the Gallery Players of the JCC of Greater Columbus.
Conversations in the Humanities with Fred Andrle is a recurring program that features local artists and public affairs experts. All events are moderated by OSU Humanities Institute Associate Fred Andrle.
